Career Path

In this career, your responsibilities may include:

• Determining legal property boundaries through land measurement and observation of physical markers, using Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology.
• Researching land and property records, and preparing reports and maps.
• Requires a significant amount of travel to surveying locations, and physical stamina to walk long distances over all kinds of terrain in all kinds of weather while carrying equipment.

Job Titles

In your job search, you may find listings for this career under different titles. You can find some examples of these, as well as more information about this career, at Career One Stop.

Academic Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor’s degree. Obtaining a master’s degree would make you eligible for careers with greater responsibility and higher salaries in this pathway, if you do not already have the U.S. equivalent of a master’s degree.