Surveying professionals urged to evaluate their profession by Lands Minister

Surveying professionals have been urged to evaluate their profession, the challenges, and know how important it is to sustain the profession in Fiji given the lack of a survey academic programs and the almost declining number of licensed surveyors in Fiji.

While speaking at the Global Surveyor Day celebrations at the Suva Bowling Club, Minister for Lands Ashneel Sudhakar has told surveyors present to make good use of international forums and networks for discussions to promote and improve professional surveying practice and standards locally.

Sudhakar also highlighted that the profession needs to ensure that the disciplines of surveying and all who practice them meet the needs of the markets and communities that they serve. 

The Minister for Lands reiterated that it is urgent that the surveying profession thinks ahead, predicts future changes, and foresees the requirements of the next generation, of the public and structures in order to tackle the effects of climate change in Fiji.

Sudhakar adds that an evolved profession is one that is technology, education conscious and also conscious of the work environment for continuous improvements.