16 Real Estate Continuing Education (CE) Credits

 

Attention Easement Right of Way (ERW) Agents:
IRWA is now approved as a Qualifying Education (QE) Provider for TREC-ERW.  Please follow the guidelines below so you may be credited with the correct education credits.

 

For Agents who hold the ERW license:
After taking and passing the exam for either Course 100 or Course 803, please ask you course coordinator for the TREC-ERW roster. Complete and sign the roster, and then ask the course coordinator to forward it to Maggie Schedler at  Maggie.Schedler@atkinsglobal.com. She will post this information to the TREC education posting website.

 

If you took the course virtually, please go to https://irwaregion2.org/CEProcess and fill out the form. If you are requesting TREC (Real Estate Agent or Broker) or TALCB credits, IRWA has 10 days (this includes weekends) to report your credits.  Please follow the link provided to request your TREC/TALCB credits.

For future ERW agents:
After passing the QE course, please send a PDF copy of your IRWA course completion certificate to documents@trec.texas.gov.

 

Start Date: 4/21/2025

James A. Olschewski is a Professional Land Surveyor who has spent the last 30 years designing and acquiring Right-of-Way (ROW) for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) while as a UDOT employee and now again as a consultant.
James started his career in ROW researching and designing the widening of roadway projects such as Sardine Canyon, Provo Canyon, I-15 in Salt Lake County and most recently the Mountain View Corridor.
James has toured the country teaching transportation design using Microstation and InRoads for several states DOT’s including, New Mexico and UDOT as well as many top fortune 500 Engineering Firms.
James has a degree in Architecture, a second degree in Surveying, and is NICET Certified in Roadway Design.  James is a member of the Utah Council of Land Surveyors (UCLS) where he has served on many committees and is a Past SLC Chapter President.
James is an active member of the International Right of Way Association (IRWA) where he holds the designations of SR/WA and R/W-NAC and is a Climb Certified Instructor.  He is the past Chapter38 President, served as the Vice-Chair of the International Transportation Committee (ITC), and served 4 years on the International Executive Committee (IEC).  James is a two-time W. Howard Armstrong Instructor of the Year Finalist (2018-2019), and the 2020 Region Nine Professional of the Year.
James has served as the Deputy Director of Right-of-Way, the Right-of-Way Design Program Manager and the Statewide Utilities Manager for UDOT.  James is the Right-of-Way Program Manager for Kimley-Horn.
James is married to a wonderful wife and then have two children and three grandchildren who help him with his love for camping, the outdoors and fishing on the Madison River and all things Christmas.