Bachelor of Mine and Engineering Surveying

The Bachelor of Mine and Engineering Surveying is an industry connected course that ensures that graduates are job ready through a mix of theoretical and practical content. The first two years of the Bachelor of Mine and Engineering Surveying are delivered in Bentley with the 3rd year delivered at Curtin University’s W.A. School of Mines in Kalgoorlie. Studying at the Kalgoorlie campus in your final year, students will receive real-world practical fieldwork experience in working mines in one of the most significant mining regions in Australia.

Mine and Engineering Surveying is a specialist area of modern day surveying(sometimes called Geomatics Engineering or Geomatics). The future progress of the Australian resource industry and infrastructure will depend upon the skills that mine and engineering surveyors provide. Mine surveyors are responsible for the measurement, representation and management of data associated with a mining operation. The core responsibilities of the mine surveyor include the marking out, measurement and maintenance of direction for all surface and underground workings on a mine site. In addition, the mine surveyor is also legally responsible, undergovernment regulations, for the preparation and updating of all mine surveying plans for open pit and underground workings. The engineering surveyor plays a key role in the construction industry to ensure that the locations, in three dimensions, of all civil engineering works are placed in their correct position and orientation. Engineering surveying generally precedes all types of construction associated with roads and bridges, tunnels, buildings, industrial plants and hydraulic engineering.