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Average Pay

Surveying and Mapping Technicians

$51,940/yr
Across the U.S.

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Career Outlook
Surveying and Mapping Technicians

Bright

New job opportunities
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in the future.

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Typical Training

Surveying and Mapping Technicians

Typical training
at entry is a

High school diploma or equivalent

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      Surveying and Mapping Technicians Tools and Technology Profile

      Tools
      All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled
      • Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles

      Axes
      • Axes

      Barometers
      • Barometers

      Clinometers
      • Clinometers

      Compasses
      • Drafting compasses

      Desktop computers
      • Desktop computers

      Digital cameras
      • Digital cameras

      Distance meters
      • Distance meters
      • Electronic distance measuring devices
      • Electrotapes
      • Measuring chains
      • Tellurometers

      Drafting kits or sets
      • Drafting kits

      Extension pole
      • Prism poles

      Extensometers
      • Extensometers

      Geological compasses
      • Geological compasses

      Global positioning system GPS receiver
      • Community base station global positioning systems GPS
      • Global positioning system GPS receivers
      • Real-time kinematics RTK global positioning systems GPS

      Hatchets
      • Hatchets

      Instrument tripods
      • Tripods

      Laser measuring systems
      • 3D laser scanning systems
      • Laser distance measuring equipment
      • Laser scanner coordinate capturing equipment

      Laser printers
      • Laser printers

      Level sensors or transmitters
      • Transit levels

      Levels
      • Automatic optical pendulum leveling systems
      • Electronic digital/bar-code leveling systems
      • Geodetic leveling rods
      • Hand levels
      • Leveling bubbles
      • Levels
      • Optical pendulum levels

      Machetes
      • Machetes

      Mallets
      • Mallets

      Measuring rods
      • Measuring rods
      • Sight targets
      • Vertical/target rods

      Measuring tables
      • Alidades
      • Plane tables

      Measuring wheels for distance
      • Wheeled measuring devices

      Metal detectors
      • Magnetic field pipe locators
      • Metal detectors

      Notebook computers
      • Notebook computers

      Personal computers
      • Personal computers
      • Pocket personal computers PC

      Plotter printers
      • Plotters

      Plumb bobs
      • Plumb bobs

      Pneumatic hammer
      • Jackhammers

      Portable data input terminals
      • Handheld data collectors
      • Portable hydrographic surveying equipment
      • Ranger data collectors
      • Robotic survey measuring instruments
      • Survey instrument control units

      Power saws
      • Chain saws

      Prisms
      • Prisms

      Protractors
      • Protractors

      Saws
      • Telescoping pole saws

      Scales
      • Engineering scales

      Scanners
      • Digitizers
      • Scanners

      Scientific calculator
      • Pre-programmed coordinate geometry COGO calculators
      • Programmable calculators

      Seismic receivers
      • Ground vibration sensing equipment

      Sonars
      • Echosounders
      • Fathometer sonar equipment
      • Multibeam sonar equipment
      • Side scan sonars

      T squares
      • T-squares

      Tablet computers
      • Tablet computers

      Tape measures
      • Measuring tapes

      Templates
      • Drafting templates
      • Templates

      Theodolites
      • Theodolites
      • Total stations
      • Tribrach level bubble adjusting blocks
      • Tribrach optical plummet adjusting cylinders

      Triangles
      • Triangles

      Two way radios
      • Two way radios

      Technology
      Analytical or scientific software
      • CARIS HIPS
      • CARIS SIPS
      • Coordinate geometry COGO software
      • Datalog with guidance DLWG software
      • Digital elevation model DEM software
      • ESRI ArcGIS ArcPy
      • Foresoft CDS Cogo
      • Foresoft CDS Model
      • Low-level driver LLD software
      • MicroSurvey FieldGenius
      • MicroSurvey OfficeSync
      • Modeling software
      • PCI Geomatics software
      • QuickCogo
      • Trimble Geomatics Office
      • Trimble Total Control
      • Tripod Data Systems software
      • Triton Elics International Isis

      Categorization or classification software
      • PCI Geomatics eCognition

      Computer aided design CAD software
      • 3D Nature LLC Visual Nature Studio
      • 3D Nature LLC World Construction Set
      • Autodesk 3d Studio Viz
      • Autodesk AutoCAD
      • Autodesk AutoCAD Blue Sky
      • Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
      • Autodesk AutoCAD Map 3D
      • Autodesk CAiCE Visual Transportation
      • Autodesk Land Desktop
      • Bentley GEOPAK Civil Engineering Suite
      • Bentley MicroStation
      • Carlson SurvCADD
      • Computer aided design CAD software
      • Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
      • MENSI 3Dipsos
      • MicroSurveyCAD
      • TRS Software TomCADD
      • Trimble Terramodel
      • Tripod Data Systems Foresight

      Data base reporting software
      • MicroSurvey Star*Net

      Data base user interface and query software
      • Database software
      • Microsoft Access
      • Structured query language SQL

      Desktop publishing software
      • QuarkXPress

      Development environment software
      • Microsoft Visual Basic
      • Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript
      • Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA
      • Software libraries

      Document management software
      • Microsoft SharePoint

      Electronic mail software
      • Email software
      • Microsoft Exchange
      • Microsoft Outlook

      Geographic information system
      • ESRI ArcCatalog
      • ESRI ArcEditor
      • ESRI ArcGIS (analytical or scientific feature)
      • ESRI ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
      • ESRI ArcGIS software
      • ESRI ArcIMS
      • ESRI ArcInfo
      • ESRI ArcSDE
      • ESRI ArcToolbox
      • ESRI ArcView
      • ESRI ArcView 3D Analyst
      • ESRI MapObjects
      • ESRI Maplex
      • ESRI Personal Geodatabase
      • Geographic information system GIS software
      • Geographic information system GIS systems
      • Trimble TerraSync

      Graphics or photo imaging software
      • Adobe FreeHand MX
      • Adobe Illustrator
      • Adobe Photoshop
      • Bentley GeoPak Bridge
      • Graphics software

      Internet browser software
      • Web browser software

      Map creation software
      • Bentley Systems InRoads Suite
      • Carlson Survey
      • Desktop digital photogrammetry system DDPS
      • Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
      • Hexagon Geospatial Imagine Photogrammetry
      • Hexagon Intergraph
      • IMAGINE OrthoBASE
      • Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
      • MapInfo
      • Mapping software
      • Muncy Plat Pronto
      • RockWare ArcMap
      • SiteComp Survey
      • TELEDYNE CARIS
      • Traverse PC
      • Trimble Digital Fieldbook
      • Trimble GPS Pathfinder Office
      • Tripod Data Systems COGO

      Mobile location based services software
      • Global positioning system GPS software

      Object or component oriented development software
      • Python

      Office suite software
      • Microsoft Office software

      Presentation software
      • Microsoft PowerPoint

      Process mapping and design software
      • Microsoft Visio

      Project management software
      • Project management software

      Spreadsheet software
      • Microsoft Excel
      • Spreadsheet software

      Web platform development software
      • Hypertext markup language HTML
      • JavaScript

      Word processing software
      • Adobe Acrobat Writer
      • Microsoft Word
      • Word processing software

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