Land Surveyors
Job description
These individuals conduct surveys to establish the location of boundaries and contours of properties, land, or roads. They prepare documents related to these surveys (sectional views, plans, etc.). They are self-employed or work for:
- The government
- Municipal governments
- Surveyors’ offices
- Real estate development, natural resource, engineering or construction companies
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
Main tasks
- Plan, direct, conduct, and supervise surveys to establish and mark the boundaries of properties, parcels of land, or roads.
- Survey and demarcate subdivisions to enable rural and urban development.
- Use electronic equipment to determine precise locations.
- Record all measurements and data collected.
- Analyze, manage, and display data using computer-assisted information, design, and drafting systems.
- Compile documents and data and prepare tables and records related to surveying.
- Certify and take responsibility for the data that determine property boundaries.
- Act and testify as a surveying consultant or expert advisor.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2021-2025
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Job prospects for 2021-2025
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 11.4% Female
- 88.6% Male
- 11.4% Female
- 88.6% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 5413, 541460% of jobs
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NAICS 2321% of jobs
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NAICS 919% of jobs
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NAICS 213% of jobs
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NAICS 223% of jobs
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Others4% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 5413, 541460% of jobs
-
NAICS 2321% of jobs
-
NAICS 919% of jobs
-
NAICS 213% of jobs
-
NAICS 223% of jobs
-
Others4% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
University
Geodesy (surveying)
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 100%
Geography
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 44.8%
48.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 68.4%
28.9% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Membership in the Ordre des arpenteurs-géomètres du Québec to bear the title of land surveyor.
Sometimes required
- Permit from the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors required to survey national parks, Aboriginal lands, offshore areas, and northern territories.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Mathematics
- Reading comprehension
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Active listening
- Written expression
- Coordination
- Time management
- Active learning
- Judgment and decision-making
- Solving complex problems
- Teaching
- Learning strategies
- System analysis
- Result evaluation
- Social perception
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Deductive reasoning
- Mathematical reasoning
- Speech clarity
- Oral comprehension
- Basic numeracy
- Verbal skills
- Speech recognition
- Written expression
- Awareness of issues
- Near vision
- Inductive reasoning
- Information organization
- Classification
- Processing flexibility
- Distance vision
- Visualization
- Spatial orientation
- Depth perception
- Information processing speed
- Selective attention
- Digital dexterity
- Manual dexterity
- Control accuracy
- Perception speed
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Critical thinking
- Autonomy
- Capacity to adapt
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of mathematics
- Rigour
- Attention to detail
- Intermediate knowledge of the English language
- Respect standards and regulations
- Sense of observation
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work with numbers
- Carry out research
- Self-employment
- Work outdoors
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Note about CNP
Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.
Official name of the NOC 2154 (21203)
Land surveyors
Job titles
- Property surveyor
- Land surveyor
- Land surveying party chief
- City surveyor
- Legal surveyor
- Commissioned land surveyor
- Professional land surveyor
- Country surveyor
- Provincial land surveyor
- Canada lands surveyor
- Cadastral surveyor
- Railway surveyor
- Pipeline surveyor
- Port surveyor
- Land survey supervisor
Skill type
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations
Last update: December 22, 2022
