Initial establishment of benchmarks and all the stations as the reference. Based on these operations the horizontal and the vertical control is established.
The angles between the survey lines created have to be measured.
All the details of the survey are explained and located based on the stations and the lines between the stations. The details are the streams, buildings, milestones, streets and any other natural or man-made features present in the area surveyed.
For the constructions works related to buildings, culverts, sewers, bridges, and water supply schemes the lines have to set out and the grades are established by the surveyor.
Height or the elevation of certain points are determined by surveying by the surveyor. Or in either case, specific points have to be established in required elevations.
Carrying out topographic surveying. This is the surveying of contour of the given land which involves both vertical and horizontal controls.
Parallel lines and perpendicular lines have to be established.
The inaccessible points have to be measured.
To conduct survey past the obstacles. Many miscellaneous field works based on the trigonometric and the geometric principles have to be conducted.
Determination of the meridian, latitude, and longitude or to determine the local time by carrying out observations on the sun or a star.
Surveyor use liberal number of sketches
Each day of survey work must end up with a brief note. This must have the title of the work, the date of survey, the conditions of weather, the personnel involved, the list of the instruments and the equipment used.
It is recommended not to erase. If a mistake is made, rule through the mistake and the corrected value is marked above it.
