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What Would I Do?

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Land Surveyors plan, direct and carry out legal surveys to establish the location of real property boundaries, contours and other natural or human-made features. You also prepare and maintain cross-sectional drawings, official plans, records and documents pertaining to legal surveys.

Your duties include:

  • develop survey plans, methods and procedures for conducting legal surveys
  • plan, direct and oversee surveys to establish and mark legal boundaries of properties, parcels of lands, provincial and Canada lands, aboriginal land claims, well-sites, mining claims, utility rights-of-way, roadways and highways
  • survey and lay out subdivisions for rural and urban development
  • determine exact locations using electronic distance measuring equipment and global positioning systems (GPS)
  • analyze, manage and display data using geographic information systems (GIS) and computer-aided design and drafting (CAD)
  • record all measurements and other information obtained during survey activities
  • prepare or oversee the preparation and compilation of all data, plans, charts, and documents related to surveys of real property boundaries