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LAND-SURVEYOR [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Surveying
DEF

A specialist who measures land and its natural features and any constructed features such as buildings or roads for drawing to scale as plans or maps.

OBS

The term "surveyor" is virtually meaningless in the English language without a qualifying adjective, such as "land," "hydrographic," "quantity" for example. Words also have significant differences of meaning between US [United States] and UK [United Kingdom] usage. For example in the USA [United States of America] a "land surveyor" is restricted to mean a surveyor of land for cadastral purposes, whilst in the UK it has the much wider meaning ascribed here equivalent to "geodetic surveyor."

OBS

surveyor; land surveyor: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

deputy surveyor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Arpentage
DEF

Professionnel des techniques de mesure et de calcul des surfaces, des relèvements de terrain.

OBS

arpenteuse-géomètre; arpenteure-géomètre : Le terme retenu par la Classification nationale des professions, le Bureau de la traduction et l'Office québécois de la langue française est «arpenteuse-géomètre». La forme féminine «arpenteuse» est attestée par le Petit Robert, tandis que la forme «arpenteure» est absente des ouvrages. Il faut noter que l'Ordre des arpenteurs-géomètres du Québec a adopté le 25 août 2000 l'appellation «arpenteure-géomètre» plutôt que «arpenteuse-géomètre», car l'un des sens du mot «arpenteuse» est «chenille arpenteuse» qui a pour synonyme «géomètre».

OBS

arpenteur; arpenteur-géomètre : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

OBS

arpenteur-géomètre; arpenteure : seulement au Québec.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Agrimensura
DEF

Profesional con calificación académica y experiencia técnica para practicar la ciencia de la determinación, representación y medición de ubicaciones geométricas de porciones de territorio, objetos tridimensionales, puntos de campo y trayectorias [...]

OBS

[El agrimensor está calificado para] reunir y evaluar la información geográfica y territorial, y utilizar dicha información a los fines de planificar e implementar una eficiente administración del territorio, el mar y todos los objetos y estructuras que los componen; y promover el avance y el desarrollo de tales prácticas.

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