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Surveying technician

Other names

engineering technician, mapping technician, land survey technician, surveyor, survey technician, geomatics technician, archaeological field technician, survey party chief, survey CAD technician, instrument woman, agricultural global positioning system mapper, instrument man

Architecture, planning and surveying

They help measure land, draw maps and plans, and use careful measuring tools to mark points on the ground.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Set out and recover stakes, marks, or other monumentation.

  2. 2

    Search for section corners, property irons, or survey points.

  3. 3

    Calculate latitudes, longitudes, angles, areas, or other information for mapmaking, using survey field notes or reference tables.

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Sources

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Uganda programmes: NCHE accredited programmes and the health, vocational and teacher training bodies

Official record

National Council for Higher Education, UHPAB, UVTAB, the TVET Council, UNMC, AHPC, UNITE and others. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public registers

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
technicien géomètre/technicienne géomètre
español
topógrafo/topógrafa
العربية
فني المسح
português
Técnico de levantamentos topográficos/Técnica de levantamentos topográficos
Deutsch
Vermessungstechniker/Vermessungstechnikerin
italiano
rilevatore topografico/rilevatrice topografica

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