Registration Requirements
The
application for registration may be completed on-line and submitted or printed and mailed. To reach the online application and instructions for completion and submission just proceed to the active (blue) section of the paragraph below.
The
application for professional soil
classifier must include
5 references,
3 of which must be North Dakota professional
soil classifiers. The application
for soil classifier-in-training must include 3 references. There is a processing fee of $25 and a testing fee of $200. These fees are due prior to the fundamental examination. These fees apply to both Professional
Soil
Classifiers and Soil Classifiers-in-Training. A final one-time fee of $100 is due after the applicant has successfully completed the practicall exam and is qualified to be listed as a Professional Soil Classifier. Because the NDBRPSC has adopted the Soil Science Society of America, Council of Soil Science Examiners fundamental exam, there is a cost accrued to the Board each time this exam is given. Therefore, if the applicant requires reexamination, he/she must pay any additional cost prior to retesting. Applications
must be received by the Board six weeks prior to the
examination date. Examination fees are refundable only if the applicant is unable to take the examination.
A
qualified applicant must successfully complete a fundamental
examination and a practical examination
before further
consideration for registration. The Board administrates
both examinations.
The practical examination can only be taken after
successful completion of the fundamental exam.
Practicing
soil classifiers must pay an annual registration fee of
$180. Non-practicing soil classifiers must pay
an annual registration fee of $20.
For
additional information concerning examination or registration,
please
contact the Board at NDBRPSC, PO Box 5638 University Station, Fargo, ND 58105 or at one of the Board member contacts listed on this website.
Registration
of a Professional Soil Classifier Through Examination
An
applicant that successfully completes both the fundamental
and practical
examinations shall
be
admitted to registration
as a professional soil classifier provided
he/she meets one of the following qualifications as
outlined in
the North
Dakota Century Code (43-36-12):
1. Is a graduate of a soils curriculum approved by the board
as satisfactory
and with a specific
record
of an
additional
four years or more of experience of a grade
and character which indicates to the board
that the
applicant is
competent to practice
soil classifying and who holds a valid soil
classifier-in-training certificate.
2. Is a person who has satisfactorily completed
a soils curriculum not approved by the board
and eight
years
or more of experience
in soil classifying work of a character and
grade which indicates to the board that the
applicant
is competent
to practice
soil classifying.
3. Is a person who holds a valid soil classifier-in-training
certificate with a specific record of four
years or more of experience as a soil classifier-in-training
of a grade
and
character which indicates to the board that
the
applicant is competent to practice soil classifying.
4. Is a person with experience of not less
than four years of soil classification research
or
as a teacher
of soils
in a college or university offering an approved
soils curriculum of four years or more, and
a minimum of
two years of soil
classifying
experience of a character and grade which
indicates to the board that the applicant
is competent
to practice soil classifying.
Certification of a Soil Classifier-In-Training
Through Examination
A
person shall be certified as a soil classifier-in-training
for a period of 4 years if
he/she meets one
of the following qualifications outlined
in the
North Dakota
Century Code
(43-36-13):
1. A graduate of a soils curriculum approved by the board and
has passed an examination
in the
fundamentals
of
soil classification;
or
2. An applicant who
has completed a soils curriculum not
approved by the board
and who has a specific
record of four
years of
soil classification experience of a grade
and character satisfactory to the board
and who
passes an examination
in the fundamentals
of soil classification.
Registration
of a Professional Soil Classifier Without
Examination
There
is no provision in the North Dakota Century Code to allow
registration
of
professional soil classifiers without
examination.
The only possibility for this option
occurred
during a one year period of time
from July 1, 1973 to
June 30, 1974 (NDCC-
43-36-11).
