How do they match: Surveyors

  • Engineer
  • Survey Engineer

  • 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.

  • Coordinate findings with the work of engineering and architectural personnel, clients, and others concerned with projects.
  • Develop criteria for the design and modification of survey instruments.
  • Establish fixed points for use in making maps, using geodetic and engineering instruments.
  • Plan and conduct ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements.
  • Survey bodies of water to determine navigable channels and to secure data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures.

  • Document technical design details.