Students from across Victoria recently had their first taste of surveying at the RMIT Experience Surveying day, on the 9th of July at the RMIT University Field Station, Yarra Bend Park. With the help of qualified surveyors and RMIT staff, students performed activities such as measuring the height of the Eureka tower, the angles of…
Surveyors are the unsung pioneers of Australia’s land development. Scattered throughout rural areas lie remnants of their work, reminders of the origins of our nation. One such remnant is an old tree found in Namadgi National Park, which was used from 1915 to mark the newly created ACT/NSW border. Carved on the trunk of the…
“The distance between point A and B is 528 meters…” does that sound familiar? You probably know how to perform distance calculations on paper, but what if you could go outside and use lasers, maps and laptops to determine distances? That’s exactly what a handful of Secondary Students in New South Wales did during the recent Maths in…
It can be hard sometimes to see how maths can be fun when you’re stuck in a classroom staring at numbers all of the time. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could actually apply the things you learn in class? Or if you could use highly advanced technology to find the answer you’re looking for? That’s exactly…
Here are some photos from our latest event. Students got to use the “jiggers” to plot measurements around the field station then upload the results into Liscad software. Students were also able to speak with real-life Surveyors about the ins and outs of working in the profession. If you too would like to attend an…
In a recent article in The Age, Licensed Surveyors were highlighted as the only people who can determine the true and legal location of a boundary, which is required to resolve the thousands of boundary disputes that end up at the Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria each year.
McCrindle Research has recently found that Surveying is one of Australia’s most underrated degrees with 9 out of 10 graduates finding work and starting on a median salary of $52,500. This compares with Architecture, which has 7 out of 10 graduates employed full time with a median starting salary of $32,500. To read more of…
The South Australian surveying industry welcomes the news of recent calls to make studying mathematics and science subjects mandatory at school up until Year 12 as reported in The Advertiser on 18 June 2013. The number of Year 12 students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects has been falling for years and this is…
Year 10 Geelong High School students were “hands-on” with Surveying technology at our recent Maths in Surveying Day. The aim of the event was to increase the number of students studying higher level Maths at the school by demonstrating an exciting Industry where maths is applied on a daily basis. The event was facilitated by…
School students across the country were able to see the Transit of Venus first hand on 6 June 2012. Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School students were amongst the 68 schools in Victoria participating in the mass observation, and 300 across the country. Using a “SolarScope”, students saw the planet slowly make its way across the Sun….
