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What They Do
About This Career
Makes exact measurements and determines property boundaries. Provides 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.
This career is part of the Architecture and Construction cluster Design/Pre-Construction pathway.
A person in this career:
- Directs or conducts surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles.
- Prepares and maintains sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed.
- Writes descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.
- Verifies the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites.
- Searches legal records, survey records, and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed.
- Records the results of surveys, including the shape, contour, location, elevation, and dimensions of land or land features.
- Prepares, or supervises preparation of, all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys.
- Computes geodetic measurements and interprets survey data to determine positions, shapes, and elevations of geomorphic and topographic features.
- Calculates heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain.
- Plans and conducts ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements.
Working Conditions and Physical Demands
People who do this job report that:
- You would often handle loads up to 10 lbs., sometimes up to 20 lbs. You might do a lot of walking or standing, or you might sit but use your arms and legs to control machines, equipment or tools.
- Work in this occupation involves using your hands to hold, control, and feel objects more than one-third of the time
- Work in this occupation requires being inside most of the time
- Work in this occupation requires being outside most of the time
Working in this career involves (physical activities):
- Judging how far away an object is, or which of several objects is closer or farther away
- Seeing clearly at a distance
- Seeing clearly up close
- Speaking clearly enough to be able to be understood by others
- Identifying and understanding the speech of another person
Work Hours and Travel
- Regular working hours and limited travel
Specialty and Similar Careers
Careers that are more detailed or close to this career:
- State Surveyor
- Staff Land Surveyor
- Professional Land Surveyor
- Licensed Land Surveyor
- City Surveyor
- County Surveyor
- Land Surveyor
- Mine Surveyor
- Registered Land Surveyor
Every year the U.S. Department of Labor conducts national surveys of wage data by occupation in every state and in all industry divisions. These surveys are conducted through the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program.
The statistics collected for one year are published the next fall. For example, 2013 wage information was published in the fall of 2014.
There are over 800 occupations in the surveys, and these occupations cover the entire U.S. labor market. The surveys ask for reports in a scale of ranges for both hourly wages and annual wages.
In many cases, these occupations are broad enough to cover many more detailed specialties of an occupation. A specific occupation may be included in a broader occupational category for which labor market data is available. When you look at the statistics for a broad category, be aware that the salary data for a specific career may differ.
For more details about how wage information is collected and calculated by the U.S. Department of Labor, visit their website at http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm.
Every year the U.S. Department of Labor conducts a national survey of over 400,000
employers in every state and in all industry divisions. This survey is conducted
through the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program. Every other year the
department publishes outlook information based on these surveys.
Each outlook period covers 10 years. For example, in 2003 the outlook information
was published for 2004-2014. Employers are asked to report the number of employees
in about 770 different occupations that cover the entire U.S. labor market.
From this information, staffing patterns for different industries are established.
Industry growth is projected into the future based on past trends and current economic
conditions. Industry staffing patterns are then applied to the industry projections
to obtain occupational projections.
In many cases, these occupations are broad enough to cover many more detailed specialties
of an occupation. A specific occupation may be included in a broader occupational
category for which labor market data is available. When you look at the statistics
for a broad category, be aware that the employment data for a specific field may
differ.
For more details about how employment information is collected and calculated by
the U.S. Department of Labor, visit their website at http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.tn.htm.
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