Looking for summer Surveying Internships/Jobs

Have you talked to your State board or your Program director??ÿ Seems like those would be great places to start, and may already have those lines of communication open and situations set in place currently.?ÿ

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I have not reached out to my state board, thanks for the suggestion. This is finals week for me - my last test is tomorrow, but I am reaching out to some contacts now that my schedule is dying down a bit, including college faculty.?ÿ Thanks again!?ÿ

Companies providing surveys for utility companies often pay the field crew per diem because they are located so far from the home office, independently of any internship program. A job on one of those crews would meet those criteria, although "seeing the country" would likely consist of bushwacking through the wilderness with occasional visits to the nearest small town.

https://careers-sam.icims.com/jobs/2789/2019-summer-internship-program/job

I'm under no illusions. Getting out and about and seeing some different topography is all I'm looking for. I don't expect a cosmopolitan, worldly adventure or anything. I'm also 27, started college after about 8 years of manual labor of one kind or another, so I know what I might be getting into.?ÿ

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EDIT: Thank you for the link James, that is great!

We pay our interns, they are really part time workers, they work full time but don't get benefits.?ÿ In our case we only pay per diem if you work out of town.?ÿ The pay you get should be enough to cover your expenses.

After this spring I will have wrapped up my Sophomore year in a surveying bachelor's?ÿprogram....

Where??ÿ Just curious.

Contact SAM. They have office all over the country and do all kinds of work. Great company - I used to work there.?ÿ

https://www.sam.biz/

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Contact SAM. They have office all over the country and do all kinds of work. Great company - I used to work there.?ÿ

https://www.sam.biz/

Scroll up a few posts?ÿ ?????ÿ

The City of San Francisco offers internships.?ÿ While it doesn't show surveying specifically, those in surveying curriculum are encouraged to apply.?ÿ While the City pays a wage, I do not believe it covers housing.?ÿ

Review the following link for more details.

http://www.sfstudentintern.org/Default.aspx?ÿ

I would suggest National Park Service.?ÿ We have a program NPS GeoScientists in the Parks (GIP).?ÿ?ÿ https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Education_Careers/Field_Experiences/gip/GSA/fieldexp/gip.aspx

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Don't let the title stop you "Geo" is pretty broad including geomatics.?ÿ Here in our Alaska Region, we have had GIPS conduct structure from motion jobs including setting ground control and a ton of flying (all our planes need an observer and someone running the event marking and camera gear).?ÿ Other students in the past have helped observe historical benchmarks along the Denali Park Road and submit OPUS Shared solutions.?ÿ Lots of jobs conducting mapping grade jobs mapping utilities, buildings, roads, trails.?ÿ ?ÿI would show you those links, but due to government shutdown, sites are down.

Working in National Parks pays you in sunsets and sunrises and with your time off, you have wilderness at your beck and call.

Joel - message me if you want to know more.?ÿ?ÿ

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https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/jobs/2260541/land-surveying-interns-statewide-summer-2019?ÿ

We have an intern every summer, ususally a civil engineering student. We are in northern NJ, about 3mi from the NY border, spend a lot of time in the NY metro but it is a unique type of work. Interns are paid fairly well, better than I made FT out of college in the early 2000's.

Consider the south dakota DOT, we hire plenty of interns each summer

Thanks again everyone, I have been out of state and hadn't checked this thread in awhile but I am thrilled to see the responses. There are definitely some great opportunities here. Appreciate it!