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CADASTRAL SURVEYOR MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
To qualify for a cadastral surveyor position with BLM, applicants must have  a degree in land surveying or civil engineering with a surveying option/emphasis; or combination of education and experience; or a current registration as a land surveyor in a State, territory, or the District of Columbia obtained by written examination.
Knowledge of:
- Fundamental surveying, mathematics, and basic science as applied to surveying.
- Methods of precise survey measuring.
- Use and adjustment of precision surveying instruments.
- Procedures, equipment, and materials used in surveying, including conventional and state-of-the-art.
- Mapping and drafting techniques.
- Mathematics and procedures used in plane and geodetic surveying.
- Computer applications and usage.
- Photogrammetric mapping procedures.
- Principles and practices of boundary determination, land title research and surveying.
- Legal descriptions of real property.
- Methods and terminology used in searching for land titles and factors involved in determining ownership of property.
- Real property acquisition and mapping laws pertaining to public and private ownership of real property.
- Monumentation.
- The Land Surveyors' Act, Subdivision Map Act and other statutes related to land surveying.
- Methods, equipment and materials used in the surveying and mapping of Federal lands.
- Computers and state-of-the-art surveying and related equipment.
- Geographic Information Systems
Ability to:
- Perform complex field and office surveying work.
- Make precise survey measurements.
- Interpret legal descriptions of real property.
- Make and interpret difficult survey calculations.
- Research, analyze, check and adjust survey data.
- Research and compile evidence and documentation or boundary determination.
- Assist in the planning, direction and coordination of survey projects and crews.
- Do mapping and drafting.
- Analyze situations accurately and take effective action.
- Prepare clear and concise reports and correspondence.
- Write property descriptions and prepare legal land documents and descriptions.
- Operate precise surveying instruments (conventional and state-of-the-art); establish and maintain friendly, business-like relations with those contacts in the course of the work.
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
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