John Buckeridge – guest speaker
INTRODUCTION – John began by addressing the idea of differences between ethics and morals, and where the line is drawn. It was concluded that ethics refers more to a professional environment whereas morals are more of a personal, wholistic idea. An example in the Surveying world is data integrity. Watch “THE INSIDER”.
- Exercise of utility
- Environmental impact assessment
- Politics and obligation
- Utility in preparing a report
- Honesty in preparing a report
- Ranking values
Main focus revolves around the idea of what is prioritised and what is sacrificed in order to achieve projects. Idea of managing cane toads by introducing juveniles into areas before the adults reach the area. The issue raised is that cane toad populations will go through the roof due to less animals being predators for them. Is it important for us to consider our great great great grandchildren or is that not in our scope of concern.
Mark Shortis – regular speaker
- Very important to approach companies that have a quality assurance process.
- Surveying job application process will most likely be far less formal than a lot of other industries due to small nature of industry.
- Important to not negotiate until a job offer has been made, then you are negotiating from a position of power.
- Job applications need to be tailored to the role in question, otherwise information will be irrelevant and application will be brushed over.
- Discuss projects you have been involved in that are related to the job at hand, while remaining relevant
- STAR method (SITUATION, TASK, ACTION & RESULTS)
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