How do they match: Surveying and Mapping Technicians

  • Surveying and Mapping Technicians

  • Ax Survey Worker
  • Compass Operator
  • GIS Manager
  • Geographic Information Systems Manager
  • I-Man
  • Instrument Man
  • Instrument Operator
  • Land Surveying Survey Worker
  • Stereo Map Plotter Operator
  • Stereo Plotter Operator
  • Stereoplotter Operator
  • Survey Instrument Operator
  • Transit Man
  • Transit Worker
  • Transit Survey Worker

  • Supervise or coordinate activities of workers engaged in surveying, plotting data, drafting maps, or producing blueprints, photostats, or photographs.
  • Operate and manage land-information computer systems, performing tasks such as storing data, making inquiries, and producing plots and reports.
  • Produce or update overlay maps to show information boundaries, water locations, or topographic features on various base maps or at different scales.
  • Adjust and operate surveying instruments such as prisms, theodolites, electronic distance measuring equipment, or electronic data collectors.
  • 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.
  • Monitor mapping work or the updating of maps to ensure accuracy, inclusion of new or changed information, or compliance with rules and regulations.
  • Position and hold the vertical rods, or targets, that theodolite operators use for sighting to measure angles, distances, and elevations.

  • Supervise engineering or other technical personnel.
  • Operate computer systems.
  • Estimate costs for projects or productions.