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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 “Professional Land Surveyor”

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.
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.
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.
Record the results of surveys including the shape, contour, location, elevation, and dimensions of land or land features.
Adjust surveying instruments to maintain their accuracy.
Plan and conduct ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements.
Develop criteria for the design and modification of survey instruments.
Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites.
Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures.
Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain.
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.
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.
Establish fixed points for use in making maps, using geodetic and engineering instruments.
Search legal records, survey records, and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed.
Prepare or supervise preparation of all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys.
Coordinate findings with the work of engineering and architectural personnel, clients, and others concerned with projects.
Determine longitudes and latitudes of important features and boundaries in survey areas, using theodolites, transits, levels, and satellite-based global positioning systems (GPS).
Conduct research in surveying and mapping methods using knowledge of techniques of photogrammetric map compilation and electronic data processing.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Excel
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Sokkia Spectrum Survey Suite
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Microsoft Word
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