Licensed Professional Geologist

Exam

State exam

Education

None

Experience

None

Background check

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A person who provides the following services: mapping, sampling, and analysis of earth materials, interpretation of data, and the preparation of oral or written testimony regarding the probable geological causes of events; planning, review and supervision of data-gathering activities, interpretation of geological data gathered by direct or indirect means, preparation of geological maps, cross-sections, interpretive maps and reports for the purpose of evaluating regional or site-specific geological conditions; the planning, review, and supervision of data-gathering activities and interpretation of data on regional or site-specific geological characteristics affecting groundwater; the interpretation of geological conditions on the surface and at the depth of a specific site on Earth's surface for the purpose of determining whether those conditions correspond to a geologic map of the site; and the conducting of environmental property audits.