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