What are the career opportunities? There are opportunities for graduates with Spatial Information education across Australia and around the globe in many disciplines. Jobs in the spatial industry are numerous, varied and well paid. Graduates work throughout business and government in a broad range of spatial information management and system development positions. You may be involved in the traditional areas of managing land information systems, producing maps and digital databases, surveying boundaries and engineering projects, or managing, developing, and preserving land. You may be applying many techniques, including photogrammetry, remote sensing, and global positioning system (GPS). You could be managing information about the environment, transportation and other utility systems. You may advance the technology itself: developing software and systems to enhance the ability of individuals, business, government, and industry to better use information systems in their daily tasks. Careers are rewarding and intellectually stimulating. After a few years in the workforce, you can identify other areas where your skills could be put to good use. You will be in an excellent position to launch your own business initiative and be self-employed. Opportunities abound! Find out about Women in Geographic Information Technlogy at the WinGIT website. Also of interest is "SSSI Young Professionals", a division of the Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute for spatial industry professionals 35 and under. The SSSI also has a "Women in Spatial" initiative. What sort of training is available? There are many varied opportunities to train in the spatial industry. Training courses in universities and technical colleges include GIS, surveying, remote sensing, cartography and much more. Training ranges from short courses to add spatial skills to your current expertise (such as biology, medicine, teaching, environmental management,...) up to university bachelor, masters and doctorate courses. Find out more at our Education Portal site!

"Geospatial information is increasingly becoming the driving force for decision making across the local to global continuum. Tasks as varied as planning urban growth, managing a forest, "precision farming," assessing insurance claims, siting an automatic teller machine, routing [emergency] vehicles, drilling a well, assessing groundwater contamination, designing a cellular phone network, guiding "intelligent" vehicles, assessing the market for manufactured goods, managing a city, operating a utility, improving wildlife habitat, monitoring air quality, assessing environmental impact, designing a road, studying human health statistics, minimizing water pollution, undertaking real estate transactions, preserving wetlands, mapping natural hazards and disasters, providing famine relief, or studying the causes and consequences of global climate change, can be greatly enhanced by the use of some form of geospatial technology. The pioneers, builders, and specialists in geospatial information collection and management train in such fields as photogrammetry, remote sensing, and GIS." [Source: ASPRS website] :: Computer Science :: Biology :: :: Geography :: Physics :: :: Geometry :: Photography :: :: Ecology :: Graphic Arts :: :: Forestry :: Engineering :: :: Community Planning :: :: Transportation :: :: Military Planning :: :: Environmental Science :: :: Cartography :: Geodesy :: :: Industrial Engineering :: :: Civil Engineering :: Architecture :: :: Archaeology :: Urban Planning :: :: Agriculture :: Geology :: Medicine :: :: Aerial Photography :: Economics :: :: Satellite Imagery :: Meteorology :: :: Sociology :: Hydrology :: :: Manufacturing :: :: Meteorology :: :: Natural Resource Management :: Even more information about surveying careers can be found at www.alifewithoutlimits.com.au