Science and technology
Technologist, topographic survey
$32.00 to $42.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
Pay is about the local median for this work ($37.36 an hour; Job Bank, 2024)
What the posting asks for
- 2 to 3 years' experience
- College/CEGEP
- English
From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.
Hours and terms
- 30 to 60 hours a week
- Shifts: days, flexible hours, overtime
- Full time, Permanent employment
- In person
Usually needed for this kind of work
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of a two- to three-year college program in geomatics or land survey technology is usually required for land survey technologists.
- Certification by provincial associations of technicians and technologists may be required by some employers.
From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Land survey technologists (NOC 22213). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.
What this work usually involves
- Assist survey engineers or professional surveyors to develop methods and procedures for conducting field surveys
- Conduct field surveys and operate survey instruments and computer equipment to measure distance, angles, elevations and contours
- Record measurements and other information obtained during field survey activities
- Determine precise geographic locations using global positioning system (GPS) equipment or unmanned aerial vehicule (UAV)/drone
- Analyze latitude, longitude and angles and compute trigonometric and other calculations to plot features, contours and areas to a specific scale
- Prepare detailed drawings, charts and plans and survey notes and reports
About the employer
- Industry: Professional, scientific and technical services
- Region: Thompson–Okanagan Region
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From Job Bank.