Field Artillery Surveyor

JOB DETAILS:

A Field Artillery Surveyor is a member of the Army's Field Artillery Team. Field Artillery Surveyors are responsible for ensuring the Army's Field Artillery weapon systems are emplaced with exact precision enabling the Field Artillery weapon systems to deliver accurate and lethal firepower.

Some of your duties as a Field Artillery Surveyor may include:

-Provide firing position data
-Record field data
-Prepare schematic sketches and marketing survey stations
-Perform astronomic observations
-Compute data in order to obtain unknown required field data
-Perform preventive maintenance checks and services on vehicles, radios, weapons and all survey equipment
 
Field Artillery Surveyors must have the physical stamina to perform strenuous activities for long periods without rest. They're also required to have normal color vision in order to read maps and charts.
 
Job training for a Field Artillery Surveyor requires nine weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and seven weeks and one day of Advanced Individual Training and on-the-job instruction. Part of this time is spent in a classroom and part in the field under simulated combat. Some of the skills you'll learn are:

-Methods of computing target locations
-Artillery tactics
 
Helpful skills:
-Ability to think and remain calm under stress
-An interest in mathematics
-Ability to work as a member of a team
-Ability to perform a multiple duties at one time
 
Advanced level Field Artillery Surveyors provides guidance, supervises and trains other Soldiers within the same discipline. As an advanced level Field Artillery Surveyor, you may be involved in:

Compute survey data
Perform calibrations and zero velocity updates
Perform maintenance checks and services on PADS system
Assist in the collection, evaluation and dissemination of survey information