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  1. beelzebub

    Surveyings Future?

    i couldnt agree more rick, i'm only at the beginning of my career, yes i have worked in the industry for a while but have only just become the principle surveyor for a large construction job. checks are everything. the only problem is that with the new technologies and the speed at which we...
  2. beelzebub

    Surveyings Future?

    from where i sit, you get a) a little more money b) more responsibilty/accountability c) become more employable (i figure if anyones going to get sacked if times get lean it wont be their licensed surveyor- i know that at the moment you cant find qualified surveyors at the moment. i just heard...
  3. beelzebub

    Surveyings Future?

    my company, well, the company i work for has branched out offering in house GIS as a part of our package. this should be great for the employers not so for me. i believe as do many people i know that surveyors are a dying breed and with the future looking GIS friendly there will be the licensed...
  4. beelzebub

    Surveyings Future?

    Ahh, I can see your point, but the increase in the technical ability of the equipment has caused a few things to happen. A) Few companies can afford the new equipment, so the smaller companies get smaller B) The border line companies that can just afford the equipment, like robotic total...
  5. beelzebub

    Surveyings Future?

    Don't get me wrong, I love my job, where else can you get the same mix of both feild work and office work? I dont want to be just another labourer but neither do I want to be office bound. Its just very hard to be happy when you have to work with people who either shouldnt be doing the job or...
  6. beelzebub

    Surveyings Future?

    The decline of surveying in Australia is rearing its ugly head faster and faster. Is this happening everywhere else? Between wages being disgustingly low and the fact that no one knows what it is Surveyors do, resulting in the intake of Surveying students becoming smaller and smaller, the...
  7. beelzebub

    Survey Staking

    You could always just ask the surveyor who will be tasked with the job to provide the infomation. Mind you, it could bite you on the bum with quoting tho.
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