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