Initial Training Overview: Job training for this MOS consists of nine weeks of Basic Training, plus 15 weeks of Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Additional Training Information: Specific formal training opportunities for this MOS, including advanced training courses available at specific points of the soldier's career, can be found on the Army Training Requirements and Resources System (ATRRS) Web Site.
Restrictions: During Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT), the Army limits a soldier's personal freedom, using a "Phase System," which grants increased freedom, based upon phase of training. For details, see Army Training Phase Restrictions.
Training Details: Course includes instruction on: Operating equipment to observe horizontal, vertical and electronic distances and differences in elevation; recording observed data; observing and recording astronomic and solar azimuth data; operating analytical photogrammetric positioning system; computing universal transverse mercator grid information; computing geodetic information; computing instrument calibration data; operating hand held programmable calculators; observe and compile data to produce large scale plane table maps. Other areas covered include: Recording topographic survey data, operating survey equipment, performing topographic computations, constructing survey towers/stands, transporting, setting up, operating and maintaining equipment, drawing maps and charts using drafting tools such as easels, templates and compasses, making scale drawings of roads, airfields, buildings and other military projects, conducting land surveys and computing survey results, drawing diagrams for wiring and plumbing of structures, building scale models of land areas that show hills, lakes, roads and buildings, and using aerial photographs to form large photomaps.
