This is advanced technical work in cadastral engineering.

Employees in this classification act as principal assistants to professional engineers in performing a variety of the more responsible and technical cadastral engineering tasks. Work requires a considerable knowledge of engineering surveying, land surveying and real property interests. Cadastral Technicians frequently supervise subordinate technical personnel. All work is subject to check in progress and upon completion by professional engineers.

ILLUSTRATIVE TASKS

Checks and verifies plats of subdivisions which have been prepared by land surveyors for official recording.

Reviews title search information prepared by abstractors to determine ownerships and other property interests.

Prepares and checks legal descriptions of property to be acquired for road right-of-way or other public purposes.

Performs difficult surveying computations to determine bearings and distances included in legal descriptions and area of tracts of land.

Checks executed instruments of conveyance and related documents for proper form, accuracy and completeness.

Supervises the preparation of exhibits, maps and sketches as needed in connection with acquisition functions and condemnation proceedings.

Makes routine field trips to obtain information concerning property descriptions and property values.

Trains lower level technical personnel by informal on-the-job instruction.

Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGES, ABILITIES AND SKILLS

Thorough knowledge of principles, techniques and instruments of engineering drafting.

Considerable knowledge of mathematics through trigonometry and its application to sub-professional engineering and surveying computations.

Considerable knowledge of the basic principles of civil engineering and land surveying.

Considerable knowledge of interests in real property and instruments of conveyance and documents related thereto.

Ability to perform difficult surveying computations.

Ability to read and interpret a wide variety of maps, plans, aerial photographs, survey notes and other cartographic records.

Ability to understand and follow complex oral and written instructions.

Skill in the use of engineering drafting instruments and equipment.

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