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Survey Assistant
Alternative Titles:
Chainperson, Survey Hand, Surveyors' Field Assistant
Survey assistants help surveyors determine the position,
shape and elevation of the Earth's natural features, such as
hills, valleys, rivers and lakes, and to determine land
boundaries for housing estates, building sites, reservoirs,
roads and drainage systems.
Survey assistants may perform the following tasks:
- clear vegetation and debris so that measurements may be
taken
- transport, assemble, dismantle and maintain prospecting
and surveying equipment
- peg out boundaries and construction works
- collect and label samples as directed
- assist surveyors and/or survey technicians in measuring
angles, distances and elevations using tape or steel band,
or more sophisticated equipment that uses radio and light
waves
- record measurements manually or in an electronic
field-data recorder.
Survey assistants work in a range of surveying areas, such
as land (cadastral), hydrographic (surveys of waterways),
engineering and mining.
They are required to work outdoors on survey sites, and
they may work in remote areas for prolonged periods. If
employed in mine surveying, they may be required to work
underground.
Required Skills - Survey Assistant
- good powers of observation
- able to work accurately and carefully
- able to work as part of a team
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