Learn Critical Skills to be Successful in Your Land Surveying Role

The Advanced Program includes everything from Basic, Essentials, & Advanced.
Compound your learning with the most comprehensive online land surveying training where each program builds upon the last.

Basic Learning Outcomes

Basic Learning Outcomes


  • Industry overview of land surveying

  • How land surveying works and why it matters

  • Intro to essential surveying equipment and tools (total stations, data collectors, GPS units)

  • Be able to speak the language of land surveying with industry jargon

  • Key roles, stakeholders, & responsibilities in land surveying

  • Different types of land surveys

  • How to interpret deeds and legal descriptions

  • Difference between what's on paper & actual physical boundaries in the field

  • Markers & monumentation, what it is and why it matters

  • Understand how state-specific regulations affect surveying practices

Essentials Learning Outcomes

Essentials Learning Outcomes


  • Basic Field Operations

  • Learn to set up and operate GPS units & total stations

  • Perform traverses and establish control points

  • Identify and recover boundary monuments

  • Collect accurate field data and photos

  • Record clear and complete field notes to save you & your team time

  • Understand error theory and measurement accuracy

  • Apply surveying concepts through hands-on fieldwork

  • Build skills to become a self-sufficient field crew member (gone are the days of just being a rodman)

  • Be able to produce value for the business within months instead of year


Advanced Learning Outcomes

Advanced Learning Outcomes


  • Perform boundary surveys and retrace original property lines

  • Learn monument recovery and setting property corners

  • Read and interpret complex legal descriptions, plats, and adjoining parcels

  • Conduct ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys following national standards & Table A items

  • Collect evidence for title insurance & help resolve boundary, encroachment, and title issues

  • Create accurate 2D and 3D site maps using topographic and elevation data

  • Execute cut/fill calculations, staking for utilities, foundations, and structures on job sites

  • Apply surveying methods to support construction layouts and site planning

  • Utilize stationing, offsets, and leveling for precise construction survey execution

  • Bridge surveying theory to real-world application in legal, design, and construction settings

Land Surveying Training Reimagined, Online

  • Expertly crafted land surveying courses including lessons, assessments, videos, & resources
  • Assessments to track learning progress
  • Dictionary of Land Surveying Jargon
  • Real-world Examples
  • Downloadable Resources & Handouts
  • Field Note Best Practices
  • Certificate of Completion
  • Avg Time to Complete: 2-8 Weeks depending on method/approach (DIY vs. Hybrid)
  • Calculations & Setup Guides
  • Access to One MC's Land Surveying Community
  • 1 Complimentary Trainer Account for Student Progress Tracking (upon request)
  • Student Progress Reports for Trainers/Mentors (upon request)

Advanced Training Progression

Advanced Training Progression

Step Module Topics
01
 Equipment • Equipment Errors
• Maintenance & Care
• RTS & GPS Setup
02
 Field Procedures • Monuments & Control
• Traversing
• Error Theory
• DC Troubleshooting
03
 Coordinate Systems • Advanced Legals
• Coordinate Systems
• Data Points
• Field Notes
04
 Trainer Check-in / Shadow Trainer in the Field • Trainee Practices
• Equipment Setup and Traverse Shots
05
 Boundary Surveys • Monumentation
• State Code
• Pin Setting
• Staking a Line
06
 Base Mapping & 3D ALTA • Elevations & Levelling
• TOPO & Benchmarks
• Level Loops
• Site Plans
07
 2D ALTA • ALTA Requirements
• Table A Items
08
 Trainer Check-in / Shadow Trainer in the Field • Continue on-the-job Training
• Initial Review of in-the-field comprehension of topics
• Review Boundary, Construction, and ALTA comprehension to prioritize deep dive topics.
09
 Boundary Surveys (deep dive) • Encroachments
• Building Ties
• Basis of Bearings
• Corners & Pacing
• Retracement & Evidence
10
 Construction Surveys (deep dive) • Construction Stakeouts
• Station & Offsets
• As-built Surveys
11
 ALTA Surveys (deep dive) • Table A Items in-depth
• 2D ALTAs Advanced
• 3D ALTAs Advanced
12
 Student Assessment & Review with Trainer • Continue on-the-job Training
• Final Assessment
• Skill Review & Next Steps.

DIY Online vs. Mentored Support with Trainer may lead to varied outcomes.

PROVEN RESULTS WITH DIRECT RETURN ON INVESTMENT

  • Reduce new hire training time by 66%
  • Increase billable work sooner → Unlock potential revenue of $100K+/Employee/Yr
  • Reduce costly training hours & mistakes → Save $20,000+ per hire
  • Save senior staff time with standardized training → $10K Cost Saving + Driving Revenue
  • Reduce senior staff burnout from having to train or hand-hold new hires
  • Increase operational productivity by 2x
  • Improve staff retention through clear career development
  • Improve employee performance
  • Improve quality of surveys & field work by having consistent & standardized training across the board

Courses Included:

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The Basic Program is great for backoffice new hires or nontechnical roles, providing the the fundamentals of land surveying.
The Essentials Program is great for training new field hires, rodman, or for an intro to drafting. Including fundamentals + initial technical training.
The Advanced Program is great for a more in depth technical training for field, drafting, and a deeper dive into other survey types (topo, construction, ALTA). This is our most comprehensive program that has been battle tested with Clients to shorten new hire training from 18 months to 3 months.
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