Surveyor Job Description
Surveying – What a Great Job!!!
By: Graham W. Bowden, OLS, OLIP
Here is a list of the common activities that surveyors do.
- Wander in the forest
- Talk to strangers
- Climb fences
- Poke at “stuff” with sticks
- Find neat “stuff” that other people have lost
- See new places
- Splash in puddles
- Eat lunch outdoors
- See wild animals in their habitats
- Discover fishing holes
- Collect off-road toys
- Play with walkie-talkies
- Use a secret vocabulary (“kay”, “comeahead”)
- Drive a truck
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Travel to exotic locales
Graham Bowden is the Presiding Officer of our Academic & Experience Requirements Committee. First State Surveyor, p. 6, Summer 2002, Vol. 12, Issue 3. Copied from The Ontario Land Surveyor, Summer 2002