Occupation Atlashydrographic surveying technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/668943cc-c454-4a1b-a296-2fcb524a6222
hydrographic surveying technician
Hydrographic surveying technicians perform oceanographic and surveying operations in marine environments. They assist hydrographic surveyors, using specialised equipment to map and study underwater topography and morphology of bodies of water. They assist in the installation and deployment of hydrographic and surveying equipment and report about their work.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
CRIConventional · Realistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.24
- R Realistic5.10
- I Investigative4.60
- A Artistic2.14
- E Enterprising1.71
- S Social1.51
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 Remote Sensing Technicians (19-4099.03): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (21)
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
- assist hydrographic surveys
- bathymetry
- cartography
- collect mapping data
- conduct underwater surveys
- document survey operations
- geodesy
- geomatics
- hydrography
- mathematics
- morphology
- operate surveying instruments
- perform surveying calculations
- prepare surveying report
- record survey data
- survey techniques
- surveying
- surveying methods
- topography
- write work-related reports
Optional (24)
- analyse scientific data
- apply digital mapping
- apply scientific methods
- assist scientific research
- collect data using GPS
- collect geological data
- conduct research before survey
- create GIS reports
- create thematic maps
- develop geological databases
- geographic information systems
- geography
- geology
- interpret geophysical data
- oceanography
- operate marine communication systems
- operate marine machinery systems
- prepare geological map sections
- process collected survey data
- provide information on geological characteristics
- use CAD software
- use geographic information systems
- vessel safety equipment
- write technical reports
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 21 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
hydrographic surveyor
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surveying technician
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land surveyor
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cadastral technician
6 shared · 6 more of its owndocument survey operations, perform surveying calculations, surveying methods, operate surveying instruments
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geographic information systems specialist
6 shared · 14 more of its owngeomatics, collect mapping data, perform surveying calculations, surveying
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cartographer
5 shared · 12 more of its owngeomatics, collect mapping data, topography, cartography
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remote sensing technician
4 shared · 13 more of its owngeomatics, geodesy, surveying, Mathematics
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soil surveying technician
4 shared · 15 more of its ownadjust surveying equipment, prepare surveying report, operate surveying instruments, write work-related reports
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