Overview
Surveyors' Assistants perform routine tasks to assist Surveyors and Geologists by transporting, assembling, maintaining and laying out prospecting and surveying equipment, and collecting and labelling samples.
Day-to-day
- assists with the measuring of distances, angles and variations in terrain as directed by a surveyor
- places pegs and other survey marks as directed
- performs various duties to assist surveyor, such as establishing plumb marks.
Considerations
- Physically demanding
- Requires driving
- Working outdoors
To become a Surveyor's Assistant
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You can work as a Surveyor's Assistant without formal qualifications, however, a formal qualification in surveying or spatial information services may be useful. Vocational Education and Training (VET) and university are both common study pathways.