Surveyors

Also Called:

Licensed Land Surveyor,

County Surveyor,

Surveyor,

Land Surveyor

What they do: Make exact measurements and determine property boundaries. Provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction, and other purposes.

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Architecture & Construction

Career Cluster

What do they typically do on the job?

  • Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles.
  • Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed.
  • Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

Attention to Detail

Integrity

Dependability

Persistence

Analytical Thinking

Cooperation

Interests

Career interests describe the perspectives and interests of people who enjoy the type of work involved in this career.

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Conventional

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Realistic

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Investigative

Knowledge

People who want to pursue this career have knowledge in these areas.

Math and Science

  • Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

  • Geography

Engineering and Technology

  • Product and service development

  • Computers and electronics

Business

  • Customer service

  • Management

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Abilities

Whether you have received formal training or not, these types of abilities are helpful in this career.

Math

  • Choose the right type of math to solve a problem

  • Add, subtract, multiply, or divide

Verbal

  • Read and understand what is written

  • Communicate by writing

Ideas and Logic

  • Use rules to solve problems

  • Make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information

Spatial

  • Imagine how something will look after it is moved around or changed

Skills

People who want to pursue this career have skills in these areas.

Basic Skills

  • Using math to solve problems

  • Reading work related information

Problem Solving

  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one

  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Work Values

Work values describe how your core beliefs align with those commonly needed for this career.

Relationships

Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

Independence

Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Achievement

Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.

Does this sound like something you'd like to do?

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Data for NSI career cards comes from the following: Idaho Department of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET, MyNextMove, and Career OneStop