Geodetic Surveyors
Tasks Include:
- Review existing standards, controls, or equipment used, recommending changes or upgrades as needed.
- Provide training and interpretation in the use of methods or procedures for observing and checking controls for geodetic and plane coordinates.
- Plan or direct the work of geodetic surveying staff, providing technical consultation as needed.
- Distribute compiled geodetic data to government agencies or the general public.
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, continue education, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in technology, equipment, or systems.
- Verify the mathematical correctness of newly collected survey data.
- Request additional survey data when field collection errors occur or engineering surveying specifications are not maintained.
- Prepare progress or technical reports.
- Maintain databases of geodetic and related information, including coordinate, descriptive, or quality assurance data.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +5.1%
National: +0.8%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$63,080.00
State
$60,170.00
Regional
Geodetic Surveyors
Description
Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction |
Measure large areas of the Earth's surface using satellite observations, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), light detection and ranging (LIDAR), or related sources.
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Geodetic Surveyors
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 81.48%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 3.70%
- Some College Courses = 3.70%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 3.70%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 3.70%
- Master's Degree = 3.70%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 29.63%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 25.93%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 18.52%
- None = 14.81%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 3.70%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 3.70%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 3.70%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 25.93%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 14.81%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 14.81%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.11%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 11.11%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 11.11%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 7.41%
- None = 3.70%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 25.93%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 18.52%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 18.52%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 11.11%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.11%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 7.41%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 7.41%
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Geodetic Surveyors
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Review existing standards, controls, or equipment used, recommending changes or upgrades as needed.
- Provide training and interpretation in the use of methods or procedures for observing and checking controls for geodetic and plane coordinates.
- Plan or direct the work of geodetic surveying staff, providing technical consultation as needed.
- Distribute compiled geodetic data to government agencies or the general public.
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, continue education, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in technology, equipment, or systems.
- Verify the mathematical correctness of newly collected survey data.
- Request additional survey data when field collection errors occur or engineering surveying specifications are not maintained.
- Prepare progress or technical reports.
- Maintain databases of geodetic and related information, including coordinate, descriptive, or quality assurance data.
- Compute, retrace, or adjust existing surveys of features such as highway alignments, property boundaries, utilities, control and other surveys to match the ground elevation-dependent grids, geodetic grids, or property boundaries and to ensure accuracy and continuity of data used in engineering, surveying, or construction projects.
- Compute horizontal and vertical coordinates of control networks, using direct leveling or other geodetic survey techniques, such as triangulation, trilateration, and traversing, to establish features of the Earth's surface.
- Calculate the exact horizontal and vertical position of points on the Earth's surface.
- Analyze control or survey data to ensure adherence to project specifications or land survey standards.
- Assess the quality of control data to determine the need for additional survey data for engineering, construction, or other projects.
- Determine orientation of tracts of land, including position, boundaries, size, and shape, using theodolites, electronic distance-measuring equipment, satellite-based positioning equipment, land information systems, or other geodetic survey equipment.
- Conduct surveys to determine exact positions, measurement of points, elevations, lines, areas, volumes, contours, or other features of land surfaces.
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Special Requirements
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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94.50 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
74.00 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
71.00 | Geography | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
69.25 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
67.50 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
62.50 | Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes. |
54.75 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
53.75 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
52.00 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
78.00 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
75.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
72.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
72.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
68.75 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
65.50 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
65.50 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
59.50 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
59.50 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
59.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
53.00 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
53.00 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
50.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
75.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
75.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
75.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
75.00 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
75.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
72.00 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
72.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
72.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
68.75 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
62.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
56.25 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
53.00 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
53.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Memorization | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
50.00 | Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
90.75 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
89.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
87.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
87.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
82.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
80.50 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
80.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
79.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
75.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
71.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
68.25 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
67.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
66.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
65.50 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
64.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
63.00 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
60.25 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
58.75 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
56.75 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
56.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
55.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
55.50 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
54.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
53.75 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
51.00 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
51.00 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
51.00 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
50.00 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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91.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
87.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
80.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
79.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
71.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
69.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
68.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
67.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
67.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
61.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
59.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
58.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
55.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
55.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
52.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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61.17 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
55.50 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
55.50 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
55.50 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
50.00 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
50.00 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
98.60 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
97.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
89.20 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
86.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
82.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
80.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
79.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
77.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
76.20 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
75.20 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
71.20 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
67.40 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
66.60 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
66.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
66.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
66.00 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
65.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
65.40 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
64.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
64.00 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
62.40 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
61.40 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
60.80 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
59.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
58.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
57.60 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
56.20 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
56.00 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
54.60 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
54.40 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
53.80 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
50.40 | Public Speaking | How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job? |
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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $39,060.00 | $63,080.00 | $85,890.00 |
Virginia | $40,470.00 | $60,170.00 | $79,460.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $50,551.05 | $64,903.26 | $93,541.24 |
Bay Consortium | $49,887.48 | $64,398.58 | $85,488.17 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $41,197.86 | $57,846.06 | $70,690.47 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $44,486.58 | $61,993.57 | $72,485.92 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $44,700.50 | $62,208.52 | $72,814.07 |
Hampton Roads | $43,051.46 | $61,060.01 | $75,986.49 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $44,206.20 | $62,342.48 | $72,558.61 |
Northern Virginia | $49,807.53 | $64,782.81 | $86,552.57 |
Piedmont Workforce | $45,219.72 | $62,397.52 | $74,941.82 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $45,072.26 | $63,237.61 | $69,935.52 |
Southwestern Virginia | $39,692.12 | $63,993.59 | $74,869.13 |
West Piedmont | $45,427.40 | $59,329.98 | $79,663.59 |
Western Virginia | $37,542.56 | $49,614.38 | $66,120.31 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 50,000 | 50,400 | +0.8% |
Virginia | 1,500 | 1,577 | +5.1% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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- Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians
- Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians
- Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists
- Data Scientists
- Remote Sensing Technicians
- Hydrologists
- Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
- Hydrologic Technicians
- Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Calibration Technologists and Technicians
- Civil Engineers
- Statistical Assistants
- Traffic Technicians
- Architectural and Civil Drafters
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
- Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Careers in Design/Pre-Construction Pathway:
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
- Architectural and Civil Drafters
- Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Civil Engineers
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Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Construction, General
- Mapping
- Not Occupationally Qualified, General
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Geodesist
- Geodetic Advisor
- Geodetic Computator
- Geodetic Surveyor Technologist
- Geographic Information System Surveyor (GIS Surveyor)
- LIDAR Technician (Light Detection and Ranging Technician)
- Professor
- Remote Sensing Surveyor
- Survey Director
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Related Schools
- Brightpoint Community College
- J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- Mountain Empire Community College
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Patrick Henry Community College
- Paul D Camp Community College
- Southwest Virginia Community College
- Tidewater Community College
- Virginia Peninsula Community College
- Virginia Western Community College
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