Surveyors use advanced equipment and specialised software to determine the accurate position of features. These include:

• robotic laser instruments to observe and record surveys
• light beams to electronically measure distance
• satellite positioning technology (GPS) to fix positions.

This degree provides you with the essential skills and knowledge required to succeed as a professional surveyor. These include:

• a thorough knowledge of algebra, basic calculus, geometry, and trigonometry
• the laws that deal with surveys, property, and contracts
• the ability to use delicate instruments with accuracy and precision.

Career Outcomes

Surveyors play a major role in land development, from the planning and design of land subdivision, through to the final construction of the roads, utilities, and landscape planning.

They also play an important part in the construction industry providing detailed design plans for the subsequent construction of roads, freeways, tunnels, bridges, pipelines, and high-rise buildings.

Some surveyors work with mining companies on exploration, mining development, and mining operations.

Other surveyors specialise in hydrographical surveys, working with automated position and sounding equipment on survey ships to map the ocean floor.

You may be employed in small or medium-sized consultancy businesses in the private sector or in government agencies.

Many graduates enter a Professional Training Agreement and become licensed surveyors.

Professional recognition and accreditation

The degree is externally accredited through the Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria.

Graduates are eligible to apply for membership of The Institution of Surveyors Victoria and the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute.

The degree has international accreditation with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors which also entitles graduates to membership of that Institute.

The degree is also accredited by the Land Surveyors Board of Malaysia as a recognised qualification.