Find yourself sitting in maths class wondering, ‘When will I ever use this?’
Well, if it’s geometry you’re contemplating, we have some news. There are plenty of jobs that require you to be skilled up in it! Check out the list of 15 jobs that use geometry below. If your dream future career makes the cut, you might want to stop swap the daydreaming for studying.
15 jobs that use geometry
We’re just scratching the surface here! Shout out any other jobs you know that use geometry in the comments.
1. Photographer: uses lines, shapes and patterns when planning the composition and framing of a photograph.
2. Carpenter: needs geometry to measure angles for joints.
3. Civil engineer: designs and constructs infrastructure by calculating slopes, angles, volumes and areas.
4. Game designer + developer: to build worlds (including characters and terrain), they use 2D and 3D modelling and rendering. Read our Game Designer + Developer Job Kit.
5. Architect: geometry is their best friend when sketching their designs and coming up with floor plans. Read our Place Makers Job Kit.
6. Astronomer: mapping the universe, measuring distance and determining the size of celestial bodies is all done with geometry.
7. Town planner: needs shapes, angles and scaling to create layouts, road networks, drainage systems and public spaces. Read our Future Cities Planner Job Kit.
8. Pilot: angles and vectors are used in navigation, flight planning, and safe manoeuvring of aircraft.
9. Forensic scientist: reconstructing crime scenes and analysing blood stain patterns requires geometry skills.
10. Electrical engineer: uses 3D geometry to determine the optimal shape and placement of antennas for transmission. Read our Electrical Engineer Job Kit.
11. Fashion designer: shapes like circles, triangles and rectangles, plus proportion and symmetry, are used to design clothes and in pattern making.
12. Archaeologist: create grids to divide up dig sites and triangulation to map features and artefacts.
13. Mechanical engineer: in the design phase, they use geometry to create technical drawings, blueprints and 3D models, and for determining structural load. Read our Mechanical Engineer Job Kit.
14. Tiler: patterns, layout planning, creating right angles, calculating areas, and working with different shaped tiles are all part of the job.
15. Graphic designer: grids, symmetry, shapes and patterns are used to design logos, as well as print and digital layouts. Read our Graphic Designer Job Kit.
Learn more about maths careers
Want a job filled with maths? Lucky for you, there are plenty! Maths is the language of STEM, so there are plenty opportunities to put your passion or talent for numbers to good use.
Check out our latest issue of Careers with STEM: Maths + Data magazine to get started:
We also have stacks of good reads and maths role models on the Careers with Maths hub.
You might also want to come along to our next STEM + X: Maths + Data careers webinar to hear from data science students and graduates who are learning to navigate the world with numbers.
