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es.
Table 10 Number of candidates for the state
examination.
Surveyor Assistant Surveyor
year
Candi- Suce- % Candi- Succe- %
date ssful date ssful
1966 3,739 223 6,2 13,716 1,920 12.3
1967 4, 351 242 5.6 13, 717 2,190 14.2
1968 4,334 234 5.4 13, 449 2,540 1e d
1969 4,505 301 6.°7 13,528 3,194 21.3
1970 5,192 317 6.1 15, 348 3, 484 20.6
1971 — — — — — —
The special training courses are held at the Construction School attached to the
Ministry of Construction, and the National Railway Construction School. The
former carries out training for new members of the G. 5. I. (about 20 persons
per year), and for technicians of the oversea technical corporation ( about 25
persons per year ).
Except the education in university, all the trainings stated above are confined
generally within only one year. Higher training courses of about one or two weeks
are held every year for some branches of survey by the Japanese Association of
Surveyors.
As the highest qualification of the technical expert there is the system of the
technical consultant. The system has been enforced since 1958. This qualification
is given through the state examination by the Science and Technology Agency of the
Prime Minister's Office. The number of successful candidate in the field of geodesy
and cartography amounts to about 30 technicians up to the present.
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