Land survey technician vs survey crew member

Differences between land survey technician and survey crew member duties and responsibilities

Land survey technician example responsibilities.

• Work closely with GIS department to determine land locations.
• Load documents into the database using a custom GIS application.
• Provide topographic data through leverage of the photogrammetric process at an archeological dig in Spain.
• Aid in the completion of natural gas pipeline layouts and in grind location projects through multiple GPS techniques.
• Perform calculations necessary to prepare individual residential lot permit and as-built plans necessary for township approval.
• Job types include residential, commercial/industrial staking, water management elevations and wetland location.

Survey crew member example responsibilities.

• Collect data using a hand hold computer data collector attach to a survey rod with a prism.
• Utilize Topcon autolevels and total stations.
• Set up & work the surveying equipment including the total station & GPS.
• Mark centerline, run level loops, and survey cross-sections of highway roads.
• Set signs and cones, divert lanes of traffic and run congested intersections.
• Move into instrument operator operating total stations, theodolites, distance meters and levels.
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