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