MSPS Online Learning Portal (click here to skip this page and go directly to the portal)
This portal is made available to Missouri surveyors (and others) to provide
If you’re looking for credible, complete online education to get yourself “topped” up with PDUs for license renewal, our portal is a great place to get them. You can take the courses anytime, anyplace that you can access the Internet. If you need courses on the Missouri Standards and other Missouri-related information, check the list below. Some of them meet the Missouri Board’s (APEPLSPLA) requirements outlined in 20 CSR 2030-8.020 1(A). See text of the requirements below.
Effective July 30, 2021 the licensee may get all 20 PDU's hours online; however they will still need 2 PDUs in Surveying Standards.
They all have been approved by the Board for PDUs, they additionally meet 20 CSR 2030-8.020 1(A)’s requirement for content on Surveying Standards, etc. (See details of the Regulation below.)
Missouri Standards For Property Boundary Surveys, Part I. One hour. Presenter Ron Heimbaugh, State Land Surveyor
Missouri Standards For Property Boundary Surveys, Part II. One hour. Presenter Ron Heimbaugh, State Land Surveyor
Missouri Corner Registration and Mapping Survey Standards. One hour. Presenters Scott Faenger and Tyler James respectively of the Missouri Land Survey Program
Digital Cadastral Mapping Standards, 1st and 2nd Order Horizontal and Vertical Control Standards, and Surveyor’s Real Property Report. One hour. Presenters Jamie Elliott, Jess Moss and Ron Lather respectively of the Missouri Land Survey Program
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ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey topics by Gary Kent
Importance of Surveyor’s Notes on a Plat by Dick Elgin
Introduction to geodesy concepts by David Doyle
And many, many more from Joe Paiva, Wendy Lathrop and Dennis Mouland, among others.
The regulations and statutes quoted below are only excerpts (and only on the general subject of continuing education). See the full text of the regulations, click here to access the Missouri Board’s site, then click on “Rules and Statutes” and select “Board Rules and Regulations.” See the full text of statutes Chapter 327 here.
(1) Each licensed professional land surveyor, as a condition for renewal of his/her license, shall complete a minimum of twenty (20) professional development units (PDU) each two- (2-) year period immediately preceding renewal, except as provided in section (2) of this rule.
(A) Of the required professional development units, licensed professional land surveyors shall complete a minimum of two (2) professional development units in Surveying Standards (20 CSR 2030, Chapters 16 and 17, and/or Chapters 60 and 327, RSMo) during the two- (2-) year period immediately preceding renewal.
(B) Of the required professional development units in the two- (2-) year renewal period, not more than twelve (12) shall be obtained in nonpersonal contact activities. Nonpersonal contact activities include correspondence courses, video and televised courses, Internet and email courses, or other activities where the presenter is not in physical proximity to the attendee
3. As a condition for renewal of a license issued pursuant to section 327.314, a license holder shall be required to successfully complete twenty units of professional development that meet the standards established by the board regulations within the preceding two calendar years. Any license holder who completes more than twenty units of professional development within the preceding two calendar years may have the excess, not to exceed ten units, applied to the requirement for the next two-year period.
4. The board shall not renew the license of any license holder who has failed to complete the professional development requirements pursuant to subsection 3 of this section, unless such license holder can show good cause why he or she was unable to comply with such requirements. If the board determines that good cause was shown, the board shall permit the license holder to make up all outstanding required units of professional development.
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9. At the time of application for license renewal, each licensee shall report, on a form provided by the board, the professional development activities undertaken during the preceding renewal period to satisfy the requirements pursuant to subsection 3 of this section. The licensee shall maintain a file in which records of activities are kept, including dates, subjects, duration of program, and any other appropriate documentation, for a period of four years after the program date.