|98-99 Handbook Contents...||UMSL Govt. Docs...||UMSL
Libraries...||UMSL Home...| Nature of the Work * One of the few
professional occupations in which employment is expected to
decline. * More than 8 out of 10 are employed in engineering
services and government. * Skill in the use of new technologies
enhances employment opportunities. Measuring and mapping the
earth's surface is the responsibility of several different types
of workers. Traditional land surveyors establish official land,
air space, and water boundaries. They write descriptions of land
for deeds, leases, and other legal documents; define air space
for airports; and measure construction and mineral sites. Other
surveyors provide data relevant to the shape, contour, location,
elevation, or dimension of land or land features. Survey
technicians assist land surveyors by operating survey
instruments and collecting information. Mapping scientists
compile geographic information and prepare maps of large areas.
Land surveyors manage survey parties tha