• CST Training — something will happen on an NSPS basis. • Encourage, and implore, all government contracts to require CSTs (Florida, Ohio). • CST is good for people transitioning from the military or another career into surveying. Workforce Development Committee (new term used in place of “Recruiting/Marketing”) • Communicate with Utah Workforce Development. ˚ CST program ˚ Certificate programs ˚ Military and other career fields that can potentially transition into surveying ˚ Military Programs: TAPS, Bridges ˚ Small Biz Community to work with Workplace Development Committee. • Implement a Technician Track at UCLS Conference ˚ Lower conference fee ˚ Training focuses on CST training ˚ LSITs to participate and earn their eight PDH’s • Marketing — Recruiting people to surveying and mapping ˚ Develop a short w to illustrate the labor shortage problem in surveying. ˚ Sources ▪ Foster Care Completer’s (kids exiting the program at 18 they are totally left to themselves) ▪ Skate parks ▪ Geocacher’s ▪ Technical or Magnet High Schools ▪ ATC’s (across the State) ▪ Related organizations ASCE, AGC ▪ All stakeholders (people who use and need surveyors) ▪ Construction ▪ Civil Engineers ▪ Government — UDOT Education Committee Key term used a lot during the meetings is “Pathways” from elementary-secondary (HS) school- to the Profession (compare it to the integration of the engineering pathway currently established). Cline HS, Texas Surveying program got 3rd place in 2023 NSPS Student Survey competition against Associate Programs. When I was a child, my dad, a civil engineer and surveyor, would regularly tell my brother and me, “Heads down and butts up,” referring to digging a trench or hole, but the meaning is to get in and get to work and don’t stop until you get the job done. It has been great advice over the years, and I certainly learned to work hard from my dad. But I have also learned over the years that occasionally we need to STOP and take a little time to “stand up,” if you will, and look around to see where we are, where we’ve been and where we want or need to go. For me, experiencing new and different people and places has often led me to change the way I see things. Perspective is critical. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Speed is irrelevant if you are going in the wrong direction.” Because our profession is facing such a serious qualified labor shortage, I have been trying over the past several months to see surveying and mapping differently while asking the question, “How can we get many more young people interested in our profession?” I have learned several important things during this time and this past week helped me see UCLS Foresights 32
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