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Job Description
Make exact measurements and determine property boundaries. Provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction, and other purposes.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-1022.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 63,480.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 30.00
- Currently, there are 43,340 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Surveyors”.
Also Known As…
- Surveyors
- Surveyor
- Survey Party Chief
- Professional Land Surveyor
- Mine Surveyor
- Licensed Land Surveyor
- Land Surveyor
- Geodesist
- Engineering Technician
- County Surveyor
- Topographical Surveyor
- Survey Superintendent
- Survey Project Manager
- Survey Manager
- Survey Engineer
- Survey Coordinator
- Site Surveyor
- Registered Public Surveyor
- Registered Land Surveyor
- Registered (Public) Surveyor
- Railroad Surveyor
- Project Surveyor
- Professional Surveyor
- Port Surveyor
- Photogrammetry Flight Operations Director
- Photogrammetric Engineer
- Mineral Surveyor
- Licensed Surveyor
- Land Surveyor Manager
- Land Measurer
- Land Examiner
- Geophysical Prospecting Surveyor
- Geodetic Surveyor
- Engineer
- City Surveyor
Tasks for “Engineer”
- Develop criteria for the design and modification of survey instruments.
- Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures.
- Locate and mark sites selected for geophysical prospecting activities such as efforts to locate petroleum or other mineral products.
- Direct aerial surveys of specified geographical areas.
- Conduct research in surveying and mapping methods using knowledge of techniques of photogrammetric map compilation and electronic data processing.
- Determine longitudes and latitudes of important features and boundaries in survey areas, using theodolites, transits, levels, and satellite-based global positioning systems (GPS).
- Prepare or supervise preparation of all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys.
- Adjust surveying instruments to maintain their accuracy.
- Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles.
- Analyze survey objectives and specifications to prepare survey proposals or to direct others in survey proposal preparation.
- Compute geodetic measurements and interpret survey data to determine positions, shapes, and elevations of geomorphic and topographic features.
- Record the results of surveys including the shape, contour, location, elevation, and dimensions of land or land features.
- Train assistants and helpers, and direct their work in such activities as performing surveys or drafting maps.
- Coordinate findings with the work of engineering and architectural personnel, clients, and others concerned with projects.
- Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.
- Survey bodies of water to determine navigable channels and to secure data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures.
- Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain.
- Determine specifications for photographic equipment to be used for aerial photography, as well as altitudes from which to photograph terrain.
- Establish fixed points for use in making maps, using geodetic and engineering instruments.
- Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed.
- Search legal records, survey records, and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed.
- Plan and conduct ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements.
- Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites.
Related Technology & Tools
- Rotary lasers
- Plumb bobs
- Handheld measuring lasers
- Digital measuring poles
- Pocket transits
- Electronic digital levels
- Prism poles
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Laser plumb bobs
- Distance meters
- Automatic levels
- Digital laser rangefinders
- Tribrachs
- Abney levels
- Elevator tripods
- Pocket personal computers PC
- Robotic total stations
- Altimeters
- Gammon reels
- Tripods
- Side scan sonars
- Automatic slope lasers
- Laptop computers
- Rod levels
- Magnetic locators
- Geological compasses
- Philadelphia rods
- Reflectorless total stations
- Electronic digital theodolites
- Total stations
- Hand levels
- Robotic tripods
- Road measuring wheels
- Measuring rods
- Line lasers
- Transit levels
- Machetes
- Depth gauge tapes
- Clinometers
- Double right-angle prisms
- Surveyors leveling rods
- Dot lasers
- Right-angle prisms
- Two way radios
- Long range reflectorless total stations
- Single-beam echo sounders
- Planimeters
- San Francisco rods
- Direct elevation rods
- Prismless total stations
- Measuring tapes
- Curvimeters
- Mechanical theodolites
- Barometers
- Integrated global positioning systems GPS
- Tracking lasers
- Invisible beam lasers
- Telescopic viewers
- Visible beam lasers
- Laser scanners
- Stereoscopes
- Single-beam transducers
- Survey software
- Microsoft Word
- Crones & Associations Project Tracker Pro
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Data transfer software
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Project analysis and costing software
- Drafting software
- MicroSurvey FieldGenius
- CE Surveyor III
- Carlson SurvCE
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Data logging software
- HYPACK HYSWEEP
- Sokkia G2
- Carlson SurvCADD
- Microsoft Excel
- Bentley Systems InRoads Suite
- Sokkia Imap
- Spreadsheet software
- Latitude software
- Bentley MicroStation
- Surface modeling software
- Cadcorp desktop GIS
- PC-Mapper software
- Sokkia Spectrum Survey Suite
- Trimble HydroPro
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Topographic database software
- ESRI ArcView
- Sharetech Tabs Plus
- Geocomp Systems GeoNav
- Microsoft Office
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- Carlson Survey
- Project data integration software
- HYPACK MAX
- Trimble Terramodel
- MicroSurveyCAD
- NOAA Shoreline Data Explorer
- Bentley GeoPak Bridge
- CloudWorks
- CMT Incorporated CogoCAD
- Global positioning system GPS software
- Autodesk AutoCAD Land Desktop
- Cyclone
- Geodetic software
- Internet browser software