International Skills Attraction

Australia needs over 1400 more surveyors to meet the current demand levels.

There have been ongoing attempts to address the skills shortage in the surveying industry. In March 2019, a new report, ‘Determining the Future Demand, Supply and Skills Gap for Surveying and Geospatial Professionals 2018-2028’ from BIS Oxford Economics, offered the most up-to-date figures on the profession for some time. It forecasts a shortage of surveyors across Australia, which means increased job opportunities for students considering a career in surveying over the next 10 years. In fact, with those job opportunities come salaries that best the national average.

Although there are many Australian based careers & skills development programs available – of which many are being funded by the Surveyors’ Trust – these have a significant runway to endorsed or registered cadastral surveyors who can “fill the gap” !

The Surveyors’ Trust has set up an International Skills Platform, where over 200 pre-qualified Surveyors & Spatial Industry professions from overseas are profiled.

This is a free service to the industry to promote short/ mid term supply of skilled surveyors for the Australian candidate market.