Skills & Knowledge You'll Develop

A career in Geomatics Engineering Technology presents many exciting challenges which require critical thinking skills. Our program will help you make use of your analytical mind so you can thrive in this growing field. Upon successful completion of the program, you will:

• possess knowledge regarding surveying, mapping and data collection techniques
• have expertise with GPS equipment and GIS software
• be able to work in a variety of settings
• have the opportunity to further your education with university-transferrable courses. 

You will be able to:

• stake out buildings and other structures such as bridges, dams, tunnels, refineries and other engineering works
• perform calculations and field layouts of horizontal, vertical and spiral curves when conducting detailed surveys on projects such as highways, urban streets and railways
• conduct underground, open pit and tunnel surveys and produce plans from these surveys
• do hydrographic surveys of shoreline and offshore, subsurface contours
• survey subdivisions, roads, rights-of-way, mineral claims and well sites
• conduct field surveys for new townships and sections of land to establish or re-establish legal survey boundaries
• research land titles, legal survey plans, aerial photographs, satellite imagery, geographical databases and other relevant information when planning surveys
• plan and conduct control surveys for mapping purposes
• create and process digital databases to compile geographic information in numerical and graphical formats
• use geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing for spatial analysis
• prepare proposed and as-built plans using electronic field data collection and computer graphic methods
• extract survey and thematic information from remotely sensed imagery
• use global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) like the global positioning system (GPS) to monitor earth orbiting satellites to determine geographic positions.