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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 “Survey Superintendent”

Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites.
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.
Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures.
Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.
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.
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.
Locate and mark sites selected for geophysical prospecting activities such as efforts to locate petroleum or other mineral products.
Direct aerial surveys of specified geographical areas.
Adjust surveying instruments to maintain their accuracy.
Determine specifications for photographic equipment to be used for aerial photography, as well as altitudes from which to photograph terrain.
Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles.
Prepare or supervise preparation of all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys.
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.
Search legal records, survey records, and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed.
Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed.
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.
Analyze survey objectives and specifications to prepare survey proposals or to direct others in survey proposal preparation.
Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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