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