Land Surveying Experience

Elemeno. P

Mods I hope this forum is ok as I couldnt really find one with an abundance of land surveyors, but i'm sure they exist out there somewhere, so change it if needs be.

I'm currently working as a graduate civil engineer but that will be finishing up very soon. I did a couple of surveys in this job (not enough to consider it any valuable experience) along with a good amount land registry and boundary mapping. I really enjoyed it and want to continue it but the job was unable to provide me with any real training in it.

What I am asking is what is the best advice to go about getting more experience? I was thinking of emailing surveying companies (in Dublin) to see if they would be willing to provide me with some work experience, if only for a couple of months. Of course i'd be willing to do this unpaid but I am afraid I may still be turned away as companies would have to go out of their way to provide someone to mentor me and that may not be possible (i was well aware of this trying to get graduate engineering experience).

It is something I really want to do and just need that first bit of experience to get started. If theres any surveyors (or anyone really) out there any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

annfield1978

contact murphy surveys , they may be your best lead

Elemeno. P

Thanks for the reply. I have looked at them already, first placed I looked as they are a familiar name. But where they are located is too far away for someone willing to work unpaid unfortunately. Does anyone have experience with people looking for work experience in any area? As i am only looking for work experience would I also send a CV (even though i dont have relevant experience, although the engineering may help), would they consider taking me on for a work placement based on my CV?

robbiefat

try the graduate jobs in the fas website and contact those companys. or a work placement programme.

OHsnow!!!!!

Work for free or as a slave on an internship in Ireland (if you are lucky) or get employed instantly and earn megabucks (at least $50/60k starting) in some unbearably hot mining town in Western Oz on a FIFO basis. FIFO might not be the worst. You could look into flying to Thailand or something in your off weeks. Middle East has work too but you could end up in Iraq.

Oz is your best option in my opinion. You could also find work in the Eastern part which is probably more craic and not on a FIFO basis so the lifestyle would be better. It would probably be a lot of topo/boundary/setting out work.

allibastor

if you have no ties here i would suggest to bail out. i am in a similar situation as you, but i have around 5 years surveying done and still could not find a job as a surveyor or engineer. recently went for a job as a site engineer and found that lads who had worked a project managers and contracts managers were also going for it. not a chance i would get that job even though i have all the required experience and qualifications.

your best bet is to head out as surveying has really become a victim of the recession