Occupation Atlasland surveyor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d8e502b4-1be6-4d10-a224-151688f8f0c8
land surveyor
Land surveyors determine, by means of specialised equipment, the distances and positions of points at the surface of sites for construction purposes. They use measurements of the specific aspects of construction sites, such as electricity, distance measurements, and metal structure volumes to create architectural drawings and develop construction projects.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CRIConventional · Realistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.29
- R Realistic5.25
- I Investigative4.73
- A Artistic2.12
- E Enterprising1.88
- S Social1.63
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Surveyors (17-1022.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (27)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adjust engineering designs
- adjust surveying equipment
- approve engineering design
- calibrate electronic instruments
- cartography
- civil engineering
- compare survey computations
- conduct land surveys
- determine property boundaries
- document survey operations
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- geodesy
- geomatics
- mathematics
- mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products
- operate surveying instruments
- perform scientific research
- perform surveying calculations
- prepare surveying report
- record survey data
- surveying
- surveying methods
- technical drawings
- topography
- use technical drawing software
Optional (26)
- advise architects
- advise on mining environmental issues
- apply digital mapping
- collect data using GPS
- collect geological data
- collect mapping data
- compile GIS-data
- conduct research before survey
- create GIS reports
- create cadastral maps
- create thematic maps
- design scientific equipment
- develop geological databases
- geographic information systems
- geography
- geology
- interpret geophysical data
- photogrammetry
- prepare geological map sections
- process collected survey data
- quantity surveying
- study aerial photos
- urban planning law
- use CAD software
- use geographic information systems
- value properties
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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