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Originally Posted by Geronimo '74
Glen,
Not really, I have the degree, that's all.
I did do five years of hydrographic surveying for a dredging company, echosounding, density surveys of the sea/river beds, volume calculations, stuff like that. Long hours, days weeks, lousy pay in comparison.
But all that survey stuff is in the past, topographic surveyors don't make a lot of money either doing a lousy job.
Now I don't make a lot of money doing something I like more. (I'm a superintendant for a jetgrouting company)
I guess the topographical surveys you do from the air would be a little more exiting than standing behind a total station all day, rain or shine. At least you get to fly AND get paid properly!
Sid, shame on you Birthdayboy, now go to your room!  |
We do a lot of volumetric calculations. Many of the companies have to report how big of a pile of "stuff" they have in inventory for the local tax man. Other companies have to show how much stuff they strip-mined so we measure the size of the pit every three months.
We recently had one surveyor measuring a refinery and tank farm. He had to calculate the volume of each tank and if the berm around it was sufficient to contain a major leak. He spent a few weeks doing some measurements in 100 degree heat. When he was ready to go to the next area he hired us to make one flight, and had the data back in two weeks and not a drop of sweat and no sunburn.
We have one client that is wanting to buy a competitors waste water disposal pit. The current owners will not let him on the property. We fly over once a month to photograph what is going on. He probably knows more about that pit than the current owners.