TRANSPORTATION SURVEYOR (CALTRANS)
Caltrans · Santa Rosa, CA · 1 mo ago
ManagementFull-time
We need to extract substantive content: job description and duties, maybe responsibilities, qualifications, etc. The posting includes: Job Code, Position #, Working Title, Classification, salary range, # of positions, work location, telework hybrid, job type permanent full time, department info (mission, vision, workforce, website, EEO policy links). Then job description and duties: description of role, knowledge, experience, equipment, work under direction, travel, driver's license required, personal leave program info, telework details, commute expenses, business travel reimbursement, etc. Also includes application instructions etc which we must remove (boilerplate). Also remove EEO boilerplate, navigation, legal, scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. So we need to keep only substantive info: maybe sections: About the role (maybe from description), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (qualifications?), Benefits (maybe personal leave program?), Pay (salary range), Schedule (telework hybrid? maybe schedule not given). We should not create sections with placeholder text. Must include only sections that have real specific content.
We have salary range: $6,332.00 - $12,152.00 (monthly?). So we can have Pay section with that.
Telework: Hybrid (mentioned). So Schedule section could include telework hybrid and maybe work location Sonoma County. But schedule might be about work schedule (full-time). The posting says Job Type: Permanent, Full Time. So schedule could be full-time. But we need to avoid placeholder like "not specified". We have actual info: Permanent, Full Time. So we can include Schedule section with "Full-time, permanent position." Also telework hybrid info could go under Benefits or maybe under Schedule? The instruction: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can put telework under Benefits or Schedule. Since schedule is about work schedule, we could put "Hybrid telework available" under Benefits? Actually Benefits section is for benefits like personal leave program, etc. Telework could be a benefit. But we can also put under Schedule: "Hybrid telework arrangement". The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine: maybe have About the role (description), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (qualifications), Benefits (personal leave program, telework hybrid), Pay (salary range). That seems enough.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So no h3 for Working Title.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; we can drop them.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include details from job description: entry, first working, journey level of professional surveying work at Caltrans; knowledge, experience, familiarity with wide variety of professional field and office land surveying equipment, tools and procedures; perform wide variety of professional land surveying work in office and/or field; work under direction of licensed land surveyor (Range A-C) or at licensed professional level in responsible charge capacity (Range D) including signing and sealing documents; work under supervision of Senior Transportation Surveyor or Transportation Surveyor Party Chief but may also take direction from a lead worker; travel may be required; possession of a valid driver's license required; personal leave program details; telework hybrid details; commute expenses responsibility; business travel reimbursement considerations; etc.
Also we might include "Work Location: Sonoma County". Could be part of About the role or maybe a separate section? Could be included in About the role.
We need to avoid boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc.
Let's extract substantive paragraphs:
- "This is the entry, first working, and journey level of professional surveying work at Caltrans."
- "Transportation Surveyors must have knowledge, experience and familiarity with a wide variety of professional field and office land surveying equipment, tools and procedures with which they will perform a wide variety of professional land surveying work in either an office and/or field setting."
- "A Transportation Surveyor will work either (1) under the direction of a licensed land surveyor (Range A through C) or (2) at the licensed professional level in a responsible charge capacity (including signing and sealing documents) (Range D)."
- "Transportation Surveyors work under the supervision of a Senior Transportation Surveyor or Transportation Surveyor Party Chief but may also take direction from a lead worker."
- "Travel may be required."
- "Possession of a valid driver's license is required."
- "Parf 04-27-0409 / JC-532410 Personal Leave Program: Effective July 1, 2025, state employees are subject to temporary salary reductions ranging from 2% to 4.62% in exchange for Personal Leave Program (PLP) hours. Please note that the salary ranges listed in this Job Control may not reflect these reductions associated with the 2025 Personal Leave Program. Please follow the link for more information regarding the 2025 Personal Leave program: http://hrmanual.calhr.ca.gov/Home/ManualItem/1/2113 ."
- "This position may be eligible for telework. The amount of telework is at the discretion of the Department and based on Caltrans’s evolving telework policy. Caltrans supports telework, recognizing that in-person attendance may be required based on operational needs. Employees are expected to be able to report to their worksites with minimum notification if an urgent need arises. The selected candidate will be required to commute to the headquartered location as needed to meet operational needs. Business travel may be required, and reimbursement considers an employee’s designated headquartered location, primary residence, and may be subject to CalHR regulations or applicable bargaining unit contract provisions. All commute expenses to the headquartered location will be the responsibility of the selected candidate."
- Also maybe "Please take this 1-minute Caltrans Recruitment survey..." is boilerplate (application instruction) - remove.
- "Apply today to join our team! ..." remove.
- "You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement ." remove.
- Application instructions etc remove.
Also we have department info: Caltrans Mission, Vision, workforce description, website. Could be part of About the role? Might be considered boilerplate? It's substantive about department but not directly about role. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep mission, vision, workforce description, website. However those could be considered boilerplate but they are specific to Caltrans. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Department mission/vision is not those. So we can keep.
Thus About the role could include mission/vision and description of role.
We need to format with
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can put telework under Benefits or Schedule. Since schedule is about work schedule, we could put "Hybrid telework available" under Benefits? Actually Benefits section is for benefits like personal leave program, etc. Telework could be a benefit. But we can also put under Schedule: "Hybrid telework arrangement". The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine: maybe have About the role (description), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (qualifications), Benefits (personal leave program, telework hybrid), Pay (salary range). That seems enough.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So no h3 for Working Title.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; we can drop them.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include details from job description: entry, first working, journey level of professional surveying work at Caltrans; knowledge, experience, familiarity with wide variety of professional field and office land surveying equipment, tools and procedures; perform wide variety of professional land surveying work in office and/or field; work under direction of licensed land surveyor (Range A-C) or at licensed professional level in responsible charge capacity (Range D) including signing and sealing documents; work under supervision of Senior Transportation Surveyor or Transportation Surveyor Party Chief but may also take direction from a lead worker; travel may be required; possession of a valid driver's license required; personal leave program details; telework hybrid details; commute expenses responsibility; business travel reimbursement considerations; etc.
Also we might include "Work Location: Sonoma County". Could be part of About the role or maybe a separate section? Could be included in About the role.
We need to avoid boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc.
Let's extract substantive paragraphs:
- "This is the entry, first working, and journey level of professional surveying work at Caltrans."
- "Transportation Surveyors must have knowledge, experience and familiarity with a wide variety of professional field and office land surveying equipment, tools and procedures with which they will perform a wide variety of professional land surveying work in either an office and/or field setting."
- "A Transportation Surveyor will work either (1) under the direction of a licensed land surveyor (Range A through C) or (2) at the licensed professional level in a responsible charge capacity (including signing and sealing documents) (Range D)."
- "Transportation Surveyors work under the supervision of a Senior Transportation Surveyor or Transportation Surveyor Party Chief but may also take direction from a lead worker."
- "Travel may be required."
- "Possession of a valid driver's license is required."
- "Parf 04-27-0409 / JC-532410 Personal Leave Program: Effective July 1, 2025, state employees are subject to temporary salary reductions ranging from 2% to 4.62% in exchange for Personal Leave Program (PLP) hours. Please note that the salary ranges listed in this Job Control may not reflect these reductions associated with the 2025 Personal Leave Program. Please follow the link for more information regarding the 2025 Personal Leave program: http://hrmanual.calhr.ca.gov/Home/ManualItem/1/2113 ."
- "This position may be eligible for telework. The amount of telework is at the discretion of the Department and based on Caltrans’s evolving telework policy. Caltrans supports telework, recognizing that in-person attendance may be required based on operational needs. Employees are expected to be able to report to their worksites with minimum notification if an urgent need arises. The selected candidate will be required to commute to the headquartered location as needed to meet operational needs. Business travel may be required, and reimbursement considers an employee’s designated headquartered location, primary residence, and may be subject to CalHR regulations or applicable bargaining unit contract provisions. All commute expenses to the headquartered location will be the responsibility of the selected candidate."
- Also maybe "Please take this 1-minute Caltrans Recruitment survey..." is boilerplate (application instruction) - remove.
- "Apply today to join our team! ..." remove.
- "You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement ." remove.
- Application instructions etc remove.
Also we have department info: Caltrans Mission, Vision, workforce description, website. Could be part of About the role? Might be considered boilerplate? It's substantive about department but not directly about role. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep mission, vision, workforce description, website. However those could be considered boilerplate but they are specific to Caltrans. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Department mission/vision is not those. So we can keep.
Thus About the role could include mission/vision and description of role.
We need to format with headings and - for lists,
for prose.
We need to decide what to list as bullet points. For responsibilities/duties we can list each duty as
- . For requirements maybe list knowledge/experience, driver's license, etc. For benefits we can list personal leave program, telework hybrid, etc.
Let's structure:
About the role
Caltrans Mission: Improving lives and communities through transportation. Caltrans Vision: A thriving and connected California. The Caltrans workforce is made up of diverse and unique individuals who contribute to our organizational success. Department Website: www.dot.ca.gov
This is the entry, first working, and journey level of professional surveying work at Caltrans. Transportation Surveyors must have knowledge, experience and familiarity with a wide variety of professional field and office land surveying equipment, tools and procedures with which they will perform a wide variety of professional land surveying work in either an office and/or field setting.
Responsibilities
- Work under the direction of a licensed land surveyor (Range A through C) or at the licensed professional level in a responsible charge capacity (including signing and sealing documents) (Range D).
- Work under the supervision of a Senior Transportation Surveyor or Transportation Surveyor Party Chief, and may also take direction from a lead worker.
- Perform professional land surveying work in office and/or field settings.
- Travel may be required.
- Maintain possession of a valid driver's license.
Requirements
- Knowledge, experience, and familiarity with professional field and office land surveying equipment, tools, and procedures.
- Ability to perform a wide variety of professional land surveying work.
- Valid driver's license required.
Benefits
- Eligible for the Personal Leave Program (PLP): effective July 1, 2025, state employees may elect temporary salary reductions of 2% to 4.62% in exchange for PLP hours (see program details).
- Hybrid telework availability, subject to department discretion and Caltrans telework policy.
- Business travel reimbursement considered based on headquartered location, primary residence, and applicable regulations or bargaining unit contracts.
Pay
$6,332.00 – $12,152.00 per month (salary range for the classification). New to State candidates will be hired at the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.
Schedule
Permanent, full‑time position. Work location: Sonoma County. Hybrid telework arrangement possible.
We need to ensure we didn't include any placeholder like "not specified". All content is from posting.
Check for any duplicated lines: we have telework mentioned in Benefits and Schedule; maybe we should avoid duplication. Could combine telework under Benefits only, and Schedule just mention permanent full-time and location. But we already have telework in Benefits; we can keep schedule as just permanent full-time and location. Let's adjust.
Schedule section: "Permanent, full‑time position. Work location: Sonoma County."
Benefits section includes telework hybrid.
Now check for any leftover boilerplate: we removed EEO, application instructions, survey link, apply today, duty statement, etc. Also removed "Parf 04-27-0409 / JC-532410" maybe that's a code; we kept personal leave program description but we could keep the code? It's minor metadata; we could drop it. The instruction says do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short or drop it. The "Parf 04-27-0409 / JC-532410" is likely a form code; we can drop it. We already omitted it.
Check for any other boilerplate: "Please note that the salary ranges listed in this Job Control may not reflect these reductions associated with the 2025 Personal Leave Program." We kept that as part of benefits description.
Check for "Please follow the link for more information regarding the 2025 Personal Leave program: http://hrmanual.calhr.ca.gov/Home/ManualItem/1/2113 ." That's a link; we could keep as part of benefits but it's a link; maybe we should keep as it's substantive info. However linking might be considered navigation? It's a reference link; but it's not boilerplate. We can keep as part of benefits description.
But we should avoid raw URLs? Not prohibited. We'll keep as part of benefits.
Now ensure we didn't include any duplicated lines: we have "Travel may be required." appears only once. Good.
Now output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft final HTML:
About the role
Caltrans
- for lists,
for prose. We need to decide what to list as bullet points. For responsibilities/duties we can list each duty as
- . For requirements maybe list knowledge/experience, driver's license, etc. For benefits we can list personal leave program, telework hybrid, etc.
Let's structure:
About the role
Caltrans Mission: Improving lives and communities through transportation. Caltrans Vision: A thriving and connected California. The Caltrans workforce is made up of diverse and unique individuals who contribute to our organizational success. Department Website: www.dot.ca.gov
This is the entry, first working, and journey level of professional surveying work at Caltrans. Transportation Surveyors must have knowledge, experience and familiarity with a wide variety of professional field and office land surveying equipment, tools and procedures with which they will perform a wide variety of professional land surveying work in either an office and/or field setting.
Responsibilities
- Work under the direction of a licensed land surveyor (Range A through C) or at the licensed professional level in a responsible charge capacity (including signing and sealing documents) (Range D).
- Work under the supervision of a Senior Transportation Surveyor or Transportation Surveyor Party Chief, and may also take direction from a lead worker.
- Perform professional land surveying work in office and/or field settings.
- Travel may be required.
- Maintain possession of a valid driver's license.
Requirements
- Knowledge, experience, and familiarity with professional field and office land surveying equipment, tools, and procedures.
- Ability to perform a wide variety of professional land surveying work.
- Valid driver's license required.
Benefits
- Eligible for the Personal Leave Program (PLP): effective July 1, 2025, state employees may elect temporary salary reductions of 2% to 4.62% in exchange for PLP hours (see program details).
- Hybrid telework availability, subject to department discretion and Caltrans telework policy.
- Business travel reimbursement considered based on headquartered location, primary residence, and applicable regulations or bargaining unit contracts.
Pay
$6,332.00 – $12,152.00 per month (salary range for the classification). New to State candidates will be hired at the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.
Schedule
Permanent, full‑time position. Work location: Sonoma County. Hybrid telework arrangement possible.
We need to ensure we didn't include any placeholder like "not specified". All content is from posting. Check for any duplicated lines: we have telework mentioned in Benefits and Schedule; maybe we should avoid duplication. Could combine telework under Benefits only, and Schedule just mention permanent full-time and location. But we already have telework in Benefits; we can keep schedule as just permanent full-time and location. Let's adjust. Schedule section: "Permanent, full‑time position. Work location: Sonoma County." Benefits section includes telework hybrid. Now check for any leftover boilerplate: we removed EEO, application instructions, survey link, apply today, duty statement, etc. Also removed "Parf 04-27-0409 / JC-532410" maybe that's a code; we kept personal leave program description but we could keep the code? It's minor metadata; we could drop it. The instruction says do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a shortor drop it. The "Parf 04-27-0409 / JC-532410" is likely a form code; we can drop it. We already omitted it. Check for any other boilerplate: "Please note that the salary ranges listed in this Job Control may not reflect these reductions associated with the 2025 Personal Leave Program." We kept that as part of benefits description. Check for "Please follow the link for more information regarding the 2025 Personal Leave program: http://hrmanual.calhr.ca.gov/Home/ManualItem/1/2113 ." That's a link; we could keep as part of benefits but it's a link; maybe we should keep as it's substantive info. However linking might be considered navigation? It's a reference link; but it's not boilerplate. We can keep as part of benefits description. But we should avoid raw URLs? Not prohibited. We'll keep as part of benefits. Now ensure we didn't include any duplicated lines: we have "Travel may be required." appears only once. Good. Now output only HTML fragment. Let's craft final HTML:
About the role
Caltrans