Occupation Atlassurveying technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/624986f9-21ef-4cdf-8cf6-8407a337ec2f
surveying technician
Surveying technicians carry out technical surveying tasks. They assist surveyors, architects or engineers in surveying related technical tasks such as mapping land, creating construction drawings and operating precise measuring equipment.
Job Zone
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- 5
Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.94
- C Conventional5.63
- I Investigative4.03
- A Artistic1.91
- S Social1.00
- E Enterprising1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Surveying and Mapping Technicians (17-3031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (23)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adjust surveying equipment
- calibrate precision instrument
- cartography
- compare survey computations
- conduct land surveys
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- geodesy
- geographic information systems
- geomatics
- interpret geophysical data
- mathematics
- operate surveying instruments
- perform scientific research
- perform surveying calculations
- prepare surveying report
- process collected survey data
- record survey data
- survey techniques
- surveying
- surveying methods
- technical drawings
- topography
- use technical drawing software
Optional (23)
- adjust engineering designs
- apply digital mapping
- civil engineering
- collect data using GPS
- collect geological data
- collect mapping data
- compile GIS-data
- conduct research before survey
- create GIS reports
- create thematic maps
- determine property boundaries
- develop geological databases
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- geography
- geology
- prepare geological map sections
- quantity surveying
- urban planning law
- use CAD software
- use geographic information systems
- use spreadsheets software
- value properties
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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