Question & AnswerQ&A (PRC BOARD OF GEODETIC ENGINEERING Resolution NO. 4)
Section 17 of RA No. 4374, "The Geodetic Engineering Law," provides the subjects for the Geodetic Engineering licensure examinations and empowers the Board to prescribe other subjects.
The Board has quasi-legislative (rule-making) power under Section 10 of RA No. 4374 to prescribe, adopt, and promulgate syllabi for licensure examination subjects.
The resolution becomes effective fifteen (15) days after publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation, and it must be within three (3) months prior to the examination.
Mathematics includes Algebra, Solid Geometry, Analytical Geometry, Engineering Economics, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus, Mechanics, and Least Squares.
The subject covers Public Land Laws, Laws on Natural Resources, Land Registration Laws, Land Reform Code, Professional and Ethical Practices, and Rules and Regulations governing land surveying.
Twenty percent (20%) of the examination is allocated to the Theory and Practice of Surveying for Geodetic Engineers. For Junior Geodetic Engineers, it is thirty percent (30%).
The resolution was adopted by Rogelio P. De La Rosa (Chairman), Restituto H. Bautista (Member), Herminio S. Pada (Member), and approved by Hermogenes P. Pobre (Commissioner), Mariano A. Mendieta (Member), and Armando C. Pascual (Member).
Geodesy includes Geodetic Surveying, Geodetic Astronomy, Geodetic Triangulation, Geodetic Leveling and Gravity Measurements, and Derivation of formulas on Map projection.
The resolution mandates wide dissemination and circularization to all colleges and schools offering the course of geodetic engineering.
For Junior Geodetic Engineers: Theory and Practice of Surveying (30%), Mathematics (20%), Public Land and Land Registration Laws, Laws on Property, Laws on Natural Resources and Land Reform Law including Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (15%), Practical Problems in Surveying (20%), and Plotting and Mapping (15%).