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Be the Difference: Australia Needs More Surveyors Like You

Surveyors in Australia

More Surveyors Required In Next 10 Years

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Students find work within 4 months of graduating

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Why Choose a Career in Surveying?

Strong Job Demand and Security

Surveyors are in high demand globally, and Australia is no exception. Major infrastructure projects, urban expansion, renewable energy development, and climate resilience work all rely on skilled surveyors. This means excellent job prospects, job security, and competitive salaries, both now and in the future.

Diverse Work and Environments

No two days are the same! You might be outdoors using drones, GPS, and laser scanners one day, then interpreting data, creating maps, or advising clients the next. From city skyscrapers to remote landscapes, surveyors work wherever land needs to be measured and managed.

Pathways for Everyone

Whether you’re a school student planning your future, a TAFE or university student seeking practical experience, or a professional looking to pivot into a field with better prospects, surveying has many accessible entry points. Many employers offer cadetships, internships, and clear pathways to professional registration.

Attractive Remuneration and Progression

Surveying is well-regarded for offering competitive salaries and clear pathways for advancement. Even at entry level, graduates and early career surveyors enjoy solid starting salaries, with strong earning potential as you gain experience, specialisations, or move into senior, managerial, or consulting roles.

Global Skills and Recognition

Surveying qualifications and experience are internationally recognised, opening doors to work around the world, whether on major construction sites, deep ocean waters, in disaster recovery zones, or on heritage conservation projects.

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Discover Surveying. Shape Australia’s Future.

 

Welcome to Everything Surveying, your starting point to explore a profession that plays a critical role in how we live, work, move, and connect.

Surveyors are essential contributors across the entire landscape of Australian life, from supporting the property market through defining legal boundaries to enabling major infrastructure, building, and construction projects. Their work ensures that roads, bridges, rail lines, and buildings are designed and delivered with precision. Surveyors also help manage our natural environment, support agriculture, enable safe navigation along coastlines and waterways and contribute to climate resilience.

Every new suburb, transport corridor, mine and renewable energy site begins with the expertise of a surveyor. Their insights and measurements are foundational to decisions made by engineers, planners, architects, developers, and governments.

Everything Surveying is here to guide you through the world of surveying, what it involves, the skills it requires, and the diverse career pathways it offers. Whether you’re a student, career advisor, parent, or someone looking to change direction, you’ll find valuable information to help you make informed decisions.

Most importantly, this site connects you with the many organisations across Australia’s surveying ecosystem — training providers, employers, mentors, and industry bodies — all working together to support your journey.

We invite you to learn more, connect with the profession, and see how you can play a part in shaping the spaces and systems our communities rely on every day.

 

Surveying is more than a career — it’s a cornerstone of progress. Start exploring today.

Land ownership in the digital era transcends physical boundaries, encompassing psychological attachments and virtual dimensions into new spatial realms – Dr Jagannath Aryal

Fact: The value of land in Australia is over $9 trillion. Surveyors play a fundamental role in how the land is valued, used and traded. 

Fact: Surveying underpins over $100 billion of construction and infrastructure projects every year – from highways to hospitals.

Surveyors measure Australia’s coast, cities, outback and oceans. Their work defines land boundaries, protects natural environments and supports defence and climate resilience.

Australia needs over 1,000 new surveyors every year to keep pace with infrastructure and land development demands.

Future-Proof Careers – Surveying is one of the few careers with 100% job placement for graduates and salaries often outpace many other STEM professions.

Every house and apartment you live in, road your drive on and farm that feeds you relies on a surveyor’s work.

Did you know: that Surveyors help prevent costly disputes?  Land or Cadastral Surveyors have substantial knowledge of land law.  Precise surveys protect owners’ rights.

Did you know: that Surveyors are on the frontlines of climate change adaptation?  Coastal erosion, floodplain management and renewable energy projects all depend on spatial data generated by Surveyors.

Indigenous land rights and cultural heritage sites are safeguarded through precise cadastral and topographical surveys.

Fact: Australia’s Surveyors work hand-in-glove with earth observation and satellite tech, connecting local land to global data.

Fact: Good surveying means better planning – smarter cities, thriving regions and protected green spaces.

Surveyors help secure Indigenous land rights and cultural heritage sites, strengthening community ties.

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Explore Real Stories from the Field

Want to know what life as a surveyor is really like? Head over to the Surveying Taskforce blog for a behind-the-scenes look into the profession.

Discover real-world experiences and start imagining your own path – visit the blog now!  You’ll find short reads and inspiring stories from people working in surveying, what they do, how they got started, and the incredible projects they’re part of. Whether you’re a student, career changer or simply curious, this is a great way to learn more about the variety and excitement of a career in surveying.

Want to learn more about programs and study options in your area?

Everything Surveying connects you to Associations, Programs and Study Pathways Australia wide.