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