2165-Surveyors and Cartographers

Job Title: 

Surveyors and Cartographers

Job Description: 

Surveyors and cartographers determine the exact position of, or prepare and revise digital, graphic and pictorial maps, charts other visual representation of, natural and constructed features and boundaries of land, seas, underground areas and celestial bodies, applying scientific and mathematical principles.

Tasks: 

Tasks include:

  • surveying, measuring and describing land surfaces, mines, underground surfaces, sea, river and lake beds
  • noting exact position of various features and recording survey data in digital form
  • making charts and maps to be used in determining navigable waters and channels and in planning construction of marine structures
  • planning and conducting aerial photographic surveys
  • designing, compiling and revising maps and charts using aerial and other photographs, satellite imagery, survey documents and data, existing maps and records, reports and statistics
  • undertaking research and development of surveying and photogrammetric measurement systems, cadastral systems and land information systems
  • studying and advising on technical, aesthetic and economic aspects of map production
  • maintaining technical liaison and consultancy with other relevant specialists
Additional Notes: 


This unit group includes

Aerial surveyor
Cadastral surveyor
Cartographer
Hydrographic surveyor
Land surveyor
Photogrammetrist

This unit group excludes

Marine surveyor (3115)
Quantity surveyor (2149)

Specific Occupations: 

21651
Surveyor (general)

21652
Land surveyor

21653
Hydrographic surveyor

21654
Cartographer

21659
Other surveyors and cartographers

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Source Of Info: 

Source: SINGAPORE STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION 2015, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Republic of Singapore