PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Surveying and Geoinformatics in a broader context, is a discipline that deals with the structure and character of spatial information, its acquisition, classification and qualification, its storage, processing, portrayal and dissemination, including the infrastructure necessary to secure optimal use of information. It is an indispensable discipline in our modern way of life and continues to play an extremely important role in many branches of engineering. Surveying and Geoinformatics professionals play a very important role in the socio-economic development of any country especially in a developing country like Ghana. Surveys are required to plan, construct, and maintain highways, railways, buildings, bridges, tunnels, canals, land subdivisions, sewages systems and pipelines etc.

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the University of Mines and Technology are the only government institutions that train students at the undergraduate and post graduate levels. Most of these trained professionals end up at the managerial level in the organizations they work with. The survey school at Accra is the only institutions that produces survey technicians to feed their land survey division and other government institutions in the land commission setup.

There is therefore the need to train more people at the Higher National Diploma (HND) level, who will be equipped with more practical and technical skills to take up the supervisory role in the acquisition and management of geographic data. Ghana Christian University College hereby seizes the opportunity to be the first Private University to run NABPTEX’s HND in Surveying and Geoinformatics as part of her contribution in meeting the ever-growing demand for well-trained surveyors.

PROGRAM AIM

The aim of this program is to provide training at technician level to students in the field of Land Surveying and Geoinformatics. The program content has been structured to give the student a good understanding of the various aspects of the surveying profession.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM

At the end of the three years program, the Higher National Diploma graduate will be able to:

• Apply the basic principles and methods of surveying and Geoinformatics
• Apply the principles in mapping of the terrestrial and aquatic environment and resources
• Operate and use precise survey equipment in the construction industry as survey technicians.
• Analyze survey data by the use of survey software and its application in the survey profession.
• Develop a Geographic Information System (GIS) based decision support system for land development and management of natural resources.

2. EMPLOYMENT

CAREER DESTINATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES

The graduates upon successful completion will find themselves working with institutions such as;

1. Lands Commission,
2. District Assemblies
3. Building and Road Research Institute (BRRI)
4. Customary Land Secretariats,
5. Feeder Roads Department
6. Ghana Highway Authority
7. Building and Road Construction Industries,
8. Ghana Water Company
9. Electricity Company of Ghana
10. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
11. Ministry of Road and Highways
12. International Organizations,
13. Oil and Gas Industries,
14. United Nations,
15. Ghana Health Services,
16. Information Technology Industries,
17. GIS Consulting Firms,
18. Ghana Civil Aviation
19. Military and other security services
20. Private Security and Emergency Responds Services

• COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM

YEAR ONE SEMSTER ONE

YEAR ONE SEMESTER TWO  

YEAR TWO SEMESTER ONE  

YEAR TWO SEMESTER TWO

YEAR THREE SEMESTER ONE

 OPTION 1 – GIS

OPTION 2 – SURVEYING

YEAR THREE SEMESTER TWO

 OPTION 1 – GIS

 OPTION 2 – GIS

 TARGET MARKET

The program hopes to attract qualified students from Senior High Schools and Technical School across the country. There would also be a place for certificate holders from land commission, utility companies, Feeder Roads, Urban Roads and Ghana Highway Authority who would like to upgrade themselves. The graduates upon successful completion will find themselves working with institutions such as;

• Lands Commission,
• District Assemblies
• Building and Road Research Institute (BRRI)
• Customary Land Secretariats,
• Feeder Roads Department
• Ghana Highway Authority
• Building and Road Construction Industries,
• Ghana Water Company
• Electricity Company of Ghana
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Ministry of Road and Highways
• International Organizations,
• Oil and Gas Industries,
• United Nations,
• Ghana Health Services,
• Information Technology Industries,
• GIS Consulting Firms,
• Ghana Civil Aviation
• Military and other security services
• Private Security and Emergency Responds Services