Occupation description: A land surveyor processes and oversees land and real estate transactions.
When applying for a decision from the Finnish National Agency for Education
When submitting your application, enclose copies of the following documents:
Provide a translation of each document into Finnish, Swedish or English if the original document is in a language other than Finnish, Swedish, Danish, English, Estonian, Icelandic, French, German, Norwegian or Spanish. The translator must be an authorised translator in Finland or an official translator in the source country, working in the language pair in question. Translations done by the body that has issued the original document are also accepted.
If you would like to work as a land surveyor in Finland, apply for a qualification decision from the Finnish National Agency for Education.
If you have qualified as a land surveyor abroad, the Finnish National Agency for Education will decide whether you qualify as a land surveyor in Finland.
The Finnish National Board of Education is obliged to make the decisions on the recognition of professional qualifications within four months of receipt of all documents. For other decisions, the law does not specify a maximum processing time. The processing of an application takes on average 2-3 months counting from the date on which all the necessary documents were provided.
Finnish National Agency for Education decides on the eligibility that a foreign qualification gives for positions in the early childhood education and care, teaching, and positions for which a Master of Laws degree completed in Finland is required.