Ambassador Spotlight ‘Claire Fenwick’

Welcoming our latest Brand Ambassador Claire Fenwick covering London and surrounding areas of the United Kingdom. Let’s learn some more about her:

How did you get into the geospatial industry? After studying for a BA Honours degree in Graphic Design at University for the Creative Arts, I decided to change career completely. Geomatics surveyors work outdoors, and the role offers considerable opportunities for travel which also appealed to me!

At the age of 23, I chose to retrain as a Geomatics Surveyor at The Survey School offered by The Survey Association (TSA). After graduating I progressed from a Trainee Surveyor to Senior Surveyor. I founded Spatial Dimensions in 2012 and have seen the company grow into a national company since then!

Tell us a bit about what you do?Anything else you want to add that you think our audience (surveyors, teachers, parents) would be interested in? I’m the Managing Director of Spatial Dimensions (https://spatial-dimensions.co.uk/), and the President of The Survey Association (https://www.tsa-uk.org.uk/).

Both roles come with their unique challenges and opportunities.

As Managing Director of Spatial Dimensions I run the daily operations of the company. This includes everything from advising on large scale survey projects, to the hiring of staff!

As TSA President I strongly believe in the benefits of sharing knowledge and upholding standards within our profession. I also actively promote careers in the built environment for women, trying to address the gender imbalance and skills shortage in the geospatial profession.

What are your plans as an ambassador? School and university outreach is something I truely believe in, and love doing! As an ambassador I’d love to play a key role in offering surveying as a viable career option.

I think it’s important to use connections and platforms to spread the message, too. This is something I’d love to utilise!

One of our key missions at The Survey Association is “every young person should know about land surveying as a career”; This is something that directly aligns to Get Kids Into Surveying!

Anything else you want to add that you think our audience (surveyors, teachers, parents) would be interested in? At the end of 2024, Spatial Dimensions launched a YouTube channel which looks at various aspects of surveying. Please see our latest video on defining level of detail (LOD) here: https://youtu.be/A9Savf24EuI

For teachers, parents and potential new geospatial surveyors, please visit, www.becomeasurveyor.com