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Opportunities to See Surveying
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NCSS Education Foundation
Opportunities to See Surveying
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The North Carolina Society of Surveyors holds its Annual Convention and Exhibits the first week in February. The NCSS Education Foundation invites career development coordinators, math, science, drafting, technology, and agriculture teachers, and any other interested educators to tour the exhibit hall. Vendors will be displaying the newest surveying traditional and robotic surveying total stations, GPS equipment, surveying and mapping software. There will also be maps on display.
The next convention will be February 3rd-5th, 2005, at the North Raleigh Hilton, in Raleigh, NC. The exhibit hall is free and open to the public during the following hours:
| Thursday, February 3rd: | 2:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
| Friday, February 4th: | 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Saturday, February 5th: | 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Free guided tours of the exhibit hall for educators will be conducted at the following times:
| Thursday, February 3rd: | 5:30 p.m. | |
| Friday, February 4th: | 2:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m. | |
| Saturday, February 5th: | 8:30 a.m. |
(There will also be meals and seminars for surveyors at the convention for a fee. If you would like to participate in those, the information and registration form is here. The convention information is in the later pages of the section.)
The convention schedule for the upcoming years is:
| February 2005: | Raleigh, NC |
| February 2006: | Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 2007: | Raleigh, NC |
| February 2008: | Asheville, NC |
Please watch for an invitation just after Christmas when our convention comes to your area. We will also post a sign-up form on this webpage.
The North Raleigh Hilton is located at 3415 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC. Telephone: 919-872-2323. Click here for directions.
NCSS Surveying Seminars:The North Carolina Society of Surveyors conducts a seminar in early August, and nine regional seminars during the Fall. These seminars are 7.5 hours long, and are on Fridays. The Society also offers a 7.5 hour seminar, and two half-day hour seminars at the Annual Convention in February. There is usually one seminar each day of the convention. The Society also holds a 30 hour Institute each March. The Institute is composed of four sections which cover the profession. You can also register for just one day. The Wednesday session is 8 hours. The Thursday and Friday sessions are 9 hours, and the Saturday session is 4 hours long. All of these seminars are aimed at Professional Land Surveyors, and assume a knowledge of surveying. If a teacher feels that he or she would benefit, however, the Society invites you to attend.
The Society also holds two-day exam reviews to prepare candidates for their licensing exams. These are held on a Friday and Saturday in late March/early April, and in early October.
The Society invites other professionals to attend their seminars at NCSS member tuition rates if those professionals are members of their own professional associations. So if a teacher is a member of NCCTM, NCSTA, NCATE, NCAE, etc., the teacher can sign up at the Society member rate. The tuition includes handouts, lunch, and breaks. A certificate of attendance listing the number of contact hours is given to each participant.
Summer Surveying Internships:A limited number of summer internships may be available for teachers to work in surveying firms during the summer. Responsibilities, work hours, and wages would vary from firm to firm.
NCSS Education Foundation, Inc. 331 S. White Street, PO Box 2101, Wake Forest, NC 27588 - 919-556-9848
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