Key Competencies * Attention to Detail * Integrity * Dependability * Cooperation * Analytical Thinking * Adaptability/Flexibility * Achievement/Effort * Initiative * Independence * Persistence
Representative Tasks * Conduct surveys to ascertain the locations of natural features and man-made structures on the Earth's surface, underground, and underwater, using electronic distance-measuring equipment and other surveying instruments. * Collect information needed to carry out new surveys, using source maps, previous survey data, photographs, computer records, and other relevant information. * Search for section corners, property irons, and survey points.
Industry
Professional Scientific & Technical Services, Government,Job Family Architecture and Engineering
Sample Job Titles Ax Survey Worker, Chain Carrier, Chainman, Compass Operator, Engineering Assistant, Engineering Technician, Field Crew Chief, Field Survey Technician, Geophysical Party Chief, Instrument Man (I-Man), Instrument Operator, Instrument Person, Instrument Rodman, Instrumentation Technician, Land Survey Technician, Land Surveying Party Chief, Land Surveying Survey Worker, Levelman, Party Chief, River and Harbor Soundings Group Leader, Rodman, Stake Driver, Stake Setter, Staker, Survey CAD Technician (Survey Computer-Aided Design Technician), Survey Crew Chief, Survey Field Technician, Survey Instrument Operator, Survey Instrument Person, Survey Party Chief, Survey Rodman, Survey Technician, Surveying Crew Rodman, Surveying Crew Stake Runner, Surveying Technician, Surveyor Chain Helper, Surveyor Helper, Surveyor Instrument Assistant, Surveyor Rod Helper, Transit Man, Transit Survey Worker, Transit Worker.