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Making the most of surveying work experience
With so many options facing school students as they decide what they would like to specialise in after they finish…
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Listen Up! The Field Book is On the Air
There are many resources that surveyors can draw on, but nothing beats the advice and knowledge of a fellow surveyor.…
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How far surveying can lead
If the surveyor’s role is to define the boundaries of our physical world, what happens if the boundaries of the…
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How Surveying Shaped Australia
There’s no doubt about it; surveying helped make modern Australia what it is today. In fact, surveying was one of…
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Yesterday’s Surveying Toolkit
Think of surveying, measuring and mapping today and it is hard not to think of drones, satellite technologies, GPS and…
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Testing of Marine Boiler Feed Systems
Ships boilers are the heart of a steamship, when they are not operating efficiently the ship begins to lose speed.…
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NSW Women’s Week Puts Women in Surveying on the Map
International Women’s Day is March 8th 2019, and all this week New South Wales has been celebrating it by marking NSW…
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Causes, Control, and Prevention of Scavenge Fires
Scavenge fires are caused by oil igniting at the combustion air inlet ports within the scavenge spaces on main engine…
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The Demand for Gender Equality in STEM is Growing
Surveying is a changing field. While it is profession that in the past was dominated by men, there are signs that…
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Measuring Principles
Although there are many EDM instruments available, there are basically only two methods of measurement employed, namely the pulse method…
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Main Engine Layout Familiarization – B&W Engine Room Layout
The ship’s engine room watch-keeping engineer must be familiar with main engine layouts, including their components optimum operating pressures and…
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Field surveying
Introduction This chapter is designed to introduce you to the various surveying techniques used to obtain the original field data…
