land survey assistant
Greater Toronto Acres Surveying Inc.
Etobicoke, ON, CA
$20 an hour (estimated)
Permanent
- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 35 hours per week
- Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience : 3 years to less than 5 years
Work site environment
Outdoors
Work setting
- Urban area
- Rural area
- Various locations
Tasks
- Keep survey information in systematic order
- Assist in the calculation, analysis and computation of measurements obtained during field surveys
- Assist in the preparation of detailed drawings, charts and plans
- Keep records, measurements and other survey information in systematic order
- Participate in field surveys and operate survey instruments and devices
- Analyze latitude, longitude and angles and compute trigonometric and other calculations to plot features, contours and areas to a specific scale
- Assist survey engineers or professional surveyors to develop methods and procedures for conducting field surveys
- Conduct field surveys and operate survey instruments and computer equipment to measure distance, angles, elevations and contours
- Determine precise geographic locations using global positioning systems (GPS) equipment
- Prepare detailed drawings, charts and plans and survey notes and reports
- Record measurements and other information obtained during field survey activities
- Supervise and co-ordinate field survey activities
Supervision
1 to 2 people
Computer and technology knowledge
- Computerized land information system
- Geographic Information System (GIS)
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
- AutoCAD
- MS Excel
- MS Windows
- MS Word
Area of specialization
Construction
Survey specialization
- Topographic survey
- Legal survey
- Land survey
- Engineering
- Land development
- Urban
Transportation / travel information
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Own tools / equipment
Cellular phone
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
16 days ago