Licence Expiry

All Cadastral Surveyor Licences expire on 30 June each year.

Licence Renewal

To renew your existing licence, you need to complete Application Form 4 . You must Sign In on the CSLB website, certify that you have either completed a minimum of 3 qualifying cadastral survey datasets or that over the last 2 years you have either practised cadastral surveying in New Zealand or another jurisdiction with similar competencies or that you have maintained your knowledge, understanding and ability in cadastral surveying in New Zealand by various means, and pay the renewal fee before 30 June each year.

All licensed surveyors are notified by email in advance of the deadline to complete their applications. The application form is posted on the website.

For the full requirements refer to 4 Applications to Renew an Existing Licence under the Guidelines

For the Standards to be met refer to Standards

Update my contact details

You can update your contact details by logging onto the CSLB website using the Sign In page. Details provided when registering on the website.

If your licence has expired and you want to reapply for a new licence, you need to complete Application Form 5. You are required to provide a comprehensive summary of your cadastral surveying experience, details of any ongoing education or training you have undertaken during the last 3 years, the names and contact details of two referees familiar with your cadastral surveying experience to attest to your recent cadastral surveying competence, and pay the required licence fee.

For the full requirements refer to 5 Applications from Previously Licensed Cadastral Surveyors under the Guidelines

For the Standards to be met refer to Standards

If you are a current licensed or registered cadastral surveyor in an Australian State (including cadastral endorsement), you may give notice seeking an initial licence under the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1987 and the reciprocal agreement between the New Zealand and Australian Boards. You need to complete Application Form 2. You are required to request a Letter of Accreditation be sent directly from the Surveyors Board in Australia where you are currently licensed or registered, which must include confirmation of whether you have ever been the subject of disciplinary action for professional misconduct or are the subject of any current disciplinary complaint or investigation, and to pay the required licence fee.

For the full requirements refer 2 Applications from Australian Licensed or Registered Cadastral Surveyors under the Guidelines

For the Standards to be met refer to Standards

The standard pathway for someone to become a licensed cadastral surveyor in New Zealand is to have firstly gained a Bachelor of Surveying Degree from the University of Otago that has included the advanced cadastral surveying paper (currently SURV 457 or SURV 557), followed by the completion of a minimum of 2 years practical training under the supervision of a licensed cadastral surveyor in New Zealand, including at least 1 year of practical training in cadastral surveys involving the subdivision of land and boundary definition, and finally, have passed the professional examinations including the cadastral licence options (cadastral surveying, spatial measurement, geodetic surveying, land development engineering, and planning, design, and resource management) which are currently conducted by Surveying and Spatial New Zealand. A pass in the professional examinations results in the issue of a Certificate of Competency which the Board accepts as meeting its standards for the issue of a licence.

As an alternative to the Bachelor of Surveying Degree from the University of Otago, the Board recognises other 4 year tertiary educational qualifications in surveying from overseas that the Bureau for the Assessment of Overseas Qualifications (BAOQ) has assessed as being the equivalent of an approved surveying degree from New Zealand or Australia. These are considered individually, on application, by the BAOQ. This will be undertaken at your cost (currently NZ$450, including GST). It should be noted that many overseas tertiary qualifications have surveying as a component but do not meet the Board’s requirements. If your qualification does not meet the standard of equivalence, you would need to undertake further study after which you could then proceed with the 2 year practical training requirement and a pass in the professional examinations, including the cadastral licence options.

You then need to complete Application Form 1 and pay the required licence fee.

For the full requirements refer to 1 Applications from Graduate Surveyors under the Guidelines

For the Standards to be met refer to Standards

If you are a cadastral surveyor with qualifications which are not from New Zealand or Australia and you wish to obtain an initial licence in New Zealand you need to satisfy the Board that you meet the competencies and requirements for licensing surveyors described in the Board’s Standards. One of the requirements is that you hold a relevant tertiary educational qualification in surveying that is at least the equivalent of a 4 year surveying degree from New Zealand or Australia that is acceptable to the Board. Many overseas tertiary qualifications have surveying as a component but do not meet the Board’s requirements as they are deficient in cadastral surveying.- The first step is to provide the Board with a comprehensive curriculum vitae of your cadastral surveying career and request that the Board assess your tertiary educational qualification. You must provide the Board with certified copies of your degree certificate(s) and detailed information on the degree course(s) translated into English where applicable. The Board will probably require your academic qualifications to be assessed by the Bureau for the Assessment of Overseas Qualifications (BAOQ). This will be undertaken at your cost (currently NZ$450, including GST). If your tertiary educational qualification is not acceptable to the Board you will need to complete additional tertiary studies to achieve the required equivalence of an acceptable 4 year surveying degree from New Zealand or Australia. You may need to negotiate any credits directly with the tertiary educational institution concerned. If your academic qualification is acceptable to the Board, you will be informed of what further work (if any) you need to undertake before an initial licence can be issued.

For the full requirements refer 3 Applications from Overseas Qualified Cadastral Surveyors under the Guidelines

Once all the requirements have been met you then need to complete Application Form 3 and pay the required licence fee.

For the Standards to be met refer to Standards