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Surveyors
Also called: County Surveyor, Land Surveyor, Licensed Land Surveyor
Career Cluster: Architecture & Construction
Also called: County Surveyor, Land Surveyor, Licensed Land Surveyor
Career Cluster: Architecture & Construction
What they do:
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.
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.
On the job, you would:
- Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles.
- 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.
KNOWLEDGEEngineering and Technology
- product and service development
- computers and electronics
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- geography
- English language
- customer service
- management
SKILLSBasic Skills
- using math to solve problems
- reading work related information
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIESSpatial
- imagine how something will look after it is moved around or changed
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by writing
PERSONALITYPeople interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Cautiousness
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Perseverance
- Achievement Orientation
TECHNOLOGYYou might use software like this on the job:
Map creation software
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- Sokkia Imap
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Bentley MicroStation
- Sokkia Spectrum Survey Suite
- Survey software
EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree or Some college
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JOB OUTLOOK
New job opportunities are likely in the future.
Salary: High: $116,330.00
Median: $72,740.00
Low: $43,680.00
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