Professional Skills
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What professional skills are needed?
Surveying & geomatics teaches basic skills and knowledge, needed for successful entry-level employment, such as :
- Proper use of modern technology, industry standard software, and tools to collect, analyze and interpret data for surveying solutions.
- Developing viable solutions as part of a professional team in a field crew.
- Effective written verbal, and graphic communications with surveyors and engineers.
- Using math to plot solutions.
- Completing comprehensive field records.
- Practice a code of ethics that meets those prescribed by professional organizations and state codes.