South African Geomatics Council SAGC Council for land surveyors, engineering surveyors, photogrammetric surveyors, mining surveyors, GIS practitioners, hydrographic surveyors

Welcome to the South African Geomatics Council website!
This Council was previously known as ...
South African Council for Professional and Technical Surveyors - PLATO.

All qualified Professional Surveyors, Technologist Surveyors, Technician Surveyors and GISc Practitioners have to be registered with the South African Geomatics Council SAGC (previously PLATO). Professional, Technologist and Technician Surveyors in training can also register with SAGC.
See Members under the various categories. (Member data is correct as of 26 June 2018.)

To become a registered Geomatician with SAGC 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 SAGC registered Geomatician as well as the current Council fees.

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

South African Geomatics Council office email addresses.
   registrar@sagc.org.za ......... registrar
   admin@sagc.org.za ............ members details updates, all applications and exam queries
   accounts@sagc.org.za ........ account invoices, statements and queries, proof of payments
   assistant@sagc.org.za ........ Non accredited/foreign applications, final registrations, CPD submissions

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. Kindly note the changes to the EXAM LEGISLATION. Some Acts removed and some Acts added.
See the Legislation section on this website for all the downloads.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) was implemented on the 1 June 2012.
All SAGC members are registered according to the details in Table A in the Rules.

Please Contact us should you require any further information.

Latest updates to website . . . EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
EMPLOYMENT WANTED

8 Aug 2018 - NEWS - Employment - Lecturer Mining Engineering - Wits University,
8 Aug 2018 - NEWS - Employment - Civil Engineering student from MUT - In Service Training
8 Aug 2018 - NEWS - Employment - Qualified Construction Surveyor- seeks employment
7 Aug 2018 - CPD - Events - new events IMSSA549, UNI550, registers UNI472b, SAGI544,
                                             PVT547, PVT056k
2 Aug 2018 - NEWS - SAGC circulars - Registrar's Notification No 661 dated 16 July 2018.
2 Aug 2018 - CPD - Events - new events PVT115af, PVT119t, PVT119u, PVT117x, PVT117y,
                                             PVT117z, UNI548, PVT547e, PVT547f, registers PVT533, PVT115af,
                                             PVT119t, PVT119u, PVT117x, PVT117y, PVT117z.,
26 Jul 2018 - CPD - Events - new events PVT547, PVT547a, PVT547b, PVT547c, PVT547d,
                                             PVT547e, PVT547f, register GOV541, GOV545.
23 Jul 2018 - CPD - Events - new events GOV545, SAGI546 and register GISSA536.
20 Jul 2018 - CPD - Events - new events SAGI544.
12 Jul 2018 - CPD - Events - new events PVT543.
11 Jul 2018 - CPD - Events - new events PVT538, PVT539, PVT540, GOV541, SAGI542.
                                             Registers SAGI534
11 Jul 2018 - NEWS - Employment - Civil Engineering student from MUT - In Service Training
11 Jul 2018 - NEWS - SAGC circulars - Registrar's Notification No 660 dated 2 July 2018.
10 Jul 2018 - CPD - Events - new events HSSA535,GISSA536, UNI537, PVT466a, PVT466b,
                                             registers GOV480p, GOV480q, GOV480r, PVT466a, PVT466b,
                                             PVT526, PVT5331.
28 Jun 2018 - REGISTRATION - Council Fees - SAGC members Fees awaiting confirmation
28 Jun 2018 - MEMBERS - SAGC member database updated 26 June 2018 + adjustments
25 Jun 2018 - NEWS - Equipment STOLEN - Klerksdorp - Trimble R8s Rover and Base -
                                             13 June 2018
22 Jun 2018 - NEWS - Employment - Mine Survey technician requires employment and
                                             In Service training for S3 MUT student.
21 Jun 2018 - CPD - Events - new events PVT534.
15 Jun 2018 - NEWS - Employment - In Service training - S4 Survey Technician seeks position.
15 Jun 2018 - CPD - Events - new events GOV480p, GOV480q, GOV480r, PVT533, PVT533a,
                                             register PVT488b.
8 June 2018 - NEWS - Employment - In Service training - Survey Technician seeks position.
8 June 2018 - CPD - Events - registers SAGI521, SAGI470, IMSSA525

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7 May 2018 - Contact us - SAGC Office Relocates to Bruma, Johannesburg - 16 May 2018
21 Apr 2017 - Council Fees - Bank account name has changed.
19 Apr 2017 - Contact us - email address for SAGC - PLEASE TAKE NOTE !!

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23 May 2018 - NEWS - Equipment - STOLEN TSC3 - Eastern Cape. Contact NPM Geomatics
17 Mar 2016 - NEWS - Equipment - STOLEN Wild Total Station, 3 x Ashtec GPS receivers -
Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal (11 March 2016)
24 Feb 2015 - NEWS - Equipment - STOLEN Nikon Vivo 5.c - Umzali Civils, Gugulethu hijacking
14 Jan 2015 - NEWS - Equipment - STOLEN Leica TC407 - Mangosuthu University Technology