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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Collect, analyze, and interpret geographic information provided by geodetic surveys, aerial photographs, and satellite data. Research, study, and prepare maps and other spatial data in digital or graphic form for legal, social, political, educational, and design purposes. May work with Geographic Information Systems (GIS). May design and evaluate algorithms, data structures, and user interfaces for GIS and mapping systems. | Identify, scale, and orient geodetic points, elevations, and other planimetric or topographic features, applying standard mathematical formulas. | |||
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Collect information about specific features of the Earth using aerial photography and other digital remote sensing techniques. | ||||
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Revise existing maps and charts, making all necessary corrections and adjustments. | ||||
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Compile data required for map preparation, including aerial photographs, survey notes, records, reports, and original maps. | ||||
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Inspect final compositions to ensure completeness and accuracy. | ||||
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Determine map content and layout, as well as production specifications such as scale, size, projection, and colors, and direct production to ensure that specifications are followed. | ||||
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Examine and analyze data from ground surveys, reports, aerial photographs, and satellite images to prepare topographic maps, aerial-photograph mosaics, and related charts. | ||||
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Select aerial photographic and remote sensing techniques and plotting equipment needed to meet required standards of accuracy. | ||||
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Delineate aerial photographic detail such as control points, hydrography, topography, and cultural features using precision stereoplotting apparatus or drafting instruments. | ||||
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Build and update digital databases. | ||||
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Prepare and alter trace maps, charts, tables, detailed drawings, and three-dimensional optical models of terrain using stereoscopic plotting and computer graphics equipment. | ||||
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Determine guidelines that specify which source material is acceptable for use. | ||||
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Study legal records to establish boundaries of local, national, and international properties. | ||||
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Travel over photographed areas to observe, identify, record, and verify all relevant features. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Surveyors and Mapping Scientists
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Geography | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Autodesk AutoCAD Land Desktop | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Autodesk AutoCAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Bentley MicroStation | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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CE Surveyor III software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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CMT Incorporated CogoCAD | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Cadcorp desktop GIS | Map creation software | |||
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Carlson SurvCADD | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Carlson SurvCE | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Carlson Survey | Map creation software | |||
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CloudWorks | Application server software | |||
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Computer aided design CAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Cyclone | Data conversion software | |||
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Data logging software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Data transfer software | Document management software | |||
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Drafting software | Map creation software | |||
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ESRI ArcView | Map creation software | |||
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Geocomp Systems GeoNav | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Geodetic software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Geomechanical design analysis GDA software | Map creation software | |||
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Global positioning system GPS software | Mobile location based services software | |||
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HYPACK HYSWEEP | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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HYPACK MAX | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Internet browser software | Internet browser software | |||
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Latitude software | Office suite software | |||
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MicroSurvey FieldGenius | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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MicroSurvey software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | |||
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NOAA Shoreline Data Explorer | Route navigation software | |||
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PC-Mapper software | Map creation software | |||
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Project Tracker Pro software | Project management software | |||
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Project analysis and costing software | Project management software | |||
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Project data integration software | Project management software | |||
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Sharetech Tabs Plus | Time accounting software | |||
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Sokkia G2 | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Sokkia Imap | Map creation software | |||
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Sokkia Spectrum Survey Suite | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Spreadsheet software | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Surface modeling software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Survey software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Topographic database software | Information retrieval or search software | |||
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Trimble HydroPro | Route navigation software | |||
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Trimble Terramodel | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Abney levels | Height gauges | |||
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Altimeters | Height gauges | |||
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Automatic levels | Levels | |||
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Automatic slope lasers | Laser measuring systems | |||
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Barometers | Barometers | |||
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Clinometers | Clinometers | |||
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Curvimeters | Map measurers | |||
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Depth gauge tapes | Measuring tapes | |||
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Digital laser rangefinders | Rangefinders | |||
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Digital measuring poles | Measuring rods | |||
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Direct elevation rods | Measuring rods | |||
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Distance meters | Distance meters | |||
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Dot lasers | Lasers | |||
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Double right-angle prisms | Prisms | |||
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Electronic digital levels | Levels | |||
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Electronic digital theodolites | Theodolites | |||
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Elevator tripods | Instrument tripods | |||
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Gammon reels | Tape measures | |||
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Geological compasses | Geological compasses | |||
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Global positioning system GPS devices | Global positioning system receivers | |||
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Hand levels | Levels | |||
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Handheld measuring lasers | Laser measuring systems | |||
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Integrated global positioning systems GPS | Global positioning system receivers | |||
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Invisible beam lasers | Lasers | |||
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Laptop computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Laser plumb bobs | Plumb bobs | |||
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Laser scanners | Scanners | |||
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Line lasers | Laser measuring systems | |||
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Long range reflectorless total stations | Theodolites | |||
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Machetes | Machetes | |||
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Magnetic locators | Electromagnetic geophysical instruments | |||
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Measuring rods | Measuring rods | |||
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Measuring tapes | Tape measures | |||
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Mechanical theodolites | Theodolites | |||
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Philadelphia rods | Measuring rods | |||
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Planimeters | Map measurers | |||
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Plumb bobs | Plumb bobs | |||
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Pocket personal computers PC | Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers | |||
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Pocket transits | Geological compasses | |||
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Prism poles | Extension pole | |||
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Prismless total stations | Theodolites | |||
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Reflectorless total stations | Theodolites | |||
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Right-angle prisms | Prisms | |||
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Road measuring wheels | Measuring wheels for distance | |||
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Robotic total stations | Theodolites | |||
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Robotic tripods | Instrument tripods | |||
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Rod levels | Measuring rods | |||
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Rotary lasers | Lasers | |||
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San Francisco rods | Measuring rods | |||
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Side scan sonars | Sonars | |||
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Single-beam echo sounders | Sonometers | |||
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Single-beam transducers | Sonometers | |||
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Stereoscopes | Video attachments for microscopes | |||
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Surveyors leveling rods | Measuring rods | |||
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Telescopic viewers | Distance meters | |||
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Total stations | Theodolites | |||
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Tracking lasers | Interferometers | |||
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Transit levels | Level sensors or transmitters | |||
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Tribrachs | Optical calibration sets | |||
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Tripods | Instrument tripods | |||
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Two way radios | Two way radios | |||
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Visible beam lasers | Lasers | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Bachelor's Degree | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | None | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Aerial Photogrammetrist | |||
CAD Draftsman (Computer-Aided Design Draftsman) | |||
CAD Technician (Computer-Aided Design Technician) | |||
Cadastral Mapper | |||
Cartographer | |||
Cartographic Designer | |||
Cartographic Drafter | |||
Cartographic Editor | |||
Cartographic Technician | |||
Cartography Supervisor | |||
Cartography Technician | |||
Certified Photogrammetrist | |||
Compiler | |||
Computer Aided Design Draftsman (CAD Draftsman) | |||
Data Analyst | |||
Digital Cartographer | |||
Drafting Technician | |||
Engineer, Photogrammetric | |||
Field Map Editor | |||
GIS Analyst (Geographic Information Systems Analyst) | |||
GIS Manager (Geographic Information Systems Manager) | |||
Geographic Information Systems Mapping Analyst (GIS Mapping Analyst) | |||
Geographic Information Systems Specialist (GIS Specialist) | |||
Geographic Information Systems Technician (GIS Technician) | |||
Geospatial Specialist | |||
Imagery Analyst | |||
LIDAR Technician (Light Detection and Ranging Technician) | |||
LiDAR Data Analyst | |||
LiDAR Specialist | |||
Map Editor | |||
Map Maker | |||
Mapper | |||
Mapping Manager | |||
Mapping Supervisor | |||
Orthophotography Technician | |||
Photo Cartographer | |||
Photogrammetric Engineer | |||
Photogrammetric Stereo Compiler | |||
Photogrammetric Technician | |||
Photogrammetrist | |||
Production Manager | |||
Soft Copy Photogrammetrist | |||
Softcopy Photogrammetrist | |||
Softcopy Plotter Operator | |||
Stereo Compiler | |||
Stereo Plotter Operator | |||
Stereoplotter Operator | |||
Surveyor | |||
Topographer | |||
Topographical Field Assistant | |||
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