How To Register As A Professional Geologist

The purpose of professional licensing is to ensure a minimum level of competency for practitioners in a given field in guild to protect the public. Having a license to practise geology is a requirement in the majority of Us, Canada and several other countries. In dissimilarity to other professions, a disconnect has developed between applied geologists and academia. Professional person licensing requirements are a fact of life for applied geologists. Unfortunately, many faculty members have limited understanding of the licensing requirements that their students must bargain with once they graduate.

This webinar will:

Provide an overview of geology licensure qualification requirements in the Us
Discuss the national licensing examinations for geologists prepared by the National Clan of Land Boards of Geology (ASBOG®)
Learn how data from the ASBOG® Fundamentals of Geology (FG) test can be used as a curriculum assessment and curriculum modification tool

Our speakers are:

Laurie Racca, PG 6980, Senior Registrar, Geology & Geophysics, California Lath for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists | Slides
Randy Kath, Professor of Geology, Section of Geosicences, University of West Georgia | Slides
Jack Warner, President, Examination, Inc. | Slides

CEU Credits

To earn CEU credits, please consummate the associated on-need GOLI form that was adult from this webinar with a grade of 70% or higher and and then submit your application for CEUs. CEUs are awarded from the American Institute of Professional Geologists. To view the full listing of on-demand GOLI courses, please browse the GOLI course catalog.

Boosted Resources

View a list of boosted questions and answers from this webinar.
Browse the ASBOG Candidate Handbook.
Watch a video most the California Professional Geologist License from the California Department of Consumer Affairs.

About the Speakers

Laurie Racca, PG, is a licensed Professional Geologist with 25+ years of experience specializing in complex environmental site investigations and leading multidisciplinary teams. Her experience includes working in private environmental and geotechnical consulting, providing regulatory agency oversight large armed forces and civilian environmental cleanups for the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, and investigating fraud, waste and abuse as part of the Function of Enforcement at the California State Water Resources Command Board. She was appointed as the Senior Registrar for Geologists and Geophysicists by the California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (BPELSG) in June 2015. She also volunteers as the Examination Committee Chair for the National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG®).

Randy Kath has a Doctor of Philosophy in Geology from the Plant for the Study of Mineral Deposits at the Due south Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and over 30 years' feel in academic, consulting and industry practice. In improver to didactics technology geology, structural geology, economic geology, field geology and geologic mapping, Dr. Kath is currently performing geologic mapping and structural estimation at the seven.5-minute quadrangle calibration in the Piedmont/Blueish Ridge & Valley and Ridge provinces of northwest Georgia in support of the USGS State Map program. These geologic quadrangles are currently being used to identify mineral, amass, and groundwater resources by a variety of cease users.

Dr. Kath also has extensive experience equally an independent consultant performing structural and lithologic mapping, remote sensing assay and developing three-dimensional geologic models for major infrastructure projects throughout the southeastern Usa, specializing in complexly folded and faulted terrains. Prior to joining the University of Due west Georgia in 1995, Dr. Kath worked equally a senior geologist for Golder Associates, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, and before that, served as an exploration geologist for Goldstake Explorations Inc. in Spearfish, South Dakota, and a consulting geologist for Homestake Mining Co. in Lead, Due south Dakota, Young man Val Mines in Nevada, and Avatar Resources in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dr. Kath performed district-scale and detailed geologic mapping and structural estimation for gold exploration programs in the northern and central Black Hills, Due south Dakota.

Dr. Kath has served every bit a field of study matter expert on the council of examiners for the National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG®) since 2006, and ASBOG®'southward president in 2015. Since 2008, ASBOG has been collecting demographic data on the test course that allows for detailed statistical analysis of the content domain data from the Fundamentals of Geology (FG) exam by university and graduation year. In 2012, Dr, Kath adult an assessment graphing awarding (CPAT) to streamline the statistical assay and graphing of the FG examination data for assessing academy curriculum performance relative to a national dataset. The graphing application is programmed effectually the Microsoft Access database engine and has a GUI interface. Data from the application is currently bachelor for 217 universities.

Jack Warnerreceived his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology in 1980 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. During his early professional person career, Jack served equally Director of Examination Services in the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Registrations. He provided 25 licensing boards with expertise related to developing and validating their licensing examinations.

Jack is President of TEST, Inc. which he established after working in state government for several years. Examination, Inc. has provided ASBOG^® with psychometric services since 1992. The services include developing test blueprints based on task analysis survey results, developing and updating the FG and PG Examinations, conducting test development workshops, analyzing the statistical properties of examinations items, grading examinations, establishing cut-off scores, and preparing summary reports that document the performance of the examinations.

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