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