Surveyors
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.
Also called: County Surveyor, Land Surveyor, Survey Party Chief, Surveyor
Knowledge:
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- geography
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
- computers and electronics
Skills:
- using math to solve problems
- reading work related information
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- 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
Abilites:
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by speaking
- use rules to solve problems
- notice when problems happen
- imagine how something will look after it is moved around or changed
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Analytical Thinking
- Cooperation
- Initiative
Technology:
Analytical or scientific software
- Geocomp Systems GeoNav
- HYPACK MAX
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Geographic information system GIS software
Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Bentley MicroStation
