The relevance of surveying content in mining engineering education.

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dc.citation.doi10.4314/sajg.v3i2.9en_ZA
dc.citation.epage258en_ZA
dc.citation.issue2en_ZA
dc.citation.spage246en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorO.P. Oshokoya; S. Naidoo
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-03T09:37:30Z
dc.date.available2016-11-03T09:37:30Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe University of the Witwatersrand School of Mining Engineering (Wits Mining) has its origins in the South African School of Mines, which was established in 1896. It is currently recognised as one of the world’s top mining engineering schools that educate mining engineering candidates to become qualified to specialise in a variety of disciplines required in a modern mining environment. At undergraduate level, Wits mining offers one degree programme – B.Sc. in mining engineering. The role of Wits Mining has been one of successfully facilitating the continuous professional development of mining engineers and mining specialists like mine surveyors. The paper will highlight the surveying content that is relevant to the mining engineering programme according to the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) by show-casing the surveying content within the Wits Mining programme and comparing this with what is obtainable at other international schools of mining engineering, such as Aachen University (Germany), the University of Mines and Technology (Ghana) and the University of Johannesburg (South Africa). The training of mine surveyors is well established in South Africa, and Wits University is an institution where a mine surveyor can obtain a Master’s degree specialising in any one of 5 mining specialisations, including Mine Surveying. This article attempts to answer the question as to what mining engineers should know about mine surveying. The paper will also explain how mine surveying training is beneficial to a mining engineer’s career development.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianMvdH2016en_ZA
dc.description.urlhttp://www.sajg.org.za/index.php/sajgen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOshokoya, P.O. and Naidoo, S. 2014. The relevance of surveying content in mining engineering education. South African Journal of Geomatics 3(2), pp. 246-258. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/sajg.v3i2.9en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2225-8531
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/21371
dc.journal.titleSouth African Journal of Geomaticsen_ZA
dc.journal.volume3en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherCONSAS Conferenceen_ZA
dc.rightsThis journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.en_ZA
dc.subjectEducationen_ZA
dc.subjectSpecialisationen_ZA
dc.subjectDegree programmeen_ZA
dc.subjectWits miningen_ZA
dc.subjectSurveyingen_ZA
dc.subjectMine surveyorsen_ZA
dc.subjectUniversity of the Witwatersranden_ZA
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::TECHNOLOGYen_ZA
dc.titleThe relevance of surveying content in mining engineering education.en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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