How do they match: Surveying and Mapping Technicians

  • Computer Aided Design Technician
  • Cartographic Aide
  • Geodetic Computator
  • Survey Computer-Aided Design Technician
  • Topographic Computator

  • Design or develop information databases that include geographic or topographic data.
  • Adjust and operate surveying instruments such as prisms, theodolites, electronic distance measuring equipment, or electronic data collectors.
  • Collect information needed to carry out new surveys, using source maps, previous survey data, photographs, computer records, or other relevant information.
  • Compare survey computations with applicable standards to determine adequacy of data.
  • 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, such as GPS, and other surveying instruments.
  • Determine scales, line sizes, or colors to be used for hard copies of computerized maps, using plotters.
  • Operate and manage land-information computer systems, performing tasks such as storing data, making inquiries, and producing plots and reports.

  • Develop software or computer applications.
  • Document technical design details.
  • Enter codes or other information into computers.
  • Evaluate designs or specifications to ensure quality.
  • Operate computer systems.