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Job Details

Land Survey Assistant

Employer

Compass Geomatics Ltd.

Date Posted

August 29, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Whitecourt, AB
  • Earnings $21.00 to $25.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 80 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Sep 12, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Compass Geomatics Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

Outdoors

Work setting

Various locations

Tasks

  • Operate survey instruments and devices
  • Participate in field surveys
  • Assist survey engineers or professional surveyors to develop methods and procedures for conducting field surveys
  • Conduct field surveys and operate survey instruments and computer equipment to measure distance, angles, elevations and contours

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Overtime required
  • Repetitive tasks

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

Reliability

Experience

Experience an asset

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan

Financial benefits

Group insurance benefits


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Land Survey Assistant is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Survey Technologists
OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working to operate instruments and computer equipment to measure distance, angles, elevations and contours; to determine precise geographic locations using global positioning systems (GPS) equipment; and to prepare detailed drawings, charts and plans

INNOVATIVE

Interest in analyzing latitude, longitude and angles to plot features, contours and areas; and in assisting survey engineers and professional surveyors to develop methods and procedures for conducting field surveys

METHODICAL

Interest in supervising and co-ordinating field survey activities; and in recording measurements and other information obtained during field surveys

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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