RAIL SURVEYING


Getting good young surveyors into our industry


Jennifer Roberts, events manager at Leica Geosystems, explains why the company hit the road again with its DirectTour 2014.


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eica Geosystems went back on the road in      


 on 7 October, the three-week tour took our direct sales team to 13 universities.


      leading universities in order to increase student and customer awareness of Leica Geosystems – our services, products and solutions for the surveying, civil engineering, construction and building industries. We have found that one of the biggest problems companies face is getting good young surveyors into our industry, so a networking lunch was provided to encourage students to meet potential future employers.


All locations were well-attended and customers were provided with a full morning of informative presentations and demonstrations,       


journey, which included information on


        demonstrations were given to a small group  


     at the University of Ulster, which had a great success rate in the number of students joining the day. More than 30 students attended the networking lunch, and all showed great enthusiasm in the new technologies being demonstrated.


John Kerrigan, sales manager for Ireland, said: “I am extremely proud of the Leica Geosystems team, who once again have worked very hard to  great success. We have had great feedback from 


university students who attended.”


Tim Badley, country manager for the UK, also  saying: “In our 22nd year of roadshows in the UK and Ireland, the 2014 tour presented a       geospatial professionals enjoyed the 'journey', which took them from early methods of data       and the latest machine control and stake-      informative – perfect event to keep one step ahead’ was the constant feedback from attendees.


Leica Geosystems will be back on the road in 2015– watch this space for dates.


W: www.leica-geosystems.co.uk FOR MORE INFORMATION


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