If you are missing maths prerequisites required to for surveying qualifications then talk to the providers about how to catch up on maths.  

There is a clear pathway from the National Certificate in Surveying NCS (Assistants) onto the NDS.  

NDS graduates with good pass grades and work experience can gain up to 2 years exemption from the BSurv degree at Otago University. (see the Surveying Career Roadmap on this page)

Successful candidates for Membership of NZIS, with at least 12 months' land title work experience, can apply to the Cadastral Surveyors Licensing Board CSLB for a Licence. Intending Licensed Cadastral Surveyors must also pass a law examination and attend the Admissions Panel interviews.  Once Licensed by the CSLB, a BSurv graduate can sign land title surveys. 

If you're training to become a licensed Cadastral Surveyor, then you might find the NZIS Guideline for Professional Training (attached below) useful.  This document is intended to assist employees who wish become licensed and their employers.

 

A Member of New Zealand Institute of Surveyors who has worked regularly for at least 3 years, in at least one of the 10 Discipline areas of Membership and who has a documented record of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in surveying,  can apply to become recognised as a Registered Professional Surveyor and use the letters RPSurv.  

If a Member fails to maintain an adequate CPD record, they can lose the RPSurv status.