Land Survey Technologists and Technicians
Job description
These individuals help determine the location of features and structures on the earth’s surface, underground, or underwater. They work for:
- The public service
- Architectural and engineering firms
- Private companies
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
Main tasks
- Collaborate in the development of survey methods and procedures.
- Conduct and coordinates surveys, operate instruments and computer equipment, and record measurements.
- Determine precise geographic coordinates using global positioning systems (GPS).
- Analyze latitude, longitude, and angles and perform calculations to represent relief, contours, and areas.
- Develop drawings, graphs, detailed plans, survey notes, and reports.
- Maintain a filing system.
Advancement and mobility
- There is some mobility between the different positions in this group.
- Experience leads to supervisory positions.
- These individuals may specialize in various fields of surveying (Geodesic, topographic, legal [cadastral], etc.).
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.- Minimum
- $19.00
- Median
- $29.85
- Maximum
- $40.13
Job prospects for 2022-2026
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Job prospects for 2022-2026
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2021
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 23.2% Female
- 76.8% Male
- 23.2% Female
- 76.8% 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, 541463% of jobs
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NAICS 9119% of jobs
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NAICS 236% of jobs
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NAICS 223% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54172% of jobs
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Others7% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 5413, 541463% of jobs
-
NAICS 9119% of jobs
-
NAICS 236% of jobs
-
NAICS 223% of jobs
-
NAICS 5416, 54172% of jobs
-
Others7% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Secondary
DVS in arpentage et topographie 
Placement rate: 82.4%
12.5% of graduates pursue further studies
College
DCS in civil Engineering Technology
Placement rate: 38.8%
57.2% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS in technologie de la géomatique (Cartographie)
Placement rate: 85.7%
DCS in technologie de la géomatique (Géodésie)
Placement rate: 83.3%
16.7% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Membership in the Ordre des technologues professionnels du Québec (OTPQ [Quebec Order of Professional Technologists]) to use the title of Professional Technologist.
- Occupational competency certificate issued by the Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ [Quebec Construction Commission]) to work on construction sites as a Land Surveyor.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Critical thought
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Mathematics
- Written expression
- Oral expression
- Time management
- Judgment and decision-making
- Monitoring operations
- Coordination
- Result evaluation
- Operations and control
- Social perception
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Near vision
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Digital dexterity
- Deductive reasoning
- Mathematical reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Distance vision
- Information organization
- Control accuracy
- Speech clarity
- Inductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Selective attention
- Classification
- Manual dexterity
- Written expression
- Basic numeracy
- Core strength
- Perception speed
- Processing flexibility
- Hand-arm stability
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Critical thinking
- Autonomy
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of mathematics
- Rigour
- Attention to detail
- Intermediate knowledge of the English language
- Knowledge of engineering and technology
- Sense of observation
- Patience
Interests
- Work with numbers
- Work outdoors
- Make technical plans and drawings
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- 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 2254 (22213)
Land survey technologists and technicians
Job titles
- Land Surveyors
- Instrument man - surveying
- Land survey technician
- Topographic survey technician
- Land survey technologist
- Topographic survey technologist
- Legal survey assistant
- Plane table operator - surveying
- Transit woman - surveying
- Geomatics technician - land surveying
- Geodetic survey technician
- Legal survey technician
- Engineering survey technician
- Geomatics technologist - land surveying
- Geodetic survey technologist
- Legal survey technologist
- Engineering survey technologist
Skill type
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations
Last update: March 17, 2023
