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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 “Mine Surveyor”

Direct aerial surveys of specified geographical areas.
Locate and mark sites selected for geophysical prospecting activities such as efforts to locate petroleum or other mineral products.
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.
Search legal records, survey records, and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed.
Train assistants and helpers, and direct their work in such activities as performing surveys or drafting maps.
Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures.
Plan and conduct ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements.
Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles.
Analyze survey objectives and specifications to prepare survey proposals or to direct others in survey proposal preparation.
Establish fixed points for use in making maps, using geodetic and engineering instruments.
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.
Survey bodies of water to determine navigable channels and to secure data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures.
Determine longitudes and latitudes of important features and boundaries in survey areas, using theodolites, transits, levels, and satellite-based global positioning systems (GPS).
Adjust surveying instruments to maintain their accuracy.
Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.
Compute geodetic measurements and interpret survey data to determine positions, shapes, and elevations of geomorphic and topographic features.
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.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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