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- Land Surveyor (Licensed)
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Land Surveyor (Licensed)
Land Surveying is one of the oldest professions in the world. The first land surveys on record were completed nearly 3,000 years ago when Egyptian land surveyors subdivided the fertile land around the Nile River. The land surveyors were also tasked with re-marking the land after the annual flooding of the Nile River. Today land surveyors (Licensed) in the energy industry plan, direct and conduct legal surveys to determine and interpret the location of boundaries, buildings, structures and other natural and human-made features. You’re known for being accurate. If this sounds like you, look into a career as a licensed land surveyor.
Licensed land surveyors prepare and maintain cross-sectional drawings, plans, records and documents pertaining to these surveys. They use data generated from these surveys to calculate precise measurements relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth’s surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction and other purposes.
Land surveyors interact with engineers and architectural personnel and land-related professionals. They must be proficient at the use of field equipment such as total survey station, GPS/GNSS systems, Robotic Optical survey instruments or conventional theodolite instruments and other specialized systems such as aerial and satellite imagery collection and laser scanning. They are also required to use computationally intensive software for coordinate geometry, map creation, CAD systems, graphics or photo imaging software.
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- Sub-sector Oil and gas services, Pipelines
- Environment Indoor/office and Outdoor work
- Average Salary $62,000 to $95,000
- Education Post-secondary degree
In this occupation activities may include:
- Preparing and maintaining sketches, maps, reports and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify and assume liability for work performed.
- Researching legal records, survey records and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed
- Directing or conducting surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles
- Advising, providing consultation and testifying as an expert witness on matters related to legal surveys
Education
- Land Surveyors must have a degree in geomatics engineering or survey engineering. A college diploma in survey science or geomatics technology along with additional academic credits may be acceptable.
Certifications
- Standard and emergency first aid
- Construction Safety Training System (CSTS)
- Valid Driver’s license
- H2S Alive®
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- Fall protection
- Confined space entry
- Quad safety
- Pipeline Construction Safety Training (PCST)
Licensing
- A federal or provincial land surveyor’s license is required.
- Successful completion of licensing exams and a 1-to 3-year articling period are required to attain a professional surveyor’s license.
- Note: Federal statutes require a separate license from the Association of Canada Land Surveyors to survey areas such as national parks, Indigenous lands, offshore areas and northern territories.
Additional Requirements
- Experience in project management, client management and team leadership is an asset.
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Physical work
- Work away from home/in camps
You have strong math skills and an ability to precisely measure and record data. You are a skilled user of new technologies and software.
- Mathematics
- Computer use
- Attention to detail
- Geography
- Judgment and decision making
- Customer and personal service
- Planning and organizing
- Public safety and security
- Management of personnel resources
- Design
- Sub-sector Engineering, design and procurement
- Environment Indoor/office and Outdoor work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Skills Upgrading None
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Direct
Congratulations! The skills gained as a licensed land surveyor in oil and natural gas are directly transferable to the engineering, design and procurement life cycle phase of industrial construction and maintenance in energy.
In this occupation activities may include:
- Preparing and maintaining sketches, maps, reports and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify and assume liability for work performed.
- Researching legal records, survey records and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed
- Directing or conducting surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles
- Advising, providing consultation and testifying as an expert witness on matters related to legal surveys
Education
- Land Surveyors must have a degree in geomatics engineering or survey engineering. A college diploma in survey science or geomatics technology along with additional academic credits may be acceptable.
Certifications
- Standard and emergency first aid
- Construction Safety Training System (CSTS)
- Valid Driver’s license
- H2S Alive®
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- Fall protection
- Confined space entry
- Quad safety
- Pipeline Construction Safety Training (PCST)
Licensing
- A federal or provincial land surveyor’s license is required.
- Successful completion of licensing exams and a 1-to 3-year articling period are required to attain a professional surveyor’s license.
- Note: Federal statutes require a separate license from the Association of Canada Land Surveyors to survey areas such as national parks, Indigenous lands, offshore areas and northern territories.
Additional Requirements
- Experience in project management, client management and team leadership is an asset.
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to industrial construction and maintenance include:
- Travel required (engineering, design and procurement)
- Less formal organizational structure (engineering, design and procurement)
- Temporary/project-to-project work (engineering, design and procurement)
- Freelance/contract opportunities (engineering, design and procurement)
- Transition to a similar level (engineering, design and procurement)
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Physical work
- Work away from home/in camps
You have strong math skills and an ability to precisely measure and record data. You are a skilled user of new technologies and software.
- Mathematics
- Computer use
- Attention to detail
- Geography
- Judgment and decision making
- Customer and personal service
- Planning and organizing
- Public safety and security
- Management of personnel resources
- Design
- Environment Indoor/office and Outdoor work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Skills Upgrading None
-
Direct
Good news! The skills gained as a licensed land surveyor in oil and natural gas are directly transferable to petrochemicals and refining.
In this occupation activities may include:
- Preparing and maintaining sketches, maps, reports and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify and assume liability for work performed.
- Researching legal records, survey records and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed
- Directing or conducting surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles
- Advising, providing consultation and testifying as an expert witness on matters related to legal surveys
Education
- Land Surveyors must have a degree in geomatics engineering or survey engineering. A college diploma in survey science or geomatics technology along with additional academic credits may be acceptable.
Certifications
- Standard and emergency first aid
- Construction Safety Training System (CSTS)
- Valid Driver’s license
- H2S Alive®
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- Fall protection
- Confined space entry
- Quad safety
- Pipeline Construction Safety Training (PCST)
Licensing
- A federal or provincial land surveyor’s license is required.
- Successful completion of licensing exams and a 1-to 3-year articling period are required to attain a professional surveyor’s license.
- Note: Federal statutes require a separate license from the Association of Canada Land Surveyors to survey areas such as national parks, Indigenous lands, offshore areas and northern territories.
Additional Requirements
- Experience in project management, client management and team leadership is an asset.
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to petrochemicals and refining include:
- Travel required
- Less formal organizational structure
- Temporary/project-to-project work
- Freelance/contract opportunities
- Transition to a similar level
- Potential for relocation
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Physical work
- Work away from home/in camps
You have strong math skills and an ability to precisely measure and record data. You are a skilled user of new technologies and software.
- Mathematics
- Computer use
- Attention to detail
- Geography
- Judgment and decision making
- Customer and personal service
- Planning and organizing
- Public safety and security
- Management of personnel resources
- Design
