Surveyor (227) Enlisted Personnel

Supervises a survey party engaged in determining data pertaining to points, elevations, lines, areas, and land profiles in connection with such activities as the preparation of maps, establishment of artillery base lines, and construction of railway spurs, roads, bridges, and buildings.
Uses transit, alidade, level, stadia rod, aneroid compass, and other surveying instruments to obtain the precise elevation or location of a point. Keeps complete field notes. Makes algebraic and trigonometric calculations, using logarithms, slide rules, and engineering tables. Adjusts surveying instruments to keep them accurate.
May map a maneuver area, airdrome installation, camp site area, or cemetery. May align and stake out roads and sidewalks. May verify aerial photography surveys and may draw maps.

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