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