Education programmes of job
Nature of work
Topographical engineer specialized of aerial photogrammetry called (Aerial photographer engineer) is a job within the production sector.
Aerial photogrammetry is the taking of photographs of the ground from an elevated position. Aerial photographer engineer treats the aerial photo to obtain the geometric elements of the map aiming to product it.
Activity sectors of Topographical engineer specialized of aerial photogrammetry are:
- Taking pictures from the air, usually from helicopters or small airplanes.
- Working for real estate developers and architects, who rely on aerial photos when evaluating potential locations and marketing their properties.
- Aerial photographer needs training in photography, strong spatial skills and in-depth knowledge of photography equipment, editing techniques and photo-editing software.
- Dealing with files of huge volumes thus he/she needs powerful computer capacities (memory and processor quality) to treat such kind of files.
Responsibilities typically involve the following major areas:
- Management sector :
- Preparing the bid`s aerial photogrammetry surveying conditions.
- Studying the bids technically and financially.
- Preparing aerial photography technical reports.
Environment of work
Job Requirements:- Aerial photographer engineer works for eight hours per day, five days a week.
- He/she may work in weekends if there is necessity to achieve the treatment of long duration data files.
- He/she can work alone in an engineering office, or within governmental sector. In Syria he/she can work just in the governmental sector for now.
- He/she has the obligation to adopt the standard norms of map production accuracy levels. He/she guarantees the quality of the production.
- He/she may be faithful and honest. He/she gives his/her opinion without deviation. He/she documents his/her work results neutral and with transparency.
- Many aerial photographer engineers are self-employed and work alone, so they must handle every aspect of an assignment by themselves
Professional life
Career Development:- He/she starts his/her career by working as assistant to experience aerial photographer engineer, who teach him/her the creative and technical aspects of the profession
- In addition, those who work for themselves should understand that not only photography, but also marketing, finance and the other administrative duties are associated with the job.
- With sufficient experience and higher education, photographer engineer may become a photogrammetry project manager.
Sectors of careers
Aerial photographer engineer can work at these sections :- General Association of Topography
- University
- Engineering office within Engineering Syndicate
- Earth remote sensing
- Geographic Information System (GIS)
- Geomatics Engineering
- Managing workshops in aerial photography designed for both students and professional photographers.
Getting the job
Candidates should ideally have:- BSc in topographical engineering from a recognized university, preferable with a higher degree in Photogrammetry.
- Considerable and relevant working experience from similar aerial photography jobs.
- Good knowledge of advanced photogrammetry methodologies.
- Submit a short-term training such as seminars and workshops focusing on specific facets of aerial photography.
- Experience of diverse aerial photography platforms include fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, multicolor, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), balloons, blimps and dirigibles, rockets, kites, parachutes, stand-alone telescoping and vehicle mounted poles
Skills
- While some aerial photographer engineers are also pilots, it’s not necessary to have a pilot’s license. Instead, many aerial photographer engineers rent airplanes or helicopters and hire pilots for assignments.
- Even if they don’t pilot, however, they need some aviation knowledge, including an understanding of how planes operate and the limitations associated with taking photographs from a moving aircraft. They rely on this knowledge to help them determine what kinds of cameras and other equipment they need to capture clear, detailed photographs from mid-air.
- This frequently includes hauling heavy photographic equipment, which means they must be in good physical shape.
- knowing which camera lenses and other accessories to use,
- shooting in sometimes challenging conditions.
- Determining the best lighting and angle from which to photograph a landscape.
- Understand digital photography and how to use photo-editing software programs.
- Photographers who use film-based cameras should also know how to develop their photos.
- Photographs may be taken by a photographer, triggered remotely or triggered automatically where the cameras may be hand held or mounted.