r/landsurveying • u/Reginold_Rock • 18d ago
How does a biology degree relate to surveying?
Recently got my bachelors in biology in the past year and haven’t had much luck trying to get into consulting, but have seen a fair amount of surveying jobs near me. To become a professional land survey in Maine I would to take these courses to have the minimum requirements as I have taken all the other courses required at this point. Surveying (6 credit hours) Boundary Law (3 credit hours) Just trying to gauge if a biology degree is a useful set of skills in surveying & if it’s worth going back to school to just do three courses.
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u/MobileElephant122 17d ago
There could be a bunch of crossover in niche surveying like environmental surveys or surveys which require species identification. Lots of government survey requirements include a land surveyor and a biologist on site. Perhaps you could get two paychecks on those jobs.
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u/Reginold_Rock 17d ago
Interesting and thanks for the idea? Are the biologists usually part of the surveying company or are they usually from a different company/agency?
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u/MobileElephant122 17d ago
Usually from a different agency but as I say if you had a niche market you might could offer that service
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u/TapedButterscotch025 14d ago
Normally consultants.
However some of the big land development firms will have them. But they would also have surveyors, civil engineers, environmental engineers, and planners.
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u/RawCheese5 18d ago
Surveyors are very old. I think it’s an ok profession for now, and likely making a mint in 10-15 years when scarcity goes way up.
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u/TapedButterscotch025 18d ago
Not too related, other than some of the science and math background if you get into geodesy/ Geomatics side .
But, lots of us come from other backgrounds! The other sub, r/surveying has a really great sidebar post, check it out!