Abstract
Many of us that have been involved on the ground floor of Underground Utility Location, Damage Prevention, Asset Management, and Subsurface Geospatial Survey and Mapping, anywhere around the world, can hopefully all agree on this one fact: *We need to come together as a global industry/community, to encourage the evolution of skill development pathways for anyone working in and around Utilities Infrastructure. Within this document I would like to share what a few of us have been doing in this space over the last decade within NZ. From carrying out the work, noting the issues, researching methodologies, compiling course material, designing and delivering training, connecting and teaming up with others to aid in the knowledge pool, to finally sharing a summary of learning lessons and recommendations derived from this time. Trying to aid in developing an area that is underdeveloped is hard. Trying to do this for an area that didn't know it existed, has been exhausting and yet rewarding at the same time. There are a growing number of people and practitioners who are optimistic about the future in skill development, and who also understand the challenges our industry faces. We hope that if the thought balance between unified
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