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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”.

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Tasks for “Licensed Land Surveyor”

Direct aerial surveys of specified geographical areas.
Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed.
Develop criteria for the design and modification of survey instruments.
Conduct research in surveying and mapping methods using knowledge of techniques of photogrammetric map compilation and electronic data processing.
Locate and mark sites selected for geophysical prospecting activities such as efforts to locate petroleum or other mineral products.
Analyze survey objectives and specifications to prepare survey proposals or to direct others in survey proposal preparation.
Record the results of surveys including the shape, contour, location, elevation, and dimensions of land or land features.
Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles.
Compute geodetic measurements and interpret survey data to determine positions, shapes, and elevations of geomorphic and topographic features.
Prepare or supervise preparation of all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys.
Adjust surveying instruments to maintain their accuracy.
Survey bodies of water to determine navigable channels and to secure data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures.
Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites.
Establish fixed points for use in making maps, using geodetic and engineering instruments.
Determine longitudes and latitudes of important features and boundaries in survey areas, using theodolites, transits, levels, and satellite-based global positioning systems (GPS).
Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain.
Train assistants and helpers, and direct their work in such activities as performing surveys or drafting maps.
Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.
Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures.
Plan and conduct ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements.
Determine specifications for photographic equipment to be used for aerial photography, as well as altitudes from which to photograph terrain.
Coordinate findings with the work of engineering and architectural personnel, clients, and others concerned with projects.
Search legal records, survey records, and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed.

Related Technology & Tools

Tripods
Plumb bobs
Two way radios
Geological compasses
Transit levels
Rod levels
Distance meters
Global positioning system GPS receivers
Abney levels
Planimeters
Clinometers
Curvimeters
Visible beam lasers
Double right-angle prisms
Depth gauge tapes
Electronic digital theodolites
Measuring rods
Invisible beam lasers
Stereoscopes
Electronic digital levels
Laser scanners
Side scan sonars
Machetes
Reflectorless total stations
Robotic total stations
Laptop computers
San Francisco rods
Robotic tripods
Digital measuring poles
Right-angle prisms
Long range reflectorless total stations
Direct elevation rods
Pocket personal computers PC
Gammon reels
Magnetic locators
Single-beam transducers
Single-beam echo sounders
Rotary lasers
Measuring tapes
Prism poles
Laser plumb bobs
Handheld measuring lasers
Pocket transits
Digital laser rangefinders
Line lasers
Tracking lasers
Dot lasers
Tribrachs
Philadelphia rods
Automatic levels
Barometers
Integrated global positioning systems GPS
Road measuring wheels
Automatic slope lasers
Altimeters
Telescopic viewers
Hand levels
Prismless total stations
Total stations
Surveyors leveling rods
Mechanical theodolites
Elevator tripods

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