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