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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 “Professional Land Surveyor”

Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles.
Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures.
Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites.
Direct aerial surveys of specified geographical areas.
Prepare or supervise preparation of all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys.
Develop criteria for the design and modification of survey instruments.
Adjust surveying instruments to maintain their accuracy.
Compute geodetic measurements and interpret survey data to determine positions, shapes, and elevations of geomorphic and topographic features.
Survey bodies of water to determine navigable channels and to secure data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures.
Determine specifications for photographic equipment to be used for aerial photography, as well as altitudes from which to photograph terrain.
Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain.
Conduct research in surveying and mapping methods using knowledge of techniques of photogrammetric map compilation and electronic data processing.
Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed.
Establish fixed points for use in making maps, using geodetic and engineering instruments.
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.
Coordinate findings with the work of engineering and architectural personnel, clients, and others concerned with projects.
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.
Determine longitudes and latitudes of important features and boundaries in survey areas, using theodolites, transits, levels, and satellite-based global positioning systems (GPS).
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.
Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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