| In the field of cartography, there are few | | | | defence industry, graduates with experience |
| jobs that are as uniquely suited to a | | | | in surveying often go into the engineering |
| graduate's skills as the graduate surveyor. | | | | field to use their skills. Engineering firms |
| Surveyors are familiar figures in a variety | | | | need maps, blueprints, and other documents |
| of fields, mapping out residential and | | | | created with the help of surveyors. Surveyors |
| commercial lots for construction companies or | | | | head out to work sites to determine whether |
| determining the best land area for an urban | | | | the geographical location is ideal for a |
| planning firm. Graduate surveyors have a | | | | certain project and what long term issues may |
| combination of skills that make their | | | | come from developing on a certain piece of |
| presence invaluable in the United Kingdom. | | | | land. Graduate surveyors also work as |
| Few people outside of cartography or | | | | consultants to design teams, as they provide |
| engineering know how to make an accurate map, | | | | input on the land shape and geological issues |
| assess soil samples, or determine the | | | | that may affect a project. Graduate surveyors |
| structural issues of building on a certain | | | | often find engineering positions to be the |
| type of land. Graduate surveyors in the | | | | most lucrative, as the success of conceptual |
| United Kingdom can find work in a variety of | | | | development depends entirely on the land |
| fields. | | | | used. |
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| Graduate surveyors in the United Kingdom work | | | | The third option for graduate surveyors is to |
| quite a bit as consultants to military | | | | work in academia, usually at the university |
| organizations and defence contractors. The | | | | level. Surveyors who are exceptional in their |
| military needs surveyors to oversee soldiers | | | | course work and take on advanced educational |
| in the mapping of new terrain or providing | | | | opportunities can work as teachers or |
| consultations on the creation of new | | | | research assistants at UK universities. As |
| facilities. As well, defence contractors need | | | | well, talented surveyors can teach the next |
| surveyors to determine whether a certain land | | | | generation of surveyors about the skills |
| area is ideal for testing new products. | | | | needed to succeed in the profession. Finally, |
| Surveyors in the military or in defence | | | | the trend toward vocational schools in the |
| contracting firms make a solid wage and | | | | United Kingdom means that there is a market |
| provide a public service in the defence of | | | | for young professionals who want to help |
| the United Kingdom. | | | | graduates learn the ins and outs of |
| | | | surveying. |
| While there are plenty of surveyors in the UK | | | | |