The Jackson Purchase Chapter of KAPS will be hosting an in-person fall seminar taught by Stephen Chino, Jr, PLS (Bio), and Jon Payne, PLS (Bio) on December 7th, 2024 at the Kentucky Dam Village Inn. 

How High:

Elevation Certificates and Flood Related Survey Work in Kentucky

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
Presenter – Stephen C. Chino, Jr., PLS
2 PDH

Join Stephen Chino, PLS in a session focused on understanding elevation certificates and what your role as a surveyor is in completing them. He will take you through requirements and give examples of how best to complete your submissions. Additional study will surround Letters of Map Amendments in all its iterations and the online tools you can use to speed up your submissions.

GIS or Get It Surveyed:

An Introduction to free and open source GIS tools for land surveyors

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
Presenter – Stephen C. Chino, Jr., PLS
2 PDH

With the proliferation of readily available GIS data across the country, Mr. Chino will take you on a whirlwind tour of just some of the tools and resources available to everyone to help in the completion and tracking of your survey projects.  This course will cover the core knowledge concepts that will help you begin your journey to GIS proficiency with real world examples using QGIS, Google Earth, LizardTech’s GeoViewer, USGS EarthExplorer and many more. 

12:00-1:00 Lunch by KY Dam Village Harbor Lights Restaurant

Ethics, Code of Conduct, & Standards of Practice
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Presenter – Jon Payne, PLS
4 PDH

Focus on the Standards of Practice – KRS & KAR, our responsibility to protect the public; KRS Chapter 322 – definitions, exceptions, licensure requirements, investigation/complaints, makeup of the board & qualifications; code of Professional Practice and Conduct – definitions, conflict of interest, records retention, qualifications/competence, direct supervision; Standards of Practice – history of the Standards, most common Standards of Practice deficiencies, definitions, classifications for surveys, measurement specifications, monumentation, Section 13 non-boundary survey work; Q&A