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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 May 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 as well as the current Council fees.

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

17 May 2012 -MEMBERS - all member data bases updated
18 May 2011 - NEWS - Plato Circulars - Registrar's Notifiction 606 (21 May 2012)
26 April 2011 - NEWS - Plato Circulars - Registrar's Notifiction 605 (25 April 2012)
25 April 2012 -REGISTRATION - Council fees - PLATO fees for 2012 - 2013 updated
4 April 2102 - NEWS - General - Survey firm found guilty of overcharging and response.
27 Mar 2011 - LEGISLATION - Tariffs - other professions - Architects, Engineers, Planners tariffs added
20 Mar 2011 - NEWS - Plato Circulars - Registrar's Notifiction 604 (9 March 2012)
12 Mar 2102 - LINKS - SA Journal of Geomatics added to list of contacts
8 Mar 2102 - NEWS - General - CPD Notice revised - COMMENTS PLEASE
28 Feb 201 - NEWS - Plato Circulars - Registrar's Notifiction 602 (9 Dec 2011) and 603 ( 17 Feb 2012)
7 Feb 2012 -NEWS - Equipment - total station for sale
1 Feb 2012 -MEMBERS - Member search - Find members by entering their Surname
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