Surveying and Mapping Technician resume example
A resume for a Surveying and Mapping Technician needs to show the work itself: perform surveying and mapping duties, usually under the direction of an engineer, surveyor, cartographer, or photogrammetrist, to obtain data used for construction, mapmaking, boundary location, mining, or other purposes. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.
Also advertised as
The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
- Mapping Technician
- Photogrammetric Compilation Specialist
- Photogrammetric Technician
- Survey Technician
- Aerotriangulation Specialist
- Geospatial Analyst
- Mapping Editor
- Stereoplotter Operator
- Tax Map Technician
- CAD Technician
- GIS Coordinator
- GIS Mapping Technician
- GIS Specialist
- I-Man
- Survey CAD Technician
- Aerial Photograph Interpreter
- Assessment Technician
- Ax Survey Worker
- Computer Aided Design Technician
- Cartographic Aide
- Cartographic Drafter
- Cartographic Technician
- Cartography Technician
- Chain Carrier
O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation in total.
What this work actually involves
Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.
- Position and hold the vertical rods, or targets, that theodolite operators use for sighting to measure angles, distances, and elevations.
- Check all layers of maps to ensure accuracy, identifying and marking errors and making corrections.
- Design or develop information databases that include geographic or topographic data.
- Monitor mapping work or the updating of maps to ensure accuracy, inclusion of new or changed information, or compliance with rules and regulations.
- Produce or update overlay maps to show information boundaries, water locations, or topographic features on various base maps or at different scales.
- Determine scales, line sizes, or colors to be used for hard copies of computerized maps, using plotters.
- Compile information necessary to stake projects for construction, using engineering plans.
- Identify and compile database information to create requested maps.
- Operate and manage land-information computer systems, performing tasks such as storing data, making inquiries, and producing plots and reports.
- Compare survey computations with applicable standards to determine adequacy of data.
- Analyze aerial photographs to detect and interpret significant military, industrial, resource, or topographical data.
- Research and combine existing property information to describe property boundaries in relation to adjacent properties, taking into account parcel splits, combinations, or land boundary adjustments.
- Calculate latitudes, longitudes, angles, areas, or other information for mapmaking, using survey field notes or reference tables.
- Compare topographical features or contour lines with images from aerial photographs, old maps, or other reference materials to verify the accuracy of their identification.
30 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.
Example bullets for this role
Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.
- Position and hold the vertical rods, or targets, that theodolite operators use for sighting to measure angles, distances, and elevations, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
- Check all layers of maps to ensure accuracy, identifying and marking errors and making corrections, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
- Design or develop information databases that include geographic or topographic data, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
- Monitor mapping work or the updating of maps to ensure accuracy, inclusion of new or changed information, or compliance with rules and regulations, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Skills an ATS reads for
Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.
- AutoCAD
- AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Bentley MicroStation
- create maps
- prepare maps
What level this role is pitched at
O*NET places this occupation in “Medium Preparation Needed”. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
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