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