Filling Skill Gaps through the Geo-Spatial Engineering and Technologies Program

测量，也被称为地理信息学，传统上被定义为确定地球表面上、上或下点的相对位置的科学、艺术和技术。地理信息系统（GIS）和全球定位系统（GPS）等领域的最新技术进步为测量员提供了开展这项工作的新工具。此外，随着人口的增长、土地价值的升值、自然资源的减少以及压力使我们的土地、水和空气的质量下降，环境测量和监测变得越来越重要。测绘技术人员或地理空间工程技术人员是提供这些关键测量的地理信息学劳动力的关键部分。该项目侧重于发展健全的职业道路和学术课程，以培养土地测量和/或地理空间工程技术人员。该项目将：1)开发一个学术转学途径项目，提供职业和技术教育（CTE），使中学和社区大学的学生能够正确使用先进形式的现场设备和软件进行土地测量和/或地理空间工程应用；2)协助土地测量和/或地理空间工程技术人员成功通过加州考试。高中新兵训练营和在四所主要为西班牙裔的中学举办的“土地测量- cad狂欢”活动将为该项目招募学生。此外，职业机会实习管道将与洛杉矶市工程局测量部门的志愿者计划正式确定。这种职业机会实习管道预计将增加女性和西班牙裔测量和/或地理空间工程技术人员进入劳动力市场的人数。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Surveying, also called geomatics, has been traditionally defined as the science, art, and technology of determining the relative positions of points above, on, or beneath the Earth's surface. Recent technological advances in such areas as Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) have provided surveyors with new tools for doing this work. In addition, environmental measuring and monitoring is increasingly critical as the population grows, land values appreciate, natural resources decrease, and stresses degrade the quality of our land, water, and air. Surveying and mapping technicians, or geospatial engineering technicians, are a critical part of the geomatics workforce that will provide these critical measurements. This project focuses on developing robust career pathways and academic programs to educate land surveying and/or geospatial engineering technicians.This project will: 1) develop an academic transfer pathway program to provide a career and technical education (CTE) that enables secondary school and community college students to properly use advanced forms of field equipment and software for land surveying and/or geospatial engineering applications; and 2) assist land surveying and/or geospatial engineering technicians to successfully pass the State of California examinations. High school boot camps and a "land surveying-CAD bash" event at four primarily Hispanic secondary schools will recruit students into the program. In addition, a career opportunity internship pipeline will be formalized with the City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering, Surveying Division's volunteer program. This career opportunity internship pipeline is expected to increase the numbers of female and Hispanic surveying and/or geospatial engineering technicians entering the work force.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.