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Welcome to the PLATO website!

All qualified Professional Surveyors, Technologist Surveyors, Technician Surveyors and GISc Practitioners have to be registered with the South African Council for Professional and Technical Surveyors (PLATO). Professional, Technologist and Technician Surveyors in training can also register with PLATO.
See Members under the various categories. (Members data is correct as of 17 January 2012.)

To become a registered Surveyor with PLATO various specified exams have to be passed, council fees paid, work experienced tasks certified and registration forms completed.
See Registration section covering all the details of qualifying as a PLATO registered surveyor.

The PLATO Council is an elected committee of members. The Registrar is based in the PLATO Office and co-ordinates all the office and council functions.

Information about studying to become a Surveyor and the bursaries offered can be found in Studying section.

There are many Acts and Rules governing the practice of Surveying. All the Acts and Rules required for the examinations (open book and closed book) can be downloaded from this website.
See the Legislation section on this website for all the downloads.

Please Contact us should you require any further information.

Updates to website
20 Jan 2012 -REGISTRATION - exam dates - March examination dates listed
18 Jan 2012 -CONDUCT - Disciplinary findings - minutes of meetung held 15 August 2011
17 Jan 2012 -MEMBERS - all member data bases updated
17 Jan 2012 - NEWS - Employment - PLS in Eastern Cape and PLS, EngS in training, or S Technican, WC
17 Jan 2012 - NEWS - Equipment - Ashtech Promark 2 and Trimble TSC2 for sale
14 Dec 2011 - NEWS - Equipment - Topcon GPS system for sale
09 Dec 2011 - NEWS - Plato Circulars - Registrar's Notifiction 600 & 601 dated 2 & 25 Nov 2011
09 Dec 2011 -REGISTRATION - forms - new law exam syllabus added to all exam details
29 Nov 2011 -REGISTRATION - forms - old law exam syllabus removed from all exam details
22 Nov 2011 -MEMBERS - all members data base updated
22 Nov 2011 - NEWS - Employment - Transnet National Ports - Hydrographer - Richards Bay
4 Nov 2011 - NEWS - Equipment - survey equipment for sale, Cape Town