21203 – Land surveyors
21203 – Land surveyors
Land surveyors plan, direct and conduct legal surveys to establish the location of real property boundaries, contours and other natural or human-made features, and prepare and maintain cross-sectional drawings, official plans, records and documents pertaining to these surveys. They are employed by federal, provincial and municipal governments, private sector land surveying establishments, real estate development, natural resource, engineering and construction firms, or they may be self-employed.
Profile
Index of titles
Cadastral surveyor
Canada lands surveyor
City surveyor
Commissioned land surveyor
Country surveyor
Land survey supervisor
Land surveying party chief
Land surveyor
Legal surveyor
Pipeline surveyor
Port surveyor
Professional land surveyor
Property surveyor
Provincial land surveyor
Railway surveyor
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Develop survey plans, methods and procedures for conducting legal surveys
Plan, direct and supervise or conduct surveys to establish and mark legal boundaries of properties, parcels of lands, provincial and Canada Lands, Aboriginal land claims, wellsites, mining claims, utility rights-of-way, roadways and highways
Survey and lay out subdivisions for rural and urban development
Determine precise locations using electronic distance measuring equipment, global positioning systems (GPS), and unmanned aerial vehicules (UAV)/drones
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 supervise the preparation and compilation of all data, plans, charts, records and documents related to surveys of real property boundaries
Certify and assume liability for surveys made to establish real property boundaries
Advise, provide consultation and testify as an expert witness on matters related to legal surveys
May supervise other land surveyors, and land survey technologists and technicians.
Employment requirements
A bachelor's degree in geomatics engineering or survey engineering is usually required.
A college diploma in survey science or geomatics technology with additional academic credits and successful completion of equivalent examinations set by a regional board of examiners for land surveyors is required.
A one- to three-year articling period is required.
Successful completion of professional land surveyor examinations is required.
A federal or provincial land surveyor's licence is required.
Additional information
Federal statutes require a separate licence from the Association of Canada Land Surveyors to survey areas such as national parks, Aboriginal lands, offshore areas and northern territories.
Exclusions
Civil engineering technologists and technicians (22300)
Engineering managers (20010)
Hydrographic surveyor - geology (in 21102 Geoscientists and oceanographers)
Land survey technologists and technicians (22213)
Survey engineer; geomatics engineer (in 21300 Civil engineers )
Urban and land use planners (21202)
Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology (22214)
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