Land Surveyor

The incumbent is responsible for administration of a cadastral, land line location, land line maintenance, geodetic, rights-of-way, Congressionally Designated Area boundaries, Small Tracts Act Surveys, and lands status records as well as providing technical and professional expertise in all aspects of survey technology, information systems, methods & procedures, and implementation of the Automated Lands Program (ALP).

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Qualifications:

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary.

Basic Requirement:
GS-1373:

1. Degree: land surveying; or civil engineering with a surveying option/emphasis. The civil engineering major must have included at least 6 semester hours of surveying, 3 semester hours of land law, and 21 additional semester hours in any combination of the following: surveying, photogrammetry, geodetic surveying, geodesy, route surveying, remote sensing, cartography, survey astronomy, land information systems, computer-aided mapping, aerial photo interpretation, and survey analysis and adjustments.

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2. Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in land surveying or civil engineering as described in paragraph A, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

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3. The basic requirements for this series may be fully satisfied by a current registration as a land surveyor in a State, territory, or the District of Columbia obtained by written examination. Such registration must have been obtained under conditions outlined in the National Council of Engineering Examiners (NCEE) Unified Model Law for Registration of Surveyors. Applicants wishing to be considered under this provision must show evidence of registration based on successful completion of the written examinations. Registrations granted prior to adoption of a registration law with qualification requirements equivalent to the NCEE Model Law by the State, territory, or District of Columbia are not acceptable under this option. To be considered equivalent to the NCEE Model law, registration laws must include the four options listed within the NCEE Unified Model Law in the section specifying "General Requirements for Registration" as a Professional Land Surveyor.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must also possess experience and/or directly related education in the amounts listed below.

Specialized Experience Requirement:

For the GS11: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as one or more of the following: Prepared preliminary and final survey plats, drawings, reports, legal records, and title descriptions for review and approval by a registered land surveyor; and/or Assembled all survey project data and performs the necessary mathematical computations involved in traverse closure, azimuth determination, state plane coordinate transformation, section subdivision, route alignment, and location; and/or Responsible for maintenance, calibration, and adjustment of precision surveying instruments and related equipment; and/or Planned and conducted cadastral surveying projects of a complex nature; and/or Served as a contract inspector ensuring compliance with contract specifications on survey projects contracted with private surveying firms.
OR: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in land surveying or civil engineering.
OR: A combination of specialized experience as listed above and graduate level education with coursework directly related to land surveying or civil engineering (beyond what is required for a master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester hours leading to a Ph.D.).

For the GS-12: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as one or more of the following: Planned and directed the execution of survey projects of a complex nature usually associated with boundary disputes or title claims cases; and/or Recommended solutions to land disputes involving rectangular public land surveys, patent mining claims, homestead surveys, easements, and right-of-way surveys; and/or Provided technical assistance and guidance to unit management and staff personnel on problems involving boundary disputes; and/or Interpreted and wrote legal descriptions and prepared plats and documents incident to land surveys; and/or Provided professional land surveying input for the planning and programming of Forest land surveying priorities.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.