National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2006

• C - Natural and Applied Sciences and Related Occupations
• C0 - Professional Occupations in Natural and Applied Sciences
• C05 - Architects, Urban Planners and Land Surveyors

C054 - Land Surveyors

Land surveyors plan, direct and conduct legal surveys to establish the location of real property boundaries, contours and other natural or human-made features, and prepare and maintain cross-sectional drawings, official plans, records and documents pertaining to these surveys. They are employed by federal, provincial and municipal governments, private sector land surveying establishments, real estate development, natural resource, engineering and construction firms, or they may be self-employed.

• Example Titles

  • cadastral surveyor
  • Canada lands surveyor
  • city surveyor
  • commissioned land surveyor
  • country surveyor
  • land survey supervisor
  • land surveying party chief
  • land surveyor
  • legal surveyor
  • party chief, land surveying
  • pipeline surveyor
  • port surveyor
  • professional land surveyor
  • property surveyor
  • provincial land surveyor
  • railway surveyor
  • supervisor, land survey
  • surveyor, Canada lands
  • surveyor, city
  • surveyor, country
  • surveyor, land
  • surveyor, pipeline
  • surveyor, port
  • surveyor, property
  • surveyor, provincial land
  • surveyor, railway

• Exclusion

  • Survey engineers (See C031 Civil Engineers)
  • Survey technologists and technicians (See C154 Land Survey Technologists and Technicians)