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SURVEYING AND GEOMATIC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Fairmont State University

Bachelor's DegreeCIP: 14.3801

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Dates

Since Mar 2020

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Fairmont, West Virginia

    1201 Locust Ave, Fairmont, West Virginia, 26554-2470

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

Reading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingWritingActive ListeningComplex Problem SolvingSpeakingJudgment and Decision MakingMathematicsSystems AnalysisActive LearningMonitoringScienceSystems EvaluationInstructingLearning StrategiesCoordination

Knowledge

MathematicsEngineering and TechnologyDesignComputers and ElectronicsEnglish LanguageMechanicalPhysicsGeographyBuilding and ConstructionChemistryProduction and ProcessingCustomer and Personal ServiceAdministration and Management

Abilities

Oral ExpressionWritten ComprehensionOral ComprehensionWritten ExpressionDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningInformation OrderingProblem SensitivityMathematical ReasoningFluency of IdeasNear VisionOriginalitySpeech ClarityCategory FlexibilityNumber FacilityFlexibility of ClosureVisualization

Tasks

  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, b
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
  • Conduct engineering site audits to collect structural, electrical, and related site information for
  • Create plans for solar energy system development, monitoring, and evaluation activities.
  • Design or coordinate design of photovoltaic (PV) or solar thermal systems, including system componen
  • Create or maintain wind farm layouts, schematics, or other visual documentation for wind farms.
  • Recommend process or infrastructure changes to improve wind turbine performance, reduce operational
  • Create models to optimize the layout of wind farm access roads, crane pads, crane paths, collection
  • Analyze meteorological data.
  • Design electrical interconnections.
  • Design wind turbine components.
  • Estimate energy production by analyzing wind data.
  • Provide scientific or technical guidance or expertise to scientists, engineers, technologists, techn
  • Supervise technologists or technicians engaged in nanotechnology research or production.
  • Conduct research related to a range of nanotechnology topics, such as packaging, heat transfer, fluo
  • Review or approve designs, calculations, or cost estimates.
  • Process or interpret signals or sensor data.
  • Debug robotics programs.
  • Analyze system performance or operational requirements.
  • Develop optical or imaging systems, such as optical imaging products, optical components, image proc
  • Develop or test photonic prototypes or models.
  • Create schematics and physical layouts of integrated microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) component
  • Investigate characteristics such as cost, performance, or process capability of potential microelect
  • Create or maintain formal engineering documents, such as schematics, bills of materials, components
  • Create mechanical design documents for parts, assemblies, or finished products.
  • Design advanced precision equipment for accurate or controlled applications.
  • Design engineering systems for the automation of industrial tasks.
  • Identify and recommend energy savings strategies to achieve more energy-efficient operation.
  • Conduct energy audits to evaluate energy use and to identify conservation and cost reduction measure
  • Monitor and analyze energy consumption.
  • Develop final construction plans that include aesthetic representations of the structure or details
  • Prepare scale drawings or architectural designs, using computer-aided design or other tools.
  • Prepare information regarding design, structure specifications, materials, color, equipment, estimat
  • Analyze control or survey data to ensure adherence to project specifications or land survey standard
  • Conduct surveys to determine exact positions, measurement of points, elevations, lines, areas, volum
  • Calculate the exact horizontal and vertical position of points on the Earth's surface.
  • Determine orientation of tracts of land, including position, boundaries, size, and shape, using theodolites, electronic distance-measuring equipment, satellite-based positioning equipment, drones, lan
  • Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and tit
  • Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify
  • Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.
  • Compile data required for map preparation, including aerial photographs, survey notes, records, repo
  • Delineate aerial photographic detail, such as control points, hydrography, topography, and cultural
  • Prepare and alter trace maps, charts, tables, detailed drawings, and three-dimensional optical model
  • Estimate resources, such as production hours, required for projects.
  • Use drone technology to capture high-resolution images and data for map creation and updating.
  • Design or conduct applied biodiesel or biofuels research projects on topics, such as transport, ther
  • Analyze data from biofuels studies, such as fluid dynamics, water treatments, or solvent extraction
  • Prepare, or oversee the preparation of, experimental plans for biofuels research or development.
  • Manage the coordination and overall integration of technical activities in architecture or engineeri

Technology

Computer aided design CAD softwareAnalytical or scientific softwareData base user interface and query softwareObject or component oriented development softwareGraphics or photo imaging softwareDevelopment environment softwareData base management system softwareIndustrial control softwareDocument management softwareMap creation softwareOperating system softwareComputer aided manufacturing CAM softwareDesktop publishing softwareEnterprise resource planning ERP softwareComputer based training softwareCalendar and scheduling softwareWord processing softwareFile versioning softwareBusiness intelligence and data analysis softwareContent workflow softwareProgram testing softwareSpreadsheet softwareGeographic information systemWeb page creation and editing softwareExpert system software

Tools

Carousel slide projectorsCompact digital camerasCompact disk CD playersComputer data input scannersComputer laser printersComputer numerical control CNC lathesComputer numerical control CNC millsComputer projectorsConference telephonesDesktop computersDigital calculatorsDigital video camerasDigital video disk DVD playersHandheld microphonesInteractive whiteboard controllersAbrasion testersAccelerated weathering machinesAdhesion testersApparent power metersAtomic absorption spectrometersAuger electron spectrometersBench ovensChronopotentiometersCompression testersCopy machinesCoulometersCreep testersCurrent versus voltage IV curve tracersData loggersDifferential scanning calorimeters

Work Values

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Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary25-1032.00
  • Solar Energy Systems Engineers17-2199.11
  • Wind Energy Engineers17-2199.10
  • Nanosystems Engineers17-2199.09
  • Robotics Engineers17-2199.08
  • Photonics Engineers17-2199.07
  • Microsystems Engineers17-2199.06
  • Mechatronics Engineers17-2199.05
  • Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar17-2199.03
  • Engineers, All Other17-2199.00
  • Geodetic Surveyors17-1022.01
  • Surveyors17-1022.00
  • Cartographers and Photogrammetrists17-1021.00
  • Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers11-9041.01
  • Architectural and Engineering Managers11-9041.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: proficient (Level 3)(based on Bachelor's Degree)

  • Graduate-level curricula in advanced engineering topics — design, continuously refine, and deliver autonomously across a sustained portfolio of courses at a doctoral-granting institution.
  • Doctoral student research programs — supervise end-to-end, from dissertation proposal through defense, within a university engineering department.
  • Original research investigations — lead independently, producing peer-reviewed publications and presentations that advance knowledge in a defined engineering subdiscipline.
  • Competitive federal and industry grant proposals — author and submit as principal investigator, securing multi-year external funding for laboratory operations and graduate support.
  • Complex, non-routine engineering problems — diagnose and resolve by applying deductive and inductive reasoning across intersecting domains including physics, mathematics, and systems analysis.
  • Undergraduate and graduate course learning outcomes — evaluate through systematic assessment data, revising instructional methods to demonstrably improve student achievement.
  • Interdisciplinary engineering systems — analyze and critically evaluate using computational modeling tools, integrating findings into both research and classroom instruction.
  • Emerging technologies and engineering standards — monitor continuously through literature review and professional engagement, translating advances directly into updated course content.
  • Collaborative research partnerships — establish and manage with industry or government laboratories, coordinating student involvement and ensuring regulatory compliance.
  • Engineering design and manufacturing software ecosystems — leverage at an expert level to support research workflows and authentic project-based learning experiences.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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