PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY A private sector perspective Survey and spatial professionals are currently experiencing a period of rapid growth and demand for skills and knowledge across all sectors of the industry. With all sectors under increasing pressure,
FUTURE SKILLS
Surveying + Spatial asked four high–profile consultancies what skills and preparations they think are necessary for the future of the industry.
sector. The challenge we now face
The ability to ask good questions
is resource capacity. In many cases
and seek to understand the real
we are competing for skills that are
problem that needs to be solved.
Rebecca Strang, Global Capability Leader, Land Infrastructure & Geospatial, Aurecon Increased government investment in infrastructure means there is a very large pipeline of work ahead for our
required by many.
Understanding the flow of data throughout the asset lifecycle, i.e. who will be using our data at various stages and the purpose for which it will be used. This is important as it informs us of the type of data required and its accuracy. Automation skills to integrate and transform outputs from various software.
If we manage to keep our heads
Digital capability and strong
and pause regularly to consider what
communication skills are going to
is the most efficient workflow, which
be our saving grace. The key skills
parts do we need to do repeatedly
required will include:
and are therefore ripe for automation,
The ability to manage large data-
and listen to what the end users of
sets through strong information
the information and data we produce
management, i.e. understanding
actually need (as opposed to serving
and adhering to data standards.
up what we’ve always produced), we
This is a cornerstone of being a
may actually survive and thrive.
geospatial professional.
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