Land Boundaries

Cadastral surveyors play a critical role in our society as they are responsible for protecting and managing the cadastre, as in the location of property boundaries. As this is such an important and critical task, it can only legally be undertaken by a Licensed Surveyor.

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Licensed Surveyors responsibilities include:

• measurement and mapping of land parcels

• unpacking the 3D puzzle of boundaries for high-rise and multistorey developments

• dividing of existing land parcels into smaller ones

• resolving disputes

• investigating the history of affected boundaries,

• ensuring fair transfer of land ownership

• updating the cadastre, or digital record of property boundaries, to reflect new developments or

• infrastructure projects.

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Once a cadastral survey is complete, the surveyor will prepare a digital cadastral map, or survey plan, to document the boundary lines, dimensions, and other features of the land parcel. This map is then updated within the States digital cadastral database for future reference.

Bathymetric

Understanding the depths, channels, and underwater obstacles such as reefs is essential to allow safe navigation of the seas surrounding Australia and beyond. 

With only about 20% of the worlds oceans currently properly surveyed, and a shortage of skilled hydrographic surveyors, there is plenty of work still to be done!

Hydrographic surveyors spend as much time on water as they do on land as they help map everything underwater: from rivers and lakes, to ports and coastal waters, to the deep oceans.

Using cutting edge technologies such as:

• Multi-beam echosounders

• High-precision GNSS

• Aircraft LiDAR technologies

• Drones

• Seismic surveys

The nautical charts and maps that hydrographic surveyors produce are critical for the ‘blue economy’ and relied on by everyone from the weekend sailor through to the HUGE iron-ore ships carrying millions of dollars’ worth of material.

Civil & Construction

As an engineering and construction surveyor you will be critical to the evolution of the built environment around you. Surveyors are the first on site to map the existing environment, continue on site throughout the building phase to ensure the civil and construction works happen in the right location, and last on site to confirm that the project has been completed as per the design.

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Engineering and construction surveyors play this crucially important role towards the building and maintenance of all sorts of projects including:

• Skyscrapers

• Tunnels

• Stadiums

• Bridges

• Ports

• Roads

• Airports

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Precision, reliability, and working to tight deadlines make this a rewarding and challenging surveying career. As the surveyor, you are the expert on accuracy and location that everyone else relies upon.

Geographic Information Systems 

Map your world: GIS professionals use technology to create and analyse maps of our world. With GIS, you can see where things are located and how they relate to each other. Imagine mapping your favourite park or your neighbourhood with GIS technology!

Solve real-world problems: GIS is used by many industries, including healthcare, transportation, and emergency management. GIS professionals use their skills to solve real-world problems, from finding the best location for a new hospital through to working out which is the nearest ambulance to send to an emergency.

Use cool tools: GIS professionals use cutting-edge technology like drones, satellite imagery and 3D modelling software to create and analyse maps. As a GIS professional, you can learn how to use these cool tools and make a difference in the world.

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Work with a team: GIS projects require collaboration between many different professionals, including geographers, computer scientists and engineers. As a GIS professional, you will have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of people and learn from their expertise.

Make a difference: GIS technology has the power to make a difference in the world. By using GIS to map and analyse data, you can help solve problems like environmental conservation, urban planning, and disaster response. As a GIS professional, you can be part of a team that makes a positive impact on the world.

Planning, Construction and Operation 

Working above and below ground, Mining Surveyors are critical to the safety and operations of any mine site.

Surveyors are involved in every step of a mines project life:

Exploration: Using techniques like satellite imagery, satellite gravimetry, or geophysical surveys where you hike into unexplored parts of the outback, surveyors play an important role in helping decide where to establish a new mine site.

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Establishment: It’s a surveyor’s responsibility that the mine is in the right location and on the correct property. The surveyor will then establish the mines survey control that all future works will be based upon.

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Operations: You need to know where you are at all times, and this gets even harder when a lot of your mine site is underground. Surveyors play a critical role from making sure we know where the mine is relative to the world around it through to determining how much material is being mined.

Rehabilitation: It is an important to manage the end of a mine sites life and return it to nature as it is the start of the process. This ensures that the longer term impacts of the mining undertaken will be minimised.

Planning & Sustainability

Surveyors have played a crucial role in helping to monitor our environment and the changes occurring within it for hundreds of years. 

This includes responsibilities such as: 

• Measuring and monitoring the rising sea-levels using old techniques such as levelling or new techniques such as Satellite Altimetry, 

• Using drones to measure and map the extents of natural disasters and the damage caused, 

• Combining hydrographic surveying and airborne techniques to track the shifting sands of our coastal beaches,

• Using satellite-based technologies such as InSAR to measure and monitor volcanoes that might erupt or to measure the displacement of the ground from earthquakes,

• Map the extents of hidden deposits of metals and minerals for future exploration and to help the transition to green technologies,

• Track the movement of the Australian continent as we drift to the north-east by around 7cm a year!