Surveying Technology
The Surveying Technology curriculum provides training for technicians in the many areas of surveying. Surveyors are involved in land surveying, route surveying, construction surveying, photogrammetry, mapping, global positioning systems, geographical information systems, and other areas of property description and measurements.
Course work includes the communication and computational skills required for boundary, construction, route, and control surveying, photogrammetry, topography, drainage, surveying law, and subdivision design, with emphasis upon applications of electronic data collection and related software including CAD.
Graduates should qualify for jobs as survey party chief, instrument person, surveying technician, highway surveyor, mapper, CPS technician, and CAD operator. Graduates will be prepared to pursue the requirements necessary to become a Registered Land Surveyor in North Carolina.
Surveying graduates are typically employed as surveying technicians with private contractors, surveying firms, construction companies, state agencies or local municipalities. Average starting hourly wages have been approximately $15/hr with most students receiving multiple job offers. A solid background in algebra, geometry and trigonometry is recommended for successful completion of this program.
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