How do they match: Surveying and Mapping Technicians

  • GIS Manager
  • Geographic Information Systems Manager
  • I-Man
  • Instrument Man
  • Transit Man

  • Compile information necessary to stake projects for construction, using engineering plans.
  • 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.
  • Operate and manage land-information computer systems, performing tasks such as storing data, making inquiries, and producing plots and reports.
  • Prepare cost estimates for mapping projects.

  • Estimate costs for projects or productions.
  • Explain project details to the general public.