How does the Alberta Land Surveyors' Association ensure Alberta Land Surveyors remain competent?

In 1994, the Alberta Land Surveyors’ Association established a systematic practice review program to ensure the continuing competency of its members.

• Approximately every five years, the Practice Review Board:
• Reviews surveying practices in general;
• Evaluates desirable standards of competency of practitioners;
• Reviews each land surveyor’s practice approximately every five years against the acts, regulations and the Manual of Standard Practice;
• Assesses existing educational standards and experience requirements and recommends changes as required.

Systematic Practice Review does not conduct reviews of practitioners based on complaints or concerns raised by the public or Alberta Land Surveyors. Everyone is reviewed equally.

Systematic Practice Reviews are carried out by independent Alberta Land Surveyors employed by the Association and overseen by a Practice Review Board. The Practice Review Board is a peer group of Alberta Land Surveyors and one government-appointed public member.