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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 “Geodesist”

Establish fixed points for use in making maps, using geodetic and engineering instruments.
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 and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed.
Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites.
Train assistants and helpers, and direct their work in such activities as performing surveys or drafting maps.
Plan and conduct ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements.
Conduct research in surveying and mapping methods using knowledge of techniques of photogrammetric map compilation and electronic data processing.
Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures.
Prepare or supervise preparation of all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys.
Compute geodetic measurements and interpret survey data to determine positions, shapes, and elevations of geomorphic and topographic features.
Search legal records, survey records, and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed.
Direct aerial surveys of specified geographical areas.
Survey bodies of water to determine navigable channels and to secure data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures.
Develop criteria for the design and modification of survey instruments.
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.
Adjust surveying instruments to maintain their accuracy.
Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.
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.
Determine longitudes and latitudes of important features and boundaries in survey areas, using theodolites, transits, levels, and satellite-based global positioning systems (GPS).
Determine specifications for photographic equipment to be used for aerial photography, as well as altitudes from which to photograph terrain.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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