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Hydrographic Survey Technicians

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Hydrographic Survey Technicians

Tasks and Duties

  • Adjust and operate surveying instruments such as prisms, theodolites, and electronic distance-measuring equipment.
  • Record survey measurements and descriptive data, using notes, sketches, inked tracings and database information.
  • Perform calculations to determine earth curvature corrections, atmospheric impacts on measurements, traverse closures and adjustments, azimuths, level runs, and placement of markers.
  • Conduct surveys to ascertain the locations of natural features and human-made structures on the Earth's surface, underground, and underwater, using electronic distance-measuring equipment and other surveying instruments.
  • Operate and manage land-information computer systems, performing tasks such as storing data, making inquiries, and producing plots and reports.
  • Direct and supervise work of subordinate members of surveying parties.
  • Lay out grids, and determine horizontal and vertical controls.
  • Compare survey computations with applicable standards in order to determine adequacy of data.
  • Collect information needed to carry out new surveys, using source maps, previous survey data, photographs, computer records, and other relevant information.
  • Prepare topographic and contour maps, including site features and other relevant information such as charts, drawings, and survey notes.
  • Maintain equipment used by surveying crews.
  • Provide assistance in the development of methods and procedures for conducting field surveys.
  • Conduct pre-cruise logistics and survey planning

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