1. ARTICLES ACADEMIC AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE THE ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO LAND SURVEYORS

2. Significant Changes Essential Areas of Knowledge (EAKs) to be attained through experience and/or assignments Learning Contract to supplement new Articling Contract Web-based Learning Management System for assignments, exams, resources, progress tracking On-line Statutes Exam available “on demand” No quarterly Work Reports Monitors role changed

3. Articling Documents 1.Articling Flow Chart 2.EAK Master List 3.Articling Contract 4.Individual Requirements (Schedule A to the Articling Contract) 5.Candidate Assessment Form 6.Student EAK Learning Plan All are available on the AOLS website at Join AOLS/Articling

4. Essential Areas of Knowledge (EAK’s) Focuses on those areas that the AERC deems essential to a licensed cadastral surveyor Competency will be achieved through work experience during the term of articles Articling Surveyor may ask Student to supplement work experience with assignments designed by the Articling Surveyor or obtained from the AOLS Learning Management System (LMS). Subject Matter Experts available for each EAK

5. EAK’s Ethics and professionalism Business practices Research General Boundary Retracement Descriptions Easements Roads Water Boundaries Original Township Retracement

6. EAKs (cont’d) Adverse Possession Spatial Reference Mining Act Condominium Act Planning Act

7. EAK Sample - Research Land Registry Office Field Notes – sources and interpretation Original Township Plans, field notes and Crown instructions Other resources such as Ontario and municipal archives Verbal evidence from long standing owners (Use of formal affidavit) Outcomes: Cadastral candidates have functional knowledge of the historical and modern sources of documentary and field research required to offer a competent opinion on a boundary retracement

8. ARTICLING CONTRACT 3 (or 4) parties, including the Articling OLS, supervising OLS (if applicable), student and AOLS Onus is on the articling surveyor to provide the training necessary for the student to achieve competency in the 14 EAKs and certify same Schedule A indicates the outstanding academic requirements, proposed timelines for outstanding requirements and exams and the approved reduction, if any.

9. ARTICLING CONTRACT – SCHEDULE A Attached to the Articling Contract to summarize and document the student’s individual requirements, including EAKs, outstanding academic requirements, lecture course attendance, reduction in term of articles granted and examinations Proposed timelines are included where appropriate

10. CANDIDATE ASSESSMENT FORM May be used as a tool to facilitate the recognition of what the student already knows and to assist the OLS and student in designing a Learning Plan to target the gap areas, and Must be submitted with a request for a reduction in the term of articles

11. EAK STUDENT LEARNING PLAN Used by the student and OLS to identify student’s learning needs, how they will be learned, timelines, evidence and validation information Between the articling surveyor and the student and not reviewed by the AERC

12. Sample Candidate Assessment Form Page Ethics and Professionalism - Cadastral students must understand that protection of the public interest is the overarching purpose for acting ethically in the exercise of their profession. Outcome Knowledge Acquired (Y/N) Evidence/Proof (Documentation/information that proves what I’ve learned) By the end of the articling term the student will understand:  the duties of a Surveyor as a Member of the AOLS  the Complaints and Discipline processes of the AOLS  the role of Surveyor as an Expert Witness

13. AOLS Learning Management System (LMS) An online Statutes Exam. A “Question and Answer” forum for students and Subject Matter Experts. A repository of assignments based on the Essential Areas of Knowledge. A second repository of response guidelines will be available for those marking the assignments. A forum for tracking the progress of the articling students. Relevant reference materials and links to other sites.

14. STUDENT HANDBOOK Revised Cadastral version available digitally on AOLS.ORG Section A – General Information Section E – Cadastral Appendices (Forms)

15. STUDENT HANDBOOK – SECTION A General information section Details regarding: – Assignment of Articles – Reduction in term of articles – Assignments and Exams – Cancellation of Articles

16. STUDENT HANDBOOK – SECTION E Experience requirements details Lists of Statutes & Areas of Study

17. STUDENT HANDBOOK – APPENDICES Contains all of the Forms you may need during your articles Note: This Handbook and all of the forms are posted on the AOLS website at “Join AOLS/Articling”.

18. TERM OF ARTICLES As per Reg. 1026, S.23(4) Term of Articles is 18 Months (unless otherwise specified by the AERC) At least 225 working days (1 year) of practical experience of which at least 150 days is field experience at the party chief level or higher At least 113 working days (6 months) experience in the management and administration of professional surveying Completed to the satisfaction of the AERC Note: Term of Articles must be completed within 4 years. No extensions other than parental leave are allowed by the Act.

19. EXPERIENCE Cadastral (E:1:1) Non party chief practical cadastral experience includes: - field work (e.g. Instrument person) ; calculations; indexing; research; plan preparation (drafting) Management and administration of professional land surveying includes:- client contact; estimates; contracts; scheduling projects; staff supervision; research; reviewing reports and plans; invoicing; delivering final returns

20. REDUCTIONS Reg. 1026, S.23(5) – Reductions (See Section A:7) – Prior experience comparable to required working experience – AERC may approve a reduction in the required working experience as they deem appropriate. – Must submit a completed Candidate Assessment Form and Reduction Application Form with your Application to Article

21. MONITORS (A:8) Articles will now be “monitored” by a member of the Academic and Experience Requirements Committee Student’s primary contact person for AERC SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS Available through the LMS to consult with regarding assignments or questions regarding survey issues

22. ASSIGNMENTS Articling OLS will decide if a particular assignment is necessary (e.g. when student is not exposed to the experience necessary to gain competency in a particular area) Will be available on the LMS Articling OLS will decide if a particular assignment is necessary (e.g. when student is not exposed to the experience necessary to gain competency in a particular area) Will be available on the LMS

23. Articling Surveyor’s/Supervisor’s Responsibilities Ensure the student receives required training and completes all EAK’s Progress reports to monitor via the LMS every 6 months Provide Certificate of Completion when articling experience fulfilled

24. EXAMS ACADEMIC AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE THE ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO LAND SURVEYORS ACADEMIC AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE THE ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO LAND SURVEYORS

25. EXAMS Statutes Exam – Will be written on-line and available on demand (after May 2014 exam) (Pre-approval of venue and invigilator required) Professional Examination will remain in late May & November Separate Written and Oral examinations Lecture course (late September) – Mandatory before writing Professional Exam

26. EXAM INFORMATION Appendix L -Rules for writing AOLS Exams Statutes on-line and “on demand” – Prior approval of venue and invigilator required Application to write must be submitted one (1) month in advance Fee is $169.50 for each exam ($150 + HST)

27. STATUTES EXAM Open book, 3 hours long 25 short answer questions (4 marks each) and randomly generated exams (i.e. each exam will be different) 18 questions (72%) on Primary Acts and 7 questions (28%) on Secondary Acts

28. Boundaries Act Condominium Act Expropriations Act Land Titles Act Land Registration Reform Act Municipal Act Planning Act Registry Act Surveys Act Surveyors Act Primary Acts

29. Secondary Acts The following Ontario Acts will be considered as Secondary Acts for the purposes of the Statutes Examination: Aggregate Resources Act Beds of Navigable Waters Act Conveyancing and Law of Property Act Drainage Act Mining Act Ministry of Natural Resources Act Occupational Health and Safety Act Ontario Underground Infrastructure Notification Systems Act Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act Real Property Limitations Act Road Access Act Statutory Powers Procedure Act Territorial Division Act

30. IMPORTANT!!! CURRENT & UP-TO-DATE STATUTES Ontario: E-laws www.e-laws.gov.on.ca Federal: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/title/A.html

31. PROFESSIONAL LECTURE COURSE Preparation for the professional exam Offered once a year in late September Must be taken before attempting the professional exam AOLS operations, survey problems, business ethics & liability insurance

32. PROFESSIONAL EXAM Academic courses must be completed prior to taking Articling Surveyor’s Certificate of Completion required Oral (1 hour) on Thursday and written (4 hours) on Friday

33. AREAS OF STUDY PERTAINING TO THE PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS The professional examination will be designed to test the student on his or her understanding of the Essential Areas of Knowledge Refer to Sections E:4 and E:5 in the Articling Student Handbook and the Master EAK document

34. ORAL PROFESSIONAL EXAM 50-60 minutes in length Panel of 3 examiners 3 questions – 1) AOLS – 2) business – 3) professionalism & ethics 10 minutes to make notes May answer questions in any order Examiners will expand question

35. WRITTEN PROFESSIONAL EXAM 8 - 10 questions, approximately 100 marks 4 hours long Closed book Past exams available on AOLS website

36. EXAM MARKING Each question is marked independently by 2 AERC members or assistants Variations over 20% (25% for Statutes) are reviewed by AERC 65 % is the required passing grade Marks provided within 45 days of exam May appeal within 30 days of notice letter 3 attempts at each, then must sit out 1 year and re-article Can retry oral or written portion of professional exam separately