Surveyors’ firms are sorely lacking in professionals

2023-05-07 08:47:36

Pôle emploi carries out an annual survey on “labour needs” among 2 million French establishments. However, the 2021 edition revealed that the surveyor sector was the third profession to experience the most difficulty in recruiting, just ahead of those of home helpers and doctors.

That year, the sector had 10,000 jobs, including 1,866 surveyors, while the profession estimated that 3,000 positions would be vacant by the end of 2023 in surveyor firms. In the longer term, the entire branch is mobilizing to attract the younger generation.

build tomorrow

Indispensable for all construction projects, surveyors’ firms are essential for building the future and represent a sector of the future. Their missions: to develop living spaces adapted to everyone, to help design individual or collective projects or to participate in the development of territories to obtain a sustainable living environment.

Indispensable for all construction projects, surveying firms are essential for building the future – iStock

Combining a human and technological dimension, this multifaceted branch offers several specialties and seeks candidates with varied profiles.

A variety of missions

Distributed throughout the territory, the firms of surveyors recruit at all levels of qualification, from the professional baccalaureate to bac +5, and offer a multitude of professions, missions and specialities.

Among them, let us mention the drone pilot, the operator in charge of data acquisition, the GIS technician, the engineer, the town planner, the lawyer or even the works supervisor, the landscaper or the computer specialist.

A profession that adapts to its times

If recruitment proves to be difficult, the job of surveyor-expert nevertheless offers certain flexibility
If recruitment is difficult, the job of surveyor does offer some flexibility – iStock

If recruitment proves to be difficult, the profession of surveyor-expert nevertheless offers certain flexibilities, which have enabled him to survive the health crisis. The possibility of choosing your working environment, whether urban, rural or coastal, of favoring the office over the field, and of organizing your working time according to emergencies are major advantages.

In addition, the profession has been able to adapt to our times, taking into account the challenges of sustainable development and giving more importance to digital technology, as well as to digital tools and innovations.

No more field surveys carried out by hand, experts can today be required to fly a drone or model a future construction with a 3D scanner!

How to train?

Several training courses allow you to join a surveyor-expert firm
Several training courses allow you to join a surveyor-expert firm – iStock

Several training courses allow you to join a surveyor-expert firm. Future candidates can first opt ​​for a vocational baccalaureate in surveying and surveying technician, accessible from the 3rd year and achievable in three years.

There is, in addition, a BTS Professions of surveyor topographer and digital modelling, accessible following the baccalaureate and lasting 2 years.

Finally, for those who want to progress to a position with more responsibilities, engineering training, bac +5 level, also exists. They are generally followed on a work-study basis (with a professionalization or apprenticeship contract), in order to integrate more easily and quickly into the world of work and business.

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