NSPS CST Level III case studies
NSPS CST Level III · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Certified Survey Technician (CST) Program is a national certification program for survey technicians sponsored by the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). It is built for technicians who want independent evidence of their capabilities: the program's own framing says certification verifies one's capabilities and value, enhancing employers' credibility with current and potential clients, and NSPS positions it as a path to higher standing with employers, a more satisfying career, and higher income. The NSPS CST Level III case studies are 5 cases and about 4,769 words.
1Restoring a Lost Center of Section Against a 1978 Monument
An office retracement of the SE 1/4 of Section 14, T4N, R2W, in a county where the 1853 GLO field notes and plat are available. Section 14 is regular except that the GLO plat records the north line as 55.00 chains rather than 80.00.
978 words, about 5 min2Network RTK, Canopy, and an ALTA Relative Positional Tolerance
A 240-acre ALTA/NSPS survey of a wooded parcel in a river valley. Table A requires the 0.07 ft + 50 ppm relative positional tolerance.
961 words, about 5 min3ALTA Survey: Blanket Easement, Unrecorded Lease, and Client Instructions
A 6.2-acre commercial parcel under contract; the lender requires an ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey. The title commitment lists (1) a 1968 blanket easement 'for utility purposes over and across all of the above-described property,' with no defined location and no grantee improvements of record, and (2) a 1994 30-foot ingress/egress easement along the south 30 feet, which coincides with the paved entrance drive.
916 words, about 5 min4Construction Layout: Conflicting Control and a Culvert Pour
You are the field lead on construction layout for a 1,850-ft realignment of a county road. The engineer's plan set gives PI at station 15+82.52, R = 1,200.00 ft, delta = 32 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds right, and PC at 12+35.60.
910 words, about 5 min5Deed Retracement: Monument Call, Migrating Creek, and a Relocated Road
A 1947 deed conveys Parcel B: 'Beginning at an iron pin at the northeast corner of Lot 7 of the Map of Fairview Acres (1938); thence S 42 deg 15 min E, 640.00 feet to a 24-inch white oak; thence S 47 deg 45 min W, 1,120.00 feet to the centerline of Mill Creek; thence with the meanders of Mill Creek northerly to the old county road; thence with the old county road to the point of beginning.' The 1938 iron pin is found and holds. At 631.2 ft along S 42 deg 15 min E there is a 27-inch white oak bearing an old blaze and a wire scar at eye level; nothing is found at 640.0 ft.
1,004 words, about 5 min