(a) An applicant for a surveyor-in-training certificate must:
(1) have earned a bachelor of science degree in surveying from an accredited institution of higher education;
(2) have:
(A) earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education that included at least 32 semester hours in a combination of courses acceptable to the board in:
(i) civil engineering;
(ii) land surveying;
(iii) mathematics;
(iv) photogrammetry;
(v) forestry;
(vi) land law; or
(vii) the physical sciences; and
(B) completed at least one year of experience acceptable to the board in delegated responsible charge as a subordinate to a registered professional land surveyor actively engaged in professional surveying;
(3) have:
(A) earned an associate degree in surveying from an accredited institution of higher education; and
(B) completed at least two years of experience acceptable to the board in delegated responsible charge as a subordinate to a registered professional land surveyor actively engaged in professional surveying;
(4) have:
(A) successfully completed a course of instruction consisting of 32 semester hours in land surveying or the equivalent number of semester hours in board-approved courses related to surveying; and
(B) completed at least two years of experience acceptable to the board in delegated responsible charge as a subordinate to a registered professional land surveyor actively engaged in professional surveying; or
(5) have:
(A) graduated from an accredited high school;
(B) completed at least four years of experience acceptable to the board in delegated responsible charge as a subordinate to a registered professional land surveyor actively engaged in professional surveying; and
(C) provided evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is self-educated in professional surveying.
(b) On proof that an applicant has the qualifications required by Subsection (a), the board shall allow the applicant to take an examination consisting of parts of the examination under Section 1071.256, the contents of which are as determined or approved by the board.

(c) The board shall issue a surveyor-in-training certificate to an applicant who passes the applicable parts of the examination taken under Subsection (b). The certificate is valid for eight years.