Prepares students to enter a high-tech profession that uses state-of-the-art equipment to determine the exact location and measurement of points, lines, and contours of the earth’s surface as a land surveying technician.

Surveying is an integral component of land usage by civil engineering, GIS, GPS, municipal planning, construction, and drafting. Levels of training include certified technician, surveyor-in-training, and registered professional land surveyor.

• Read more in the news release
• Read more from the
  National Society of Professional Surveyors
• Professional land surveyor information sheet
• Equipment used by professional land surveyors
• Typical Lot Survey Performed by A Professional Land Surveyor
• Typical Subdivision Performed by by A Professional Land Surveyor
  

For more information regarding the degree program, click HERE

Summer & Fall Course Offerings

Summer I, 2008

• SRVY 1301 (Introduction to Surveying), M-Th, 7:00 to 8:55 pm
• SRVY 2344 (Legal Principals II), Mon. & Wed., 7:00 to 8:55 pm (Tue. & Thur. working online)

Fall, 2008

• SRVY 1301 (Introduction to Surveying), Monday, 6:00 to 8:50 pm
• SRVY 1315 (Survey Calculations I), Tuesday, 6:00 to 8:50 pm
• SRVY 1413 (Plane Surveying), Mon. & Wed., 5:30 to 7:50 pm
• SRVY 1441 (Land Surveying w/Lab), Tue. & Thur., 6:00 to 8:50 pm
• SRVY 2313 (Control Surveying), Monday, 6:00 to 8:50 pm
• SRVY 2340 (Advanced Plane Surveying), Wednesday, 5:30 to 9:20 pm
• SRVY 2343 (Legal Principals I), Thursday, 6:00 to 8:50 pm
  

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Career Information

How is the job market?

Overall employment of surveyors and surveying technicians is expected to grow about as fast as average for all occupations through the year 2014. The widespread availability and use of advanced technologies, such as GPS, GIS, and remote sensing, will continue to increase both the accuracy and productivity of these workers, limiting job growth to some extent. However, job openings will continue to arise from the need to replace workers who transfer to other occupations or who leave the labor force altogether. Many of the workers in these occupations are approaching retirement age.

Opportunities should be stronger for professional surveyors than for surveying and mapping technicians. Advancements in technology, such as total stations and GPS, have made surveying parties smaller than they were in the past. As technologies become more complex, opportunities will be best for surveyors who have a bachelor’s degree and strong technical skills. New technologies, such as GPS and GIS, also may enhance employment opportunities for surveyors, and for surveying technicians who have the educational background and who have acquired technical skills that enable them to work with the new systems. At the same time, upgraded licensing requirements will continue to limit opportunities for professional advancement for those without a bachelor’s degree. (Source Occupational Outlook Handbook )

Where are the jobs coming from?

How much will I earn with either the certificate or the two-year degree?

Each level of training and/or additional certification/s increases the potential salary earnings.

>> Read more about surveyors’ salaries

Transfer to University

Currently, articulations are being sought with four-year institutions so that the AAS in Land Surveying & Mapping Technology will transfer into specific bachelor’s degree/s.

What if I already have a four-year degree, but it is not in surveying?

Options are available for individuals with a bachelors’ degree to receive 32 hrs of surveying related courses and with appropriate work experience, sit for the surveyor-in-training exam to become a licensed SIT (Surveyor-in-Training). After becoming a SIT and with additional work experience, then the individual is ready to sit for the exam for the Registered Professional Land Surveyor (RPLS).

>> Courses meeting 32-hour requirement

Contact Information (Land Surveying and Mapping Tech)

For more information about this program, please contact:

Matthew Samford
Division Counselor
936-273-7341
Building A, Room 200-B
msamford@nhmcdd.edu

Department Chair

Carolyn Poe
Department Chair
936-273-7481
Building F, Room 353
carolyn.poe@lonestar.edu

Faculty

Roger McDonald
Building F, Room 359
936-271-6179
roger.mcdonald@lonestar.edu

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