Where Do Geomatics Engineers Work?
Due to the wide demand for skills in spatial information management, Geomatics Engineers find work in a wide and diverse range of areas. The majority of students work in areas designing, building and managing geographic information systems in local government, utilities and other organisations. The next largest group works in the traditional surveying areas of land development, engineering surveying and mapping, while an increasing number are supporting natural resource and environmental management. Each year a number of students join the large accounting firms such as PricewaterhouseCoopers or join marketing firms where spatial information is becoming a critical component. The Department of Geomatics at the University of Melbourne also has a long standing reputation for producing graduates for the hydrographic surveying area with the result that each year a number from the Department enter this challenging and well-paid area. In general all graduates have either been “head-hunted” or
