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Description

This is an ideal career for an anlytical thinker.  Surveying and mapping are careers suited to people with a passion for modern technology and computers, geography, maps, science, geometry and a sustainable environment. 

Career Advice - Surveyor Career

If you enjoy working both indoors and outdoors as part of a professional team and gaining satisfaction from seeing the results of your work, then choose surveying.

Surveyors and spatial professionals focus on the measurement, management, presentation and analysis of spatial data. You use advanced electronic instruments, computers, global positioning, satellite images and high powered computation and visualisation software. Your skills are applied to land, sea, space, mining, construction, forensics and medicine.

What you do every day

Every day is different for a surveyor and depending on the current job, weather and time of year you might be in the office, in the field, meeting a client or even sometimes appearing in court. Some activities in which you might be involved are listed.

Personality that best fits this career

You enjoy maths and geometry, problem solving, the outdoors, computers, high tech gadgets and are a good communicator. You are a team player and in good physical health. You need a high attention to detail and good organisational and analytical thinking skills. As survey consultancies broaden their services business skills are needed.

Best thing about this career

Variety of work, indoor/outdoor mix and satisfaction of carrying out all aspects of a job through to completion.

Worst thing about this career

Sometimes, compliance with lots of regulations is needed to do a thorough and professional job; working in the field on really hot or very cold days.