Professionalism? What Professionalism?

May 28, 2012
Quality surveying practice necessitates periodic evaluation of surveying courses and professional training programs. However, in practice we find that technical competence is narrowly construed, business competence is given inadequate attention and labour concerns are completely ignored in the training. It seems that the surveying profession and training fail to adequately engage with social concerns. These findings constitute an urgent need for the expansion of the concept of ‘professionalism’ in surveying practice in Uganda. .
 

What is the future of the survey industry?

May 28, 2012
The emergence of new and simplified technology ranging from Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Remote sensing, laser scanning, etc. have revolutionised the surveying profession greatly in the last 30 years. This trend will continue in the future with the surveyor becoming more reliant on new and advanced technology. Although this new technology greatly reduces on projects completion times, it creates a number of challenges including the fact that the technology is changing at a rate ...
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