Kansas Society of Land Surveyors

JOB DESCRIPTION: A nine-month faculty position responsible to the Dean, School of Applied Studies, and the Department Chair, Engineering Technology. Individual must be qualified to teach all aspects of surveying technology. In particular, this instructor’s duties will emphasize teaching the technologies supporting surveying today including current surveying equipment and surveying CAD software. Duties may include on- and off-campus day and evening classes. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, student advising, promoting and facilitating community awareness of the surveying and mapping program, curriculum development, and maintaining appropriate records and office hours. May involve some travel for professional development training.

REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:

Registered professional land surveyor or experienced surveying technician.

Experience in, or willingness to learn, integrated GPS and GIS technologies in a surveying context

Bachelors degree preferred but not required.

At least 3 years experience in land surveying or related activity.

Teaching experience preferred but not required.

Student centered in methodology and classroom procedures.

Willingness to utilize distance learning strategies and latest multimedia technologies.

SALARY: Commensurate with established schedule.

OTHER BENEFITS: Exceptional employee benefit plan. Participation in optional retirement program or Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Excellent careers await young people in the broad range of surveying and mapping sciences. Surveying and mapping technologies have undergone dramatic transformation during the past few decades. Surveying is considered a profession of high-tech multi-disciplines having focus and application in land-related issues. Each of these disciplines employs state-of-the-art equipment and resources at the forefront of emerging technologies.

• Land Surveying
• Geodesy
• Photogrammetry
• Remote Sensing
• Spatial Information Databases
• Geographic Information Systems
• Cartography
• Archeological Surveying
• Forensic Surveying
• Mineral and Mining Surveys
• Oil Field Surveys

Licensure as a Professional Land Surveyor is required in all fifty states and the U. S. territories. To obtain licensure, many states now require a degree in Surveying and Mapping or related sciences along with four years of experience working under the supervision of a licensed professional survey. Kansas is one of those states.

Employment in surveying and mapping covers many areas including:

• Land Surveying – which is traditional boundary surveys relating to land ownership issues and measurements of the earth’s surface.
• Geodesy - which includes mathematics, physics and astronomy
• Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing – which utilizes aircraft, satellites, film and digital camera equipment
• Global Positioning System – which involves satellites and 3D positioning with earth-based equipment for surveying, mapping and navigation.
• Geographic Information Systems – which is an information framework that is spatial and geographically related.
• Cartography – which includes creating road maps, topo maps and navigation charts.

Other surveying opportunities are available in the following areas:
• Archeological Surveying
• Forensic Surveying
• Minerals and Mining
• Oil Field Surveying

Salaries, benefits and compensation vary with the locale, the employee’s primary assignment, the size of the firm and the availability of personnel. Most surveying and mapping personnel, however, enjoy median to higher salaries for areas in which they are employed.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Whether the surveyor chooses to specialize in one or more of the disciplines, he or she will find a career in surveying both exciting and challenging. It gives the outdoor enthusiast the chance to work in the open and quite often provides the opportunity to travel. Career opportunities exits as:
• Professional surveyor
• Photogrammetrist
• GIS Manager
• Business Owner
• Surveying & Engineering Firm
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Public Works
• Construction Business
• Energy and Utility Companies
• City, County or State Surveyor
• Bureau of Land Management
• U. S. Forest Service
• Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Geological Survey
• National Geodetic Survey

ABET Accredited Schools and Universities

ALASKA
University of Alaska Anchorage
Geomatics (BS)
http://www.engr.uaa.alaska.edu/soe/Geomatics/default.htm

CALIFORNIA
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Surveying Option in Civil Engineering (BS)
http://www.csupomona.edu/~ce/surveying/surveying.htm

California State University, Fresno
Geomatics Engineering (BS)
http://www.csufresno.edu/geomatics/

COLORADO
Metropolitan State College of Denver
http://www.mscd.edu/~surdd/

FLORIDA
University of Florida
Geomatics (BS)
http://www.surv.ufl.edu/

INDIANA
Purdue University at West Lafayette
Land Surveying Engineering (BS)
http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/Geomatics/

MAINE
University of Maine
Spatial Information Science and Engineering (BS)
http://www.spatial.maine.edu/

MICHIGAN
Ferris State University
Surveying Engineering (BS)
http://www.ferris.edu/cot/surveying/

Michigan Technological University
Surveying (BS)
http://www.tech.mtu.edu/TLS/

NEW JERSEY
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Surveying Option in Engineering Technology (BS)
http://www-ec.njit.edu/surveying/surveying.html

NEW MEXICO
New Mexico State University
Surveying Engineering (BS)
http://www.nmsu.edu/~survey/

NEW YORK
Alfred State College
Surveying Engineering Technology (BS)
http://www.alfredstate.edu/academics/programs/prog_1046.html

Surveying Engineering Technology (AAS)
http://www.alfredstate.edu/academics/programs/prog_1039.html

Mohawk Valley Community College
Surveying Technology (AS)
http://www.mvcc.edu/catalog/ett/surve.htm

Paul Smith's College
Surveying Technology (AS)
http://www.paulsmiths.edu/PAGE=141/page.pl?page=455

OHIO
The University of Akron-Community and Technical College
Surveying and Mapping Technology (BS)
Surveying Engineering Technology (AAS)
http://www.commtech.uakron.edu/?/engscitech/Surveying.html

The Ohio State University
Geomatics Engineering (BS)
http://geomatics.eng.ohio-state.edu/geomatics/index.html

OREGON
Oregon Institute of Technology
Surveying (BS)
Geomatics (BS)
http://www.oit.edu/d/geociv/geo/index.php

PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Surveying Technology (AS)
http://www.pct.edu/degrprog/su.shtml

Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus, Commonwealth College
Surveying Technology (AS)
Surveying Technology (BS)
http://surveying.wb.psu.edu/

SOUTH CAROLINIA
Greenville Technical College
Geomatics Technology (AS)
http://www.greenvilletech.com/Academics/geomatics_engineering.html

TENNESSEE
East Tennessee State University
Surveying and Mapping (BS)
http://www.etsu.edu/geomatics

TEXAS
Texas A & M University at Corpus Christi
Geographic Information Science (BS)
http://gisc.tamucc.edu

* Information provided by the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping 6 Montgomery Village Ave. Suite 403 Gaithersburg, MD 20879 Ph: 240-632.9716, or visit www.acsm.net.

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