Good luck, Aubrey!

Aubrey is taking his surveyor's license exam today in Birmingham and I am SO nervous! If he doesn't pass this time, he can take it in the spring. Apparently, it's not uncommon to have to take it twice. It's an open-book test (he took, like, 12books with him plus a dictionary) that covers math (you can program equations into your calculator), history and survey law. He'll start the test around 8 a.m. and finish it around 4 or 5 p.m., so it's pretty long. If he passes, it means that he's licensed as a surveyor in the state of Alabama. That means he can sign off on maps, etc., that are filed at the court house. Right now, he does the work and the survey manager at work plants the signature. It also means he'll have more authority at work and a pay raise. I'm so nervous for him! Good luck, Aubrey!


Oh, I should explain how surveying works: You have to have a degree in surveying (you used to not need one) and then work for six years (it's different in every state) before you take the license exam. You also have to have experience in different areas of surveying, such as boundry (when they determine property lines) or construction surveying (when they determine where everything from curbs to gas lines will go). You also have to take a licensed surveyor in training exam, which Aubrey took while we were living in Nebraska. I guess this is like the pre-test to the licensure exam. He passed that on his first try, so maybe he'll do the same with this test.