My son recently lost his job with an oil and gas surveying company in Tyler. Had to move back in with us and is expecting a child in February. Has applied here in College Station and all major Texas cities for entry level GIS jobs. Graduated in May of 19, got a great job in tyler and then was laid off due to Covid and the oil and gas decline. Any help or direction would be much appreciated.

Man that sucks. Was he with ELS? I'm a surveyor in the Tyler area, and I'm starting to feel the heat. I think all of the companies around here are struggling.

Yes he was with ELS. They have told him they would hire him back when things get back to normal. But how long will that be

For ELS it all depends on oil prices. From my understanding, O&G is all they do.

Been through 2 GIS/Oil price layoffs......Still looking for a job myself

Is he interested in pursuing licensure?
I need a guy to replace an SIT that's moving out of state. Looking for someone who can flex in and out of the field.

TTT

While I don't have direct experience, I've been interested in pursuing this as a post O&G career.

Yelnick McWawa said:

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Is he interested in pursuing licensure?
I need a guy to replace an SIT that's moving out of state. Looking for someone who can flex in and out of the field.

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For OP and anyone else interested, this is basically how I got my start in surveying. Was doing GIS work and a surveyor I knew talked me into making the switch. Did the field/office thing for a while and learned before moving to a bigger company and going full-time office. I'm licensed now, so I feel like it worked out well for me.

Yelnick McWawa said:

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Is he interested in pursuing licensure?
I need a guy to replace an SIT that's moving out of state. Looking for someone who can flex in and out of the field.

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On this note....don't look at Texas' SIT requirements and feel like that is a legitimate path to licensure for everyone. The market is starving for SITs with ANY level of experience, even just adjacent experience. There's only about 300 Texas SITs that haven't already gotten their RPLS.

SIT certification is a math/Federal alphabet soup exam away through several other states. It's then transferrable to Texas.

Contact CUDE in San Antonio. They have surveying and have developed and maintain a large GIS interface in SA, Austin and Houston. It's called TarraVault.

Talked to my son about this. At this point he may be interested. Where are you located and what is you contact info. Please email me the info at rprose1988@gmail.com. Thanks

rrose said:

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Talked to my son about this. At this point he may be interested. Where are you located and what is you contact info. Please email me the info at rprose1988@gmail.com. Thanks

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Just saw this. Sending you an email.

Has he tried the public works industry? Doesn't pay as well as O&G but cities and counties are always collecting tax dollars and always spending it.

Send me his resume. jwooten18 at yahoo. I'll see if he fits anything we are looking for.

Please have him check out the webinar on Monday.
ppausky78@tamu.edu