GELS CTE Program for High School Students
The Geospatial Engineering and Land Surveying (GELS) Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program is a high school pathway designed to introduce students to the high-paying, high-demand profession of Geomatics and Land Surveying through structured, licensure-aligned instruction.
Students develop foundational competencies in measurement science, boundary principles, mapping, and field data collection using industry-standard surveying instruments and geospatial technologies. The program is intentionally sequenced to align with postsecondary coursework, industry-based certifications, and Surveyor-in-Training eligibility requirements, creating a clear education-to-licensure pipeline.
For school districts, GELS offers a replicable framework for addressing workforce shortages in the surveying profession; for students, it provides an early, practical entry point into a technically rigorous career with defined advancement pathways toward professional registration.
GELS CTE Program Texas Regional Approval Map:
