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Associate Member Spotlight
        SURVEY FIELD TECHNICIAN/INSTRUMENT
        PERSON                                                                        Corey Ingham
        Organization: Passero Associates                                              Corey Ingham found his love of
        Location: Rochester, NY                                                       the outdoors while working on
        Type of Position: Full-Time                                                   crop farms and hunting in his
        Education Req’d: Associate’s                                                  hometown of  Wheatland, New
        Experience Req’d: 5-10 years                                                  York. At the young age of twelve
        Passero Associates’ Rochester Office has an excellent full-                   years old he was introduced to
        time opportunity for a Survey Party Chief to work on a                        the profession of land surveying
        diverse range of residential, commercial,  municipal  and                     through his Boy Scout group.
        institutional land-development projects, using the latest                     From there his interests in the
        advancements  in  industry  technology, to provide  control                   profession grew. Corey even had
        topographic, control, boundary, utility, construction layout,                 the opportunity to shadow a local
        ALTA and as-built survey mapping.                                             surveyor while he completed an
        Qualifications/Experience                                                     instrument survey of his parents’
         •  AAS or BS degree in Surveying & Geomatics             land. Growing up Corey developed a strong work ethic
            Engineering Technology / Survey-related field         from his work on local farms and facilitating his own hay
            experience                                            production business.
         •  0-3+ yrs. Survey related experience                   During his time at Chili High School Corey enrolled in
         •  Working knowledge of AutoCAD, Robotic Total           a New Visions program that gave him the opportunity
            Station, GPS                                          to intern with fifteen different companies for both civil
         •  Ability to apply basic surveying concepts and         engineering and land surveying. Through his internships
            calculations for required fieldwork
         •  Proficient in MS Office Suite                         his passion for land surveying grew and upon graduation
         •  Strong communication skills; team player              Corey enrolled at Alfred State College in 2018. Throughout
         •  Valid driver’s license and personal vehicle           his time at Alfred State he used his summers to continue
                                                                  his education and experience through interning with Ravi
        Physical Demands/Work Environment/Work Attire             Engineering. Corey attributes his passion and continued
         •  While performing duties of the job, employee is       interest in surveying to the small class sizes, challenging
            required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms;   and supportive environment of the land surveying
            talk and hear. Employee must routinely lift and/or    program at Alfred State College.
            move up to 40 lbs.
         •  Work Environment: Outdoor duties year-round,          Corey is now in his fourth year at Alfred State and will
            with a moderate noise level. Able to work in changing   be graduating in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in Land
            temperatures and terrain.                             Surveying. He was also awarded both the Shaw and
         •  Work Attire: Appropriate dress for year-round, outdoor   Glickman Scholarships that he is extremely thankful for
            work, including work boots.                           and expressed that a portion of his personal success comes
        Offering Competitive Pay & Benefits Package               from these awards.
        EOE/AA – Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender        At Ravi Engineering Corey has gained a wide variety of
        Identity/Disability/Veteran                               experience through working in the field and office. Upon
        Passero Associates is committed to leveraging the talent of a   graduation from Alfred State Corey will transition to a full-
        diverse workforce to better serve our clients, our people, and   time employee at Ravi Engineering. He is looking forward
        the community                                             to the diversity of work that the team at Ravi provides. In
                                                                  addition, he is excited to be involved with a wide variety of
        Passero Associates is not able to sponsor visas           projects where he can develop his field experiences as well
        Recognized nationally by the Zweig Group as one of the    as boundary determination and mapping.
        “Best  Firms  to  Work  For,”  Passero  Associates  is  a  growing
        multi-disciplinary consulting firm providing planning,    Moving forward in the profession of land surveying Corey
        engineering, architectural design, structural, surveying,   will be continuing his experience and education through
        sustainability, program management, design-build, construction   the tight knit and supportive team at Ravi Engineering.
        administration and inspection services throughout ten offices in   Becoming a licensed Land Surveyor in New  York is
        the northeastern, midwestern, and southeastern United States.  Corey’s focus and goal throughout the next few years as
                                                                  a young professional. He also plans to continue his avid
        How to Apply: Submit your resume and cover letter today!   involvement with NYSAPLS at the regional level to
        Visit https://www.passero.com/careers to apply (Req. #1141).
                                                                  further develop his networking and learning experiences.

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