Melissa Wood, Survey Technician class of 2006, using a Topcon Total Station.
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Surveying is the science of measuring the physical world around us to determine the shape and position of objects or features. Surveying skills are applied to a wide variety of activities, from exploration for natural resources such as oil and natural gas to determining the boundary between two parcels of land to controlling the layout of buildings and highways. To accomplish this, surveyors employ a number of technological approaches for measuring the physical world. These include both digital and analogue instruments for measuring and recording distances, angles and heights as well as advanced positioning devices such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS).
Melissa Wood, Survey Technician class of 2006, using a Topcon Total Station.
High School graduation diploma or equivalent, including academic grade XII Math or ALP Math 4.
Typically, Survey Technicians find employment at entry level positions in both the private and public sectors of the Geomatics industry. This would include construction companies, private survey firms, oil and natural gas exploration companies and survey equipment sales companies. Employment opportunities are available in all provinces and territories of Canada. Also, in the past, some survey technician graduates have been able to obtain employment in the USA.
Students graduating from the Survey Technician Program are eligible to enter the Geomatics Engineering Diploma Program at the Annapolis Valley Campus Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS).
“The Surveying Program provided me with the necessary skills to find employment and achieve my career goals. The small class learning environment allowed me the opportunity to communicate more effectively with my instructors”
Lori Skaine
“The Survey Program has given me the necessary skills to be efficient and productive and proceed with my career.”
Justin McLaughlin
“The Survey Technician program offered at COGS has broadened my future. I've been able to start a career in a competitive work force and stand out above others”
Arty Bezanson
Survey Technician Graduate 2004
“As a manager of the survey division of the Terrain Group, we have found the work ethic and knowledge level of the graduates from the surveying program to be exceptionally strong. The graduates bring all the foundation tools to allow us to develop them into strong and valuable resources for all our survey work.”
Kevin Brown