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Start your amazing journey to become a Surveyor.

If you are interested in a career that can take you around the world, then Surveying is for you.

Flinders University is the only South Australian University offering education in Surveying, with a four-year double degree combining a Bachelor of Geospatial Information Systems and Bachelor of Surveying. 

This degree is recognised by the Surveyors Board of South Australia, meaning that you can enter into a training agreement to become a licensed surveyor. Combined with the GIS degree, you will have a huge amount of career opportunities waiting for you.

Demand for surveyors and spatial scientists is predicted to increase over the next decade.

Current estimates say surveying and geospatial completions need to increase 117.1% from 424 to 920 people per year to meet future demand over the next decade*

*(Determining the Future Demand, Supply and Skills Gap for Surveying and Geospatial Professionals: 2022 - 2032 January 2023 report)

What is Surveying?

Surveying is the practice of measuring and mapping various aspects of the physical environment, particularly land. It involves determining the boundaries, contours, and elevations of a piece of land through precise measurements.

Surveyors utilize specialized tools such as GPS, lasers, and total stations to collect data, which is then used to create accurate maps, plans, and legal descriptions for construction, land development, and other purposes.

As a surveyor, you'll tackle it all: scrutinizing landscapes from above, exploring ocean depths, and subdividing plots of residential land. You'll rub shoulders with architects, engineers, planners, land developers, conveyancers, and solicitors, all working together on noteworthy projects — both local and global.

Every huge infrastructure project relies on surveyors - Adelaide's under and overpasses, The Melbourne Metro Tunnel, NSW's WestConnex project, and the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.

Your potential occupations

  • Surveyor
  • Cadastral - Land Boundaries
  • Hydrographic - Bathymetric
  • Engineering - Civil and Construction
  • GIS
  • Spatial Information Officer
  • Mining - Planning, Construction and Operation
  • Environmental - Planning & Sustainability
  • GIS data coordinator

Your potential employers

  • Cadastral
  • Archaeology & Forensics 
  • Construction
  • Engineering & Mining
  • Defence
  • Environmental Projects
  • Marine
  • Aerospace
  • Police

Get career-ready with practical experience

You will collect data in the field, upload to the computer systems, and learn how to use industry-standard software to manipulate and process spatial data to create useful information ready for application in any industry.

Gain practical experience and develop on-the-job use of a range of relevant digital technologies in our dedicated Spatial Information Systems Laboratory

Flinders helping to build the future of SA with surveying

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What are Geospatial Information Systems?

Geospatial Information Systems (or GIS) is a rapidly expanding sector that is being increasingly integrated into almost every discipline.

Blending science, computer science, data analytics, geography and cartography, GIS is a fascinating and powerful area of study which allows you to impact the world around you – from using drones to survey and photograph potential areas for environmental conservation, using location intelligence and data to address racial inequities, to helping plan our future cities and genuinely improve lives.

Used in an incredibly broad range of areas, you could end up in environmental management, urban and regional planning, human geography and environmental health, land-use dynamics, natural resources management, ecosystem services, biological sciences or even archaeology.

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