Land Surveyor

Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites.

● 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.

● Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed.

● Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.

● Search legal records, survey records, and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed.

● Coordinate findings with the work of engineering personnel, clients, and others concerned with projects.

● Establish fixed points for use in making maps, using geodetic and engineering instruments.

● Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain.

● Adjust surveying instruments to maintain their accuracy.

● Train assistants and helpers, and direct their work in such activities as performing surveys or drafting maps.

● 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).

● 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.

● Plan and conduct ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements.

● Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures.

● Conduct research in surveying and mapping methods, using knowledge of photogrammetric map compilation and electronic data processing.

● Develop criteria for the design and modification of survey instruments.

● Locate and mark sites selected for geophysical prospecting activities, such as efforts to locate petroleum or other mineral products.