We have a good one working in our office.B-)
She is registered in Texas.
The current president of the Missouri Surveyor's Society is a woman.
Yes... they exist.
Yes... we need more for the good of the profession.
If thats what you want to do do it . I got a good friend thats a Women Surveyor, nothing but respect.
Your pictures on the survey of Pet 4, NPR-A
Were very interesting.
I was very involved in the establishment of the position of the NE cor. of the NPR-A.
You may recall there was some controversy on the position of that corner?
Keith
Your pictures on the survey of Pet 4, NPR-A
> Were very interesting.
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> I was very involved in the establishment of the position of the NE cor. of the NPR-A.
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> You may recall there was some controversy on the position of that corner?
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> Keith
I dont recall all the technicals on the line we resurveyed Keith but yes there was a controversy and I recall a miss identification of a mountain peak tie (Midas Mountain I think) called out by an earlier surveyor. I was working under Mary at the time as a GS 5 tech so my focus was mostly on the instrumentation we were using and the camp logistics. I'll have to ask her about it. Was one hell of a job.
I Can Name 4 Female Surveyors
> Daryl, Nice pictures from the past. That Party Chief sure looks familiar; seems I have seen her photo recently visiting some middle east countries. Actually, she is a highly respected surveyor. I asked her to sign my 2009 Manual and she graciously obliged. Tell her hello from me.
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> I know several very capable women surveyors with BLM. When I was teaching at Phoenix Community College there were several women in the classes who are now registered. If Belle wants to be a surveyor then the fact that she is female should not hold her back.
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> Jerry
Hiya Jerry ... I got her to sign my manual as well...she says to say Hi back to ya.:)
Your pictures on the survey of Pet 4, NPR-A
I am sure you did not know about the positioning of the NE cor. as a GS 5 tech, but the calls in the description did not match what was on the ground, having to do with a mountain peak. The Department Solicitors were involved and I was involved from the Division of Cadastral Survey and I was not in agreement with the Alaska BLM Cadastral Chief.
I made the interpretation of the calls for the corner position and it became the Department decision.
Keith
Probably about 5% or a little more in CA. There may have been an element of employers looking at it as "a man's job" a generation or more ago, but I haven't gotten that sense from anyone since very early in my career, 30+ years ago.
I think that it is more a general lack of interest by women in this field. It seems to me that it has been more for that reason than any other that there are so few women surveyors.
I wonder, does anyone ever ask the question "How come there are so few women garbage haulers?"
I Can Name 4 Female Surveyors
> I've been told women done belong in the field and that I couldn't handle it. Well I guess the only man that stands behind me 100% is my dad. He said I'm one of the hardest working women he's ever seen. I've did a lot of hard work in my time.
It all depends on the woman. I've worked with some, for some, and some who worked for me that worked as hard as or harder than any man in the organization, and I've worked with some that were worse than useless. I can say the same for the men I've worked with. It depends upon the individual. The idea that women don't belong in the field most likely comes from guys who had the bad experience of working with a woman who expected to not have to work as hard as the men she worked with and used her gender as an excuse. But anyone who is lazy has an excuse, that's just one that's not available to the lazy men.
My oldest daughter has always been a hard worker when there is a substantial enough reward at the end of the effort. I've hired boys from the area several times to do yard work, and my daughter has also gotten out and worked alongside of them so that she can make some $ as well. Since she was 6, she has almost always outperformed the boys several years older. If I needed a field hand, who would I hire, a young man who barely does the minimum that keeps me from telling him to just go home, or my daughter (now 14) who will give the effort everything she has? Easy choice for me.
If it's something you want to try, just do it. To heck with those telling you a woman doesn't belong in the field. My guess id those who are saying that are your fiance's friends who are either jerking your chain (a little survey lingo there), or are afraid that after a couple of weeks, you will be making them work harder or look bad. You can use that as an excuse or you can just say "the heck with them" and just do it!
> a load of tosh
I was going to say, you obviously haven't worked with someone like Moistner's wife, Mary. One of the best chiefs I had ever worked for and far too proud to let anyone on her crew work harder than she. I'd bet that 10% or fewer of the male surveyors I've worked with could have kept up.
A load of tosh indeed!
Add Dominica Van Koten or Belle Craig to that list but we have dozens more if you want to count.
- jlw
Yes, I really want to. Since I've posted this I've ran into nothing but dead ends. Even tried applying w pipelines. Nothing. Very discouraging but I'm still trying...
> Yes, I really want to. Since I've posted this I've ran into nothing but dead ends. Even tried applying w pipelines. Nothing. Very discouraging but I'm still trying...
No one was hiring in surveying around here since 2008, until this summer. The economy is starting to look better so keep trying. About 10% of the Surveying graduates at Ferris State University are women. With the degree they get from Ferris, they will all find jobs. Where are you at with your education?
Associates in systems technology.... I haven't went back for anything that would benefit me in surveying ...