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Ambassador Spotlight ‘William Berthold’

Welcoming our latest Brand Ambassador William Berthold who is covering the area of Greater St. Louis Area, Missouri, USA:

How did you get into surveying?
I was introduced to surveying as a young boy when I helped my dad stake out the foundation for a house at Lake of the Ozarks. We used my great-grandfathers Keuffel and Esser transit, a plumb bob, a range pole and a tape to do the job. Later in college I worked for my uncle during the summers on his survey crew and learned a lot. I really enjoyed the combination of history, math and technology, and judgement we use in land surveying and still do.
What are your plans as a Brand Ambassador? I would like to start a program with a local high school where we hire an intern or two every year to learn about land surveying by working with myself and my crew at Pitzman’s Co. of Surveyors. Most people have no idea what land surveyors do.
Tell us a bit about what you do? I do a lot of different things in land surveying. Surveying property boundaries and easements, topography, roads and utilities. Researching old documents and records for information and clues. Staking out new buildings under construction. Measuring and monitoring structures for settlement. Laser scanning factories.
Anything else you’d like to add? Yes, land surveying is a wonderful profession for curious and engaged people to become part of. It is a very unusual combination of being a historian, a detective, a scientist, and an outdoor adventurer that very few, if any, professions can combine.