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