Recently, I had an opportunity to visit with Elly Ball. Ball is the CEO of GetKidsintoSurvey, whose mission is to educate kids and the general public on the essentials of surveying.

“Over 85 percent of UK surveyors said they have problems recruiting, due to a lack of qualified [surveying] applicants,” said Ball. “In fact, as reported by the Telegraph in 2017, ‘The [surveying] skills shortage has now overtaken planning and regulation as the second biggest problem facing the industry.’”