Qualifications needed (1) (i) Graduation from high school, or possession of an accredited high school equivalency diploma; and (ii) Two (2) years of satisfactory full-time paid experience in an occupation involving the valuation of real property, such as assessor, appraiser, valuation data manager, real property appraisal aide or the like; or (2) Graduation from an accredited two (2) year college and one (1) year of the experience described in subparagraph (1)(ii) of this subdivision; (3) Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college and six (6) months of experience described in subparagraph (1)(ii) of this subdivision or graduation from an accredited four (4) year college and a written commitment from the county director that the county will provide training in assessment administration, approved by the State Board, within a six (6) month period; or (4) The experience described in subparagraph (1)(ii) of this subdivision, subject to the following: (i) If the assessor has been previously certified by the State Board as a candidate for assessor pursuant to Subpart l88-3 of this Part, such certification is equivalent to one (1) year of the experience described in subparagraph (1)(ii) of this subdivision if it has not expired. (ii) For the purpose of crediting full-time paid experience, a thirty (30) hour week shall be deemed full-time employment. (iii) Three (3) years of part-time paid experience as sole assessor or as chairman of the board of assessors shall be credited as one (1) year of full-time paid experience, and five (5) years of part-time paid experience as a member of a board of assessors shall be credited as one (1) year of full-time paid experience. Paid part-time experience in excess of these amounts shall be credited in accordance with these criteria; (iv) Volunteer experience in an assessor's office may be credited as paid experience to the extent that it includes tasks such as data collection; calculation of value estimates; preparation of preliminary valuation reports; providing routine assessment information to a computer center; public relations and review of value estimates, computer output and exemption applications; and (v) In no case shall less than six (6) months of the experience described in subparagraph (1)(ii) of this subdivision be acceptable with the exception of county training as provided for in paragraph (3) of this subdivision.
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