Opening up the profession by addressing the critical shortage of skilled spatial science professionals and attracting new entrants

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Simmons, Shane. 2012. "Opening up the profession by addressing the critical shortage of skilled spatial science professionals and attracting new entrants." Queensland Surveying and Spatial Conference: The Future of Surveying and Spatial Science is Open (QSSC 2012). Brisbane, Australia 13 - 14 Sep 2012 Brisbane, Australia.

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Paper/Presentation Title	Opening up the profession by addressing the critical shortage of skilled spatial science professionals and attracting new entrants
Presentation Type	Paper
Author	Simmons, Shane
Journal or Proceedings Title	Proceedings of the 2012 Queensland Spatial Science Conference (QSSC 2012)
Number of Pages	14
Year	2012
Place of Publication	Brisbane, Australia
Web Address (URL) of Paper	http://www.sssi.org.au/userfiles/docs/QLD%20Region/documents_1348188062669320347.pdf
Conference/Event	Queensland Surveying and Spatial Conference: The Future of Surveying and Spatial Science is Open (QSSC 2012)
Event Details	Queensland Surveying and Spatial Conference: The Future of Surveying and Spatial Science is Open (QSSC 2012) Event Date 13 to end of 14 Sep 2012 Event Location Brisbane, Australia
Abstract	Currently there exists a national shortage of skilled workers and qualified personnel in many industries, with widespread acknowledgment of the shortage of skilled workers in the surveying and spatial science profession. There is a consensus that organisations requiring surveying and spatial science professionals are currently severely affected by the available pool of qualified personnel. The shortage of qualified spatial science personnel creates a cycle of turnover in staff, where regional and remote locations are either forced to attract staff from coastal and metropolitan locations or attract staff from other industries. To address the problem of this skills shortage, the surveying and spatial science profession successfully applied for funding through the Critical Skills Investment Fund. The group adopted a supply chain approach for the provision of sufficient qualified personnel whereby training/education, attracting new entrants and regulatory registration/professional certification were identified as critical areas and priorities.
Keywords	skills shortage; surveyors; student profiles
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	401306. Surveying (incl. hydrographic surveying)
	390113. Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy
	350608. Marketing theory
Public Notes	No evidence of copyright restrictions preventing deposit.
Byline Affiliations	University of Southern Queensland
Institution of Origin	University of Southern Queensland

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