How do they match: Surveying and Mapping Technicians

  • Surveying and Mapping Technicians

  • Ax Survey Worker
  • Compass Operator
  • Instrument Operator
  • Land Surveying Survey Worker
  • Stereo Map Plotter Operator
  • Stereo Plotter Operator
  • Stereoplotter Operator
  • Survey Instrument Operator
  • Transit Worker
  • Transit Survey Worker

  • 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.
  • Supervise or coordinate activities of workers engaged in surveying, plotting data, drafting maps, or producing blueprints, photostats, or photographs.
  • Adjust and operate surveying instruments such as prisms, theodolites, electronic distance measuring equipment, or electronic data collectors.
  • Compare topographical features or contour lines with images from aerial photographs, old maps, or other reference materials to verify the accuracy of their identification.
  • Determine scales, line sizes, or colors to be used for hard copies of computerized maps, using plotters.
  • 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.

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