Who should be licensed?

Examples of the types of services that constitute
the public practice of geology
include but are not limited to:

• Bedrock and surficial sediment mapping used in the planning and design of foundations, buildings, dams, bridges, highways, power plants, water tanks, and transmission towers.
• Geomorphological mapping of land subsidence and ground failure.
• Geophysical measurements used in mineral exploration or environmental investigations, such as gravity, electrical conductivity and resistivity, seismic refraction, and ground-penetrating radar.
• Ground vibration analysis in association with earthquakes and blasting.
• Ground water quality or quantity investigations, such as ground water modeling or monitoring well network design.
• Oil, gas, and mineral resources exploration and reserve estimation.

Many other services fall within the definition of public practice of geology. If you perform these services, you should be licensed as a professional geologist.