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