Michael A. Villa

30 W. Barnett St

Ventura, CA

93001

262-325-8103

Mvilla724@hotmail.com

Objective:

Looking for a position as a Survey Instrument Tech/Survey CAD Tech with an engineering and/or land

surveying company. I am pursuing LSIT status, as I will be testing this spring (04/2014). I have set a goal

to work towards achieving a PLS.

Experience

04/2013 – Present Jensen Design & Survey, Inc., Survey Cad Drafter

• Draw subdivision maps and plats per Ventura County Standards

• Calculate positional data, horizontal and vertical data for control and stakeout positions using NGS

and municipal GIS sites.

• Draw ALTA/ACSM maps, Record of Survey maps, Boundary Survey maps, Land Division maps,

Topographical Survey maps and Subdivision and Condominium plats.

• Create digital terrain surfaces from topographical survey data.

• Calculate construction stakeout points, horizontal and vertical.

• Create cut sheets from survey data and grading plans.

• Research and delineate Schedule B items (easements, right of ways, etc.)

• Write legal descriptions for both boundary and easements.

09/2012 – 04/2013 Allied Engineering Services, Inc., Instrument Operator/Party Chief

• Boundary and construction surveyor - Boundary (PLSS), topography, construction surveying

(staking and as-builts)

• Survey Cad Technician

09/2011 - 08/2012 WHS & Assoc., Instrument Operator/Party Chief

• Bakken Oil Field surveying – Boundary (PLSS), topography, pipeline and well pad (staking and

as-builts)

04/2008 - 09/2011 Coffey Engineering, Survey Cad Drafter

• Calculate positional data, horizontal and vertical data for control and stakeout positions using NGS

and municipal GIS sites.

• Draw ALTA/ACSM maps, Record of Survey maps, Boundary Survey maps, Land Division maps,

Topographical Survey maps and Subdivision and Condominium plats.

• Create digital terrain surfaces from topographical survey data.

• Calculate construction stakeout points, horizontal and vertical.

• Create cut sheets from survey data and grading plans.

• Research and delineate Schedule B items (easements, right of ways, etc.)

• Write legal descriptions for both boundary and easements.

07/2007 - 01/2008 Global Land Services, Survey Data Tech

• Processed land survey data to compatible format for the creation of a GIS database for a 42” oil

pipeline and a 20” companion line.

• Download data from Trimble TSC2 data controller running Trimble Survey Controller software

into Trimble Geomatics Office (TGO) data processing software, check control shots and export

data through a data dictionary into a flat attribute file (csv).

• Ensure attribute csv file contains correct definitions per attached field codes and compare/verify

against survey field notes.

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Implemented the use of a large scale database using TGO and Excel for the extraction of field

specific data to create positional and quantative reports, example: position and number of pipes

with certain wall thickness, drainage ducts, etc.

• Created 42” and 20” alignments to check surveyor stationing against construction plans, using

AutoCAD Land Desktop and Trimble Business Center software.

11/2006 - 04/2007 Lemme Engineering, Survey Cad Drafter

• Calculate positional data, horizontal and vertical data for control and stakeout positions using NGS

and municipal GIS sites.

• Draw ALTA/ACSM maps, Record of Survey maps, Boundary Survey maps, Land Division maps,

Topographical Survey maps and Subdivision and Condominium plats.

• Create digital terrain surfaces from topographical survey data.

• Calculate construction stakeout points, horizontal and vertical.

• Create cut sheets from survey data and grading plans.

• Research and delineate Schedule B items (easements, right of ways, etc.)

• Write legal descriptions for both boundary and easements.

2002 - 2004 S & S Surveying, Survey Cad Drafter

• Calculate positional data, horizontal and vertical data for control and stakeout positions using NGS

and municipal GIS sites.

• Draw ALTA/ACSM maps, Record of Survey maps, Boundary Survey maps, Land Division maps,

Topographical Survey maps and Subdivision and Condominium plats.

• Create digital terrain surfaces from topographical survey data.

• Calculate construction stakeout points, horizontal and vertical.

• Create cut sheets from survey data and grading plans.

• Research and delineate Schedule B items (easements, right of ways, etc.)

• Write legal descriptions for both boundary and easements.

1998 - 2006 Villa De Oro Jewelers, Jewelry sales

• Assist in day to day operations of family jewelry store

1998 - 2006 Nogales Engineering, Survey Drafter, Rodman

• Assist with land surveys, carry equipment, assisted in the drawing of survey maps

Field Survey Experience:

Trimble R8, base and rover – Trimble Access software

Leica GS15 rover, Leica 1200 base – Geosystems Viva software

Bakken Oil Field surveying – Boundary (PLSS), topography, pipeline and well pad (staking and as-builts)

Survey Drafting Skills:

Record of Survey maps, Subdivision plats, ALTA Survey maps, Topographic maps, Site plans

Exhibits – easements, utilities, improvements, as-builts, etc.

Oil/Gas well location maps for state agencies – Wyoming and Colorado

Aliquot breakdowns and legal descriptions

Metes and bounds descriptions

Experienced at pulling GLO survey notes for use as search coordinates and for single and double

proportioning calculated PLSS corners

Pulling NGS data sheets

Using GIS systems, municipal and private, to pull property ownership and attribute data

Ability to datum transform imagery, example: UTM, meters to NAD83 Wyoming State Planes, East, US

Foot

Import/export ascii point files, fieldbook files, shapefiles, surface xml’s, horizontal and vertical alignment

xml’s, google imagery, google surfaces, sid files, etc.

Create DTM’s from survey point data

Calculate construction stake out points from civil plan sets

Create descriptor key files for survey point symbology

Software Skills:

AutoCAD versions 9 thru 2012 – LDD, Civil 3D, Map 3D

Trimble Geomatics Office, Trimble Business Center and Survey Controller software

Topcon Tools and Topsurv software

Survey Pro Office and controller software

Able to import/export data from ESRI ArcGIS/ArcInfo

Lizard Tech Geo Viewer – clip georeferenced imagery

COGO CAD