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Surveying Technicians
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Adjust and operate surveying instruments, such as the theodolite and electronic distance-measuring equipment, and compile notes, make sketches and enter data into computers.
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Abilities
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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Oral Comprehension| | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Information Ordering| | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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Near Vision| | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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Flexibility of Closure| | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Arm-Hand Steadiness| | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
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Deductive Reasoning| | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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Control Precision| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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Depth Perception| | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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Problem Sensitivity| | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
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Visualization| | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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Finger Dexterity| | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Inductive Reasoning| | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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Fluency of Ideas| | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
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Perceptual Speed| | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Time Sharing| | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
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Trunk Strength| | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Originality| | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
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Selective Attention| | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Manual Dexterity| | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
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Spatial Orientation| | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
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Speed of Closure| | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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Reaction Time| | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
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Visual Color Discrimination| | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Glare Sensitivity| | The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. |
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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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Multilimb Coordination| | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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Gross Body Coordination| | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. |
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Response Orientation| | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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Stamina| | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
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Dynamic Strength| | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. |
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Gross Body Equilibrium| | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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Wrist-Finger Speed| | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
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Rate Control| | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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Night Vision| | The ability to see under low light conditions. |
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Sound Localization| | The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. |
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Peripheral Vision| | The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. |
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Explosive Strength| | The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object. |
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Interests
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Realistic| | Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. |
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Second Interest High-Point| | Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness |
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Conventional| | Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. |
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Investigative| | Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally. |
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Artistic| | Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules. |
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Enterprising| | Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business. |
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Social| | Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. |
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Third Interest High-Point| | Tertiary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness |
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First Interest High-Point| | Primary-Rank Descriptiveness |
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Knowledge
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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Building and Construction| | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
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Engineering and Technology| | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Geography| | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
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Law and Government| | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
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English Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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Education and Training| | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
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Physics| | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. |
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Public Safety and Security| | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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Transportation| | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
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Communications and Media| | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
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Administration and Management| | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
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Clerical| | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. |
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Customer and Personal Service| | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Chemistry| | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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Therapy and Counseling| | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
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Production and Processing| | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Personnel and Human Resources| | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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Psychology| | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
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Sales and Marketing| | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
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Foreign Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation. |
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Economics and Accounting| | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
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Philosophy and Theology| | Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture. |
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Medicine and Dentistry| | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
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Sociology and Anthropology| | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins. |
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Fine Arts| | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
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Wages
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| District of Columbia | $36,580.00 |
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| North Carolina | $29,520.00 |
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| South Carolina | $26,250.00 |
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Related Careers
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Civil Drafters| | Prepare drawings and topographical and relief maps used in civil engineering projects, such as highways, bridges, pipelines, flood control projects, and water and sewerage control systems. |
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Electrical Engineering Technicians| | Apply electrical theory and related knowledge to test and modify developmental or operational electrical machinery and electrical control equipment and circuitry in industrial or commercial plants and laboratories. Usually work under direction of engineering staff. |
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Medical Appliance Technicians| | Construct, fit, maintain, or repair medical supportive devices, such as braces, artificial limbs, joints, arch supports, and other surgical and medical appliances. |
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Molding & Casting Workers| | Perform a variety of duties such as mixing materials, assembling mold parts, filling molds, and stacking molds to mold and cast a wide range of products. |
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Prepress Technicians & Workers| | Set up and prepare material for printing presses. |
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Tool & Die Makers| | Analyze specifications, lay out metal stock, set up and operate machine tools, and fit and assemble parts to make and repair dies, cutting tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and machinists' hand tools. |
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Traffic Technicians| | Conduct field studies to determine traffic volume, speed, effectiveness of signals, adequacy of lighting, and other factors influencing traffic conditions, under direction of traffic engineer. |
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Skills
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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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Active Learning| | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
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Critical Thinking| | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Active Listening| | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Complex Problem Solving| | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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Judgment and Decision Making| | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Learning Strategies| | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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Monitoring| | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Equipment Maintenance| | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
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Quality Control Analysis| | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Management of Personnel Resources| | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Systems Evaluation| | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Management of Material Resources| | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. |
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Management of Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Tasks
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| Adjust and operate surveying instruments such as prisms, theodolites, and electronic distance-measuring equipment. |
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| Compile information necessary to stake projects for construction, using engineering plans. |
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| Run rods for benches and cross-section elevations. |
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| Position and hold the vertical rods, or targets, that theodolite operators use for sighting to measure angles, distances, and elevations. |
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| Record survey measurements and descriptive data using notes, drawings, sketches, and inked tracings. |
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| Perform calculations to determine earth curvature corrections, atmospheric impacts on measurements, traverse closures and adjustments, azimuths, level runs, and placement of markers. |
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| Conduct surveys to ascertain the locations of natural features and man-made structures on the Earth's surface, underground, and underwater using electronic distance-measuring equipment and other surveying instruments. |
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| Search for section corners, property irons, and survey points. |
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| Operate and manage land-information computer systems, performing tasks such as storing data, making inquiries, and producing plots and reports. |
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| Direct and supervise work of subordinate members of surveying parties. |
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| Set out and recover stakes, marks, and other monumentation. |
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| Lay out grids, and determine horizontal and vertical controls. |
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| Compare survey computations with applicable standards to determine adequacy of data. |
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| Collect information needed to carry out new surveys using source maps, previous survey data, photographs, computer records, and other relevant information. |
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| Prepare topographic and contour maps of land surveyed, including site features and other relevant information such as charts, drawings, and survey notes. |
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| Maintain equipment and vehicles used by surveying crews. |
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| Place and hold measuring tapes when electronic distance-measuring equipment is not used. |
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| Provide assistance in the development of methods and procedures for conducting field surveys. |
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| Perform manual labor, such as cutting brush for lines, carrying stakes, rebar, and other heavy items, and stacking rods. |
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Tools
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| All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled |
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| Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles |
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| Axes |
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| Barometers |
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| Calculators or accessories |
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| Pre-programmed coordinate geometry COGO calculators |
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| Programmable electronic calculators |
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| Clinometers |
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| Desktop computers |
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| Digital cameras |
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| Distance meters |
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| Electronic distance measuring devices |
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| Electrotapes |
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| Measuring chains |
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| Tellurometers |
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| Extensometers |
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| Geological compasses |
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| Compasses |
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| Global positioning system receivers |
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| Community base station global positioning systems GPS |
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| Global positioning system GPS devices |
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| Real-time kinematics RTK global positioning systems GPS |
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| Hatchets |
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| Instrument tripods |
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| Tripods |
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| Laser measuring systems |
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| 3D laser scanning systems |
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| Laser distance measuring equipment |
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| Laser scanner coordinate capturing equipment |
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| Laser printers |
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| Level sensors or transmitters |
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| Transits |
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| Levels |
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| Automatic optical pendulum leveling systems |
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| Electronic digital/bar-code leveling systems |
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| Geodetic leveling rods |
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| Hand levels |
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| Leveling bubbles |
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| Optical pendulum levels |
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| Machetes |
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| Mallets |
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| Measuring rods |
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| Sight targets |
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| Vertical/target rods |
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| Measuring tables |
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| Alidades |
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| Plane tables |
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| Measuring wheels for distance |
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| Wheeled measuring devices |
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| Metal detectors |
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| Magnetic field pipe locators |
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| Notebook computers |
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| Personal computers |
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| Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers |
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| Hand-held data collectors |
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| Portable hydrographic surveying equipment |
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| Ranger data collectors |
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| Plotter printers |
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| Plotters |
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| Plumb bobs |
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| Pneumatic hammers |
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| Jackhammers |
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| Portable data input terminals |
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| Robotic survey measuring instruments |
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| Survey instrument control units |
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| Power saws |
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| Chain saws |
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| Prisms |
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| Saws |
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| Telescoping pole saws |
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| Scales |
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| Engineering scales |
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| Scanners |
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| Seismic receivers |
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| Ground vibration sensing equipment |
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| Sonars |
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| Echosounders |
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| Fathometers |
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| Multibeam sonar equipment |
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| Side scan sonars |
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| Tape measures |
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| Measuring tapes |
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| Templates |
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| Theodolites |
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| Total stations |
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| Tribrach level bubble adjusting blocks |
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| Tribrach optical plummet adjusting cylinders |
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| Triangles |
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| Two way radios |
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| Two-way radios |
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Technology
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| Analytical or scientific software |
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| CARIS HIPS |
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| CARIS SIPS |
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| Coordinate geometry COGO software |
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| Datalog with guidance DLWG software |
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| Foresoft CDS Cogo |
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| Foresoft CDS Model |
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| Low-level driver LLD software |
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| MicroSurvey OfficeSync |
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| Modeling software |
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| QuickCogo software |
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| Trimble Geomatics Office |
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| Trimble Total Control |
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| Tripod Data Systems software |
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| Triton Elics International Isis |
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| Computer aided design CAD software |
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| Autodesk AutoCAD |
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| Autodesk CAiCE |
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| Autodesk Land Desktop |
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| Bentley MicroStation |
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| Carlson CG Survey |
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| Carlson SurvCADD |
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| Carlson Survey |
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| MENSI 3Dipsos |
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| MicroSurvey software |
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| Trimble Terramodel |
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| Tripod Data Systems Foresight |
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| TRS Software TomCADD |
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| Data base reporting software |
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| MicroSurvey FieldGenius |
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| Survey Starnet Software |
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| Trimble Digital Fieldbook |
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| Data base user interface and query software |
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| Database software |
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| Microsoft Access |
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| Trimble TerraSync |
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| Electronic mail software |
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| Microsoft Exchange |
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| Internet browser software |
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| Web browser software |
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| Map creation software |
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| Bentley InRoads |
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| Carlson software |
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| Desktop digital photogrammetry system DDPS software |
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| ESRI ArcInfo |
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| ESRI ArcView |
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| Geomechanical design analysis GDA software |
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| Muncy Plat Pronto |
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| SiteComp software |
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| Traverse PC software |
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| Office suite software |
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| Microsoft Office |
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| Project management software |
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| Trimble GPS Pathfinder |
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| Spreadsheet software |
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| Microsoft Excel |
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| Word processing software |
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| Microsoft Word |
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Career Activities
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| Controlling Machines and Processes |
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| operate land or site surveying instruments |
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| Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events |
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| analyze spatial data |
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| Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge |
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| use oral or written communication techniques |
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