Survey Service Group Internship

 

First Year of Internship

Skills you will acquire:

  • Develop basic AutoCAD skills

    • Topographic and Boundary Survey Processing through AutoCAD

    • Simple CAD cleanup and data checks

  • Develop basic GIS skills for map development

    • Converting CAD files to GIS Maps

    • Geodatabase Creation and Data Attribute Entry

    • Converting GIS files to CAD files for Field Stakeout

  • Develop basic Excel skills

    • Sorting, Filtering, and Entering data into excel

    • Different Calculations that can be used in excel to help speed up field work

On-the-job Experience You will acquire:

  • Learn the basics of setup and operation of surveying equipment

    • Level a tripod over a point

    • Set up a Total Station over a point

    • Set up a GNSS Base over a point

    • Set up a GNSS Rover to receive RTK corrections from a GNSS Base

    • Using a level road and total station prism properly

    • Leveling up a GNSS rover and storing points properly

    • Basic Understanding of GPS

  • Learn differential leveling, procedures, and data reduction

    • Perform Level Loop as rod person

    • Perform Level Loop with Crew Chief Recording Notes

    • Perform the computations and reduction of level notes

  • Learn surveying fundamentals and their practical applications

    • Measuring using decimal feet

    • Converting Meters to feet and back

    • The difference between US-survey feet and international feet

    • Understanding of Coordinate Systems

    • Understanding of PLSS System

Second Year of Internship

Skills you will acquire:

  • Learn about compensating errors, error propagation, and data reduction

    • Level Loop Error of Closure expectations

    • Double Vector RTK and Averaging limits

  • Learn about precision versus accuracy and the practical understanding of each

On-the-job experience you will acquire:

  • Work independently with GNSS equipment performing topographic mapping

  • Learn detailed topographic mapping techniques

  • Learn how to set up a proper set of field notes for Topographic and Boundary Surveys

  • Learn about project control establishment techniques

    • GPS observations for control

    • Total station techniques for control

    • Leveling techniques

    • Placement of control points

  • Learn construction staking/layout techniques

    • Proper stake placement

    • Reading plans

    • Transferring elevations/grading

    • Proper writing on stakes

Third and Fourth Year of Internship

Skills you will acquire:

  • Learn about traverse closures and distributing error through least squares or compass rule

  • Learn how to bring raw GPS and Level data for post processing to final control values

On-the-job experience you will acquire:

  • Learn about remote sensing and technologies application

    • Static laser scanning

    • Mobile laser scanning

    • Drone based mapping

    • Single and multi beam sonar

  • Process remote sensing data

  • Learn how to ground truth and validate remote sensing data