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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 “Professional Land Surveyor”

Prepare or supervise preparation of all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys.
Adjust surveying instruments to maintain their accuracy.
Record the results of surveys including the shape, contour, location, elevation, and dimensions of land or land features.
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).
Develop criteria for the design and modification of survey instruments.
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.
Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed.
Analyze survey objectives and specifications to prepare survey proposals or to direct others in survey proposal preparation.
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.
Survey bodies of water to determine navigable channels and to secure data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures.
Conduct research in surveying and mapping methods using knowledge of techniques of photogrammetric map compilation and electronic data processing.
Plan and conduct ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements.
Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures.
Locate and mark sites selected for geophysical prospecting activities such as efforts to locate petroleum or other mineral products.
Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.
Train assistants and helpers, and direct their work in such activities as performing surveys or drafting maps.
Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles.
Search legal records, survey records, and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed.
Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain.
Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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