Survey bodies of water to determine navigable channels and to secure data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures.

“Survey bodies of water to determine navigable channels and to secure data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures.” is a core task performed by Surveyors. Among the occupation's 24 rated tasks, workers place it 6th by importance (#19 most important). About 75% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Assess characteristics of land or property. in Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles. · importance 4.9
• Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed. · importance 4.7
• Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents. · importance 4.6
• Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites. · importance 4.5
• Search legal records, survey records, and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed. · importance 4.5
• Record the results of surveys, including the shape, contour, location, elevation, and dimensions of land or land features. · importance 4.5
• Prepare, or supervise preparation of, all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys. · importance 4.5
• Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain. · importance 4.3
• Compute geodetic measurements and interpret survey data to determine positions, shapes, and elevations of geomorphic and topographic features. · importance 4.3
• Plan and conduct ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements. · importance 4.3
• Establish fixed points for use in making maps, using geodetic and engineering instruments. · importance 4.2
• Determine longitudes and latitudes of important features and boundaries in survey areas, using theodolites, transits, levels, and satellite-based global positioning systems (GPS). · importance 4.2
• Train assistants and helpers, and direct their work in such activities as performing surveys or drafting maps. · importance 4.1
• Coordinate findings with the work of engineering and architectural personnel, clients, and others concerned with projects. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Surveyors page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-3548,
  title  = {Survey bodies of water to determine navigable channels and to secure data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-3548}
}