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.

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Career Resources

MatchTech Group

Our Surveying Division specializes in both permanent and contract recruitment of RICS Qualified and Graduate Surveyors for general practice, building surveying, planning and development, and quantity surveying.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

U.S. Dept. of Labor – complete article about the surveying profession.

Point of Beginning On line magazine

This professional publication is available free to qualified students and educators. View technical and professional articles of interest to practitioners in the surveying and mapping fields. Visit the Classified section for employment opportunities.

Professional Surveyor On line magazine

This professional publication is also available free to qualified students and educators. Browse numerous technical and professional articles of interest to practitioners in the surveying and mapping fields. Back issues to March, 1996 are available; you can search the archives with a keyword search utility. Visit the Job Exchange section for section for employment opportunities.

American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

Home page for the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, America's premier non-profit organization for the surveying and mapping professions. Visit the home page for scholarship information.

Surveycareers.com

The top SURVEY resources on the net - Surveying Zone

Surveying Zone hopes, among other things, "to offer a wide range of educational opportunities and information."