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Presentation for Meeting with Orillia Secondary School Officials
and Blain Martin, OLS
Chester Stanton, OLS
April 19, 2017
Agenda
1. Introductions 2. Questionnaire 3. The Association of Ontario Land Surveyors
Celebrating 125 Years 4. Career Types and Career Options 5. Academic Requirements 6. Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) 7. Demographics = Opportunity 8. Salary Study = Potential 9. Book Great Lengths
The AOLS – Celebrating 125 years
• The Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (AOLS) is a self-governing body, responsible for the licensing and governance of professional land surveyors, in accordance with the Surveyors Act.
• As with all self-governing professions, the AOLS has a responsibility to ensure that the public interest is protected.
• Ontario Land Surveyors (OLS) are professionals who abide by a Code of Ethics, follow prescribed standards and regulations and maintain Continuous Professional Development.
Career Types
Professional Career
Becoming an member of the AOLS means that you are a professional with all the attributes of being part of a self-regulated profession such as the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) or the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Technical Support Opportunities
Technologists/Technicians in Land Surveying are typically employed in the private sector or by government. These are the people you normally see in the “field” gathering evidence of property boundaries. They may also be employed in the office analyzing data, performing computations and preparing plans or documents for clients or government agencies.
Typically technologists and technicians report to an Ontario Land Surveyor.
Career Options
Private Sector
In Ontario there are 179 firms offering surveying services to the public. They can range from firms having one OLS with several staff members to firms with several OLSs in one office with a large staff. There are also firms that have multiple branch offices. Many firms are qualified to offer engineering services as well.
Public Sector
OLS’s are employed by:
– Municipalities such as the City of Toronto, City of Hamilton, City of Mississauga, etc.
– Provincial government agencies such as the Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, etc.
– Federal government agencies such as Public Works Canada, Natural Resources Canada, etc., and
– Academic institutions such as York University, Ryerson University, Loyalist College, etc.
Academic Requirements
Professional Career • Completion of a baccalaureate level program in Geomatics (land surveying)
approved by the AOLS or a program that is equal in content and level of difficulty, or experience and knowledge that provides equivalent competencies to such an academic program.
• Courses in Geomatics are available in Ontario at York University & Ryerson University.
• Candidates from other educational and experience backgrounds will be
evaluated on a course by course basis or by equivalent experience.
Technical Career • Completion of a college level program in surveying such as that offered by
Loyalist College or Civil Engineering Technology by Georgian College.
• Receive On the Job training with increased responsibility as knowledge is gained.
Promotion of Land Surveying to High School Technology Teachers/Leads Specialist High Skills Major
• Introduction to Land Surveying - Certification Program
• Started at Richmond Green Secondary School by Teacher, John Negru – See the fall issue of the AOLS Magazine -
http://www.aols.org/news/ops-magazines
• Teacher lesson plans and Student Resources are hosted on the AOLS Website www.aols.org
• Animated video https://www.youtube.com/user/AOLSTUBE
• Marketing material – posters, brochures
St. Lawrence College, Kingston – May, 2017
SHSM Experiential Learning Activity • for Students in Construction and Environment Sectors in the Limestone
District School Board
• Organized by Michael Matthews, OLS and Michael Mol, Limestone District School Board. Phil Chitty, OLS and Leslie Higginson, OLS will also attend.
• Full day workshop – Students will have an opportunity to learn about land surveying, careers and use equipment in an outside activity.
An Example of the SHSM Program being rolled out to other School Boards across the province
Ontario Council for Technology Education (OCTE) Conference
May 12, 2017 • Two 70-minute Workshops:
• Geomatics and Land Surveying: In this workshop participants will receive an introduction to the field of Geomatics and Land Surveying with an emphasis on emerging labour market trends and future opportunities for students.
• Presentations by John Negru, Technology Teacher, RGSS and Chris Tucker, SHSM Board Lead,York Region District School Board and Maureen Mountjoy, Deputy Registrar, AOLS.
Age 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Art Stu 38 45 49 50 51 68 71 91
20 - 29 5 6 3 3 6 8 5 7
30 - 39 40 32 26 31 31 36 37 38
40 - 49 189 162 143 130 112 99 86 78
50 - 59 237 244 247 242 238 229 212 209
60 - 69 117 128 137 139 136 139 138 126
70 - 79 46 46 48 41 38 39 34 35
80 + 5 8 6 9 8 9 10 11
Total 639 626 610 595 569 559 522 504Percentage
Over 50 63% 68% 72% 72% 74% 74% 75% 76%
Prcentage
over 60 26% 29% 31% 32% 32% 33% 35% 34%
18% 29% 32% 34% 79% 87% 139%
-2% -5% -7% -11% -13% -18% -21%Percentage change in
total numbers since 2010
Percentage change in Art
Stu numbers since 2010
Demographics - April 5, 2017
Of Interest
• Articling Students – up 18% over last year
• Over 50 has increased over 13% since 2010
• Over 60 has increased 8% since 2010
The OLS Career Opportunity
Along with having and exciting meaningful career the Financial reward
for an OLS is very good! (Salary Survey of OLS Members conducted in the spring of 2015)
Celebrating 125 Years – A new AOLS book by Charles Wilkins
Great Lengths - Information
Sponsorship
– Raised $208,000 in sponsorship from OLS Members
– Part of the sponsorship was to have a copy of Great Lengths delivered to every High School in the province
Content – The book begins with the author’s introduction to and engagement with the
Surveying Profession
– Rather than a pure history this is the stories of surveyors gathered from archival records and over 150 interviews with Land Surveyors
– There are stories of “Visionary Surveyors”, stories of the leaders of the profession and anecdotes of everyday life of a land surveyor
Surveying is a Career for Life!
Association Of
Ontario Land Surveyors
www.aols.org For inquiries:
The AOLS is not just an association, it is a “community”
