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