Job Description and Duties
Under the direction of a Transportation Surveyor Party Chief, incumbents perform a wide variety of professional land surveying work in a field setting. Incumbent serves as a member of a field survey crew and performs professional surveying work in Caltrans.
PARF# 28-6-071 / JC- 502552
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Transportation Surveyor (Caltrans) exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g., transfer, permissive reinstatement, or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. To apply for the exam, please click here and search by typing in the classification title.
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Working Conditions
Position located at 1031 Butte Street. Redding, Shasta County.
Multiple positions may be filled from this recruitment.
The work assigned is usually along the traveled way of highways, often in remote areas, and in heavy construction zones. Work often must be performed in adverse weather conditions, including high heat and freezing cold. This position requires the use of heavy-duty work clothes and safety boots. Manual labor can be expected to be intense. Position requires using cutting tools to clear brush, which can be dense and could include poison oak. Survey locations are often set in tick infested terrain. Incumbent can expect to drive survey stakes and markers with sledgehammers for extended periods. Extensive walking, often over steep and uneven terrain, while transporting stakes, supplies, and equipment is necessary. The incumbent can expect to work under very noisy conditions and is required to be tolerant of working within close range of high-speed traffic and heavy equipment.
Candidates that meet the minimum qualifications based on possession of an educational or a Land Surveyor in Training or Land Surveyor certificate must include a copy of your degree/transcripts or LSIT or LS certificate along with your application (STD. 678) to be considered for this position.
