Professional Profile

Profession: Surveyor and Mapper
Make exact measurements and determine property boundaries. Provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction, and other purposes.

Number of Licensed Professionals in Florida:
2,800

Salary Range:
$26,690 – $79,910*

Requirements to be licensed:

• A degree in surveying
• Have four or more years as a subordinate to a professional surveyor and mapper in the active practice of surveying and mapping; or
• Have a college degree other than in surveying and mapping and have experience of six or more years as a subordinate to a registered surveyor and mapper in the active practice of surveying and mapping.
• An applicant who has taken the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying Fundamentals and Principles & Practices Examinations in another state is required to have the licensure verification form completed to verify their scores.
  

Interesting Facts:  Florida’s coastline is 1,197 statute miles and 663 of those miles are beaches. No matter where you are in Florida you’re no more than sixty miles from saltwater. Florida is the lowest and flattest state in the U.S. Florida’s highest point is only 345 feet above sea level.

*U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Florida, May 2006