TAFE – Spatial Info System

The TAFE course, Property Development and Management National, is for year 12 school leavers who want to become certified professionals in spatial information services. The course deals with the fields of remote sensing, photogrammetry, mapping and geographic information systems. At the completion of the course you will be able to collect, store and analyse geospatial data and prepare documentation based on that data. Other professionals use this documentation for a range of purposes such as environmental monitoring, crop forecasts, mining and management of emergencies. Completion of the course and relevant work experience will enable you to be recognised as Certified Professionals in Spatial Sciences.

Today we take a stroll with full-time teacher of surveying at Ultimo TAFE and 4th year apprentice student, Robert Symes, as they tell us about their job of measuring and recording angles and distances out in the sunshine...