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Surveyors: Public Order
If you want to work as a surveyor as a freelance surveyor in official surveying, you need a public order.
Publicly appointed surveyors (ÖbVI) are persons entrusted with sovereign tasks. They exercise a liberal profession and have an official function as holders of a public office.
In order to be able to be appointed by the supervisory authority as a publicly appointed surveyor (ÖbVI), you must meet the legal requirements.
In addition to the surveying and cadastral authority, ÖbVI are entitled to carry out sovereign tasks in the area of the real estate cadastre.
Upon receipt of the application for the appointment and review of the attached documents, the supervisory authority requests an official medical certificate from the applicant, which the applicant must apply to the competent health authority. This should not be older than three months at the time of the order. If all necessary evidence is available, it will be checked whether the applicant meets the order requirement. If this is the case, the order is prepared and an appointment for swearing-in and order is agreed with the applicant.
The responsibility for a public appointment to/from the ÖbVI lies with the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and Sport, Unit 44 – Surveying, Geoinformation, Explosive Ordnance Disposal.
You need a German citizenship or the
- another Member State of the European Union, or
- another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or
- of a State treated as such by agreement.
You have the ability if you either
- have completed a university degree in Geodesy and Geoinformation or in a similarly suitable course of study with the Master's degree or an equivalent university degree, and
- have the qualification for the second entry-level position in category 2 of the field of technical services in the field of geodesy and geoinformation and
- have at least one year of experience in collecting and providing information from the real estate cadastre
or
- have completed a university degree in Geodesy and Geoinformation or in a similarly suitable course of study with the Bachelor's degree or an equivalent university degree, and
- have the qualification for the first entry-level position in category 2 of the field of technical services in the field of geodesy and geoinformation and
- have at least six years of experience with the collection and provision of information from the real estate cadastre, and
- have completed a qualification.
Other criteria must be met:
- health suitability
- Orderly financial circumstances
- Insurance against liability risks.
In addition to the application form, the following are required:
- Curriculum vitae
- Certificates of higher education and career training
- Proof of experience with assessment and prognosis of suitability
- Certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority
- Official medical certificate (requested from the applicant after receipt of the request for an order by the supervisory authority)
- Proof of liability insurance (submission on the order date)
- If applicable, proof of equivalence of degrees obtained abroad (e.B via the Lower Saxony Chamber of Engineers)
Fee: 564,00 EURPayment in advance: NoThe fee for the order is charged in accordance with § 1 (1) no. 2 of the Cost Regulations for Official Surveying (KOVerm) in conjunction with § 1 (1) No.m . 1 Lower Saxony Administrative Costs Act (NVwKostG).
The application must be ordered before the intended date.
The processing time is 2 to 3 months.
An action may be brought before the competent administrative court against the appointment to the ÖbVI or the rejection notice and/or the decision on the burden of costs within one month of notification.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and Sport
Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)
30659 Hannover
30169 Hannover