Bachelor of Mine and Engineering Surveying

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Mine and engineering surveying is a specialised area within engineering and science. Also known as geomatics engineering or geomatics, the profession has a vital role in the resources industry and related infrastructure development.

Mine surveyors are responsible for the measurement, representation and management of data associated with a mining operation. Their core responsibilities include marking, measuring and maintaining mine site surfaces and underground workings. They are also responsible for (under the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994) preparing and updating all mine surveying plans for open-pit and underground operations.

Engineering surveyors are integral to the construction industry, ensuring that the locations of civi lengineering works are positioned and oriented correctly. Engineering surveying typically precedes construction associated with roads, bridges, tunnels, buildings, industrial plants and hydraulic engineering.

In this course, you will learn the advanced technology and scientific principles and methods of surveying; and how to apply these to industry applications, including land development, construction, mining and mapping.

You'll learn how to access, evaluate and generate surveying, spatial and related information from multiple sources.

You'll also gain the expertise to recognise, analyse and resolve surveying challenges through surveying methods and technologies. These include total stations, satellite and space positioning (for example, GPS), laser scanning, photogrammetry via drone surveying, geographic information systems (GIS), airborne and marine navigation, digital mapping, satellite and airborne remote sensing, and specialised alignment surveying.

You'll study the first two years of your course at Curtin Perth and your third year at Curtin Kalgoorlie, where you'll have opportunities to engage with industry practices.

How this course will make you industry ready

What you'll learn

• Apply surveying principles, concepts and methods to mine and engineering surveying tasks and applications
• Think critically and creatively to generate innovative solutions and apply logical and rational processes to analyse surveying problems by recognising and applying technologies to their advantages and limitations when applied to mine and engineering surveying
• Access, evaluate and generate surveying, spatial and related information from multiple sources, communicate in ways appropriate to the discipline of mine and engineering surveying
• Analyse, describe and engage in Australian and international best practice standards in mine and engineering surveying methods and technologies through self-learning skills
• Recognise diverse indigenous knowledge perspectives, cultures, histories as well as apply professional and mine and engineering surveying discipline specific tasks and contexts in relation to indigenous peoples, and cultural capabilities
• Work ethically and professionally, both within a team and independently