Education in surveying branch under new conditions of European Union

• Main Author: Vladimír Sedlák
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Technical University of Kosice 2005-06-01
• Series: Acta Montanistica Slovaca
• Subjects: Geodesy; labour market; education; Europe Union; CLGE; FIG
• Online Access: http://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2005/n2/20sedlak.pdf

The state, development and especially the labour market data of surveying branch profession in a continue moving conditions of the European Union (EU) and all the world are presented in the paper. According to the rule of CLGE (Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens – The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors) and FIG (Fédération Internationale des Géomètres – International Federation of Surveyors), which present the highest European and world-surveying forum, the professions mainly in a field of surveying (land surveying), mine surveying, cartography, geographical information systems and real estate register are included into the surveying (geodetic) branch. The labour market statistical data of the surveying branch profession and the education and other economic activities of the surveying sector in the particular membership countries of EU and the countries connected to EU since 1972 until 2000 are listed in the paper. Almost 25 million Euros were invested into the project of EU under the name: Gross National (European) Product (GNP) for a purpose to support and to make effective of the surveying sector in EU. This surveying sector has a downward trend in some economically most powerful countries of EU in last years.