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I am studying surveying at university. Git 2 more years to go. I enjoy mine surveying, but from my experience, I have realised that no one listens to surveyors and they stagnate in their career whereas engineers are given much more opportunities to advance into management positions such as mine manager-> General manager->executive leadership.
I am planning on getting a grad diploma in mining after working a few years as a mine surveyor if i get bored or plan to progress up the corporate ladder. How is the transition? Are you still able to move into a mine managers role with a grad diploma or is a full bachelors required?
I think you'll find since the old regime of surveyors who reached senior and stayed for life have moved on, there's plenty of room for advancement. I've covered the Tech Super role and worked in the superintendent and coordinator roles. If you go the endorsement path, you'll demand more than engineers in a similar position.
There's a lot more engineers than surveyors. You've also got to remember an engineer doesn't automatically make you a good leader. There's plenty of engineers that maybe make senior for a short while then get dumped back to engineer roles because they lack people skills and talent.
TLDR : Don't automatically assume management / SLT are all ex engineers. Anyone from any discipline can be a leader with the right skills and temperament.
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