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73/100 career outlook
Mixed picture. AI will change how you work, but the role itself is growing. Lean into the parts only you can do.
0% ai exposure+4.4% job growth
job growth
+4.4%
2024–2034
employed (2024)
56,100
people
annual openings
3,900
per year
ai exposure
0.2%
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task breakdown
this is all you
8
tasks where you're irreplaceable
- Coordinate findings with the work of engineering and architectural personnel, clients, and others concerned with projects.
- Analyze survey objectives and specifications to prepare survey proposals or to direct others in survey proposal preparation.
- Testify as an expert witness in court cases on land survey issues, such as property boundaries.
- Adjust surveying instruments to maintain their accuracy.
- Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures.
- Survey bodies of water to determine navigable channels and to secure data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures.
- Direct aerial surveys of specified geographical areas.
- Conduct research in surveying and mapping methods, using knowledge of photogrammetric map compilation and electronic data processing.
ai speeds this up
0
tasks AI can assist with
no tasks in this category
ai handles this
1
tasks with high AI penetration
- Develop criteria for the design and modification of survey instruments.