About the Role
The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development is seeking a skilled Principal Cadastral Officer to join their team in Bloemfontein, Free State. This vital role focuses on the management and maintenance of cadastral records, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of land data that is essential for effective land administration. By capturing and updating complex cadastral documents, you will play a crucial part in supporting the community’s access to land and resources, thus contributing to the overall public service in South Africa.
In this position, you will have the opportunity to engage with both internal and external clients, providing them with accurate cadastral information and assisting with queries related to land parcels. Your work will directly impact the community by facilitating land reform initiatives and ensuring that land ownership is recorded and maintained accurately, thereby fostering trust and transparency in land administration.
About the Department
The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development is dedicated to achieving equitable access to land for all South Africans. With a strong mandate to facilitate land reform, the department plays a significant role in promoting sustainable rural development and ensuring that land rights are protected. Working in this department means being part of a larger mission to transform land ownership patterns, support rural livelihoods, and enhance economic opportunities for communities across the nation.
What You’ll Do
- Capture, maintain, and update both simple and complex cadastral documents.
- Perform mathematical checks and data verification for proposed land parcels.
- Update cadastral survey databases and maintain an electronic repository.
- Attend to the maintenance of cadastral documents in line with legislation.
- Conduct technical examinations of cadastral documents, diagrams, and general plans.
- Research and provide cadastral information to clients and stakeholders.
- Ensure the accuracy of scanned images and maintain clean scanned databases.
- Address any detected spatial overlaps and improve land parcel boundary information.
What You’ll Need
- Grade 12 Certificate and a National Certificate in Geomatics or Survey Officer Certificate (NQF Level 5).
- At least 6 years of post-qualification experience in a geomatics or cadastral survey environment.
- A valid driver’s license.
- Proficiency in Geographical Information Systems Software.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication abilities, both verbal and written.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team and manage conflicts effectively.
How to Apply
Applications can be submitted by hand delivery during office hours to: 136 Charlotte Maxeke Street, SA Eagle Building, Bloemfontein, 9300 or by email to [email protected].
Requirements
Minimum requirements: Applicants must be in possession of a Grade 12 Certificate and a National Certificate in Geomatics or Survey Officer Certificate (NQF Level 5).Minimum of 6 years geomatics post qualification experience in a geomatics or cadastral survey environment.
A valid driver’s licence.
Job related knowledge: Knowledge of Geographical Information Systems Software and fundamentals.
Knowledge of Surveyor-General’s Office Standard Operating Procedures and processes.
Knowledge of Cadastral Surveys.
Job related skills: Problem solving and analysis.
Decision making.
Team leadership.
Creativity.
Customer focus and responsiveness.
Communication (verbal and written).
Computer literacy.
Planning and organising.
Conflict management.
Negotiation.
Job Duties
Capture, maintain and update alpha numeric data of simple as well as more complex cadastral documents.Capture alpha and numeric information from newly submitted cadastral documents (simple and complex) and undertake mathematical consistency checks of and data verification of for proposed new land parcels.
Update cadastral survey databases through the addition or amendment of every approved document (simple and complex) to maintain an electronic alpha-numeric repository.
Capture and verify simple and complex historical cadastral documents.
Attend to complicated maintenance of cadastral documents in accordance with legislated processes.
Perform withdrawal or cancelation of cadastral documents upon lawful instruction.
Deduct, cancel and endorse cadastral documents with registered land parcels, leases or servitudes.
Attend to complex amendments of approved and registered cadastral documents.
Insert all newly approved cadastral documents into the archive.
Extract and issue out cadastral records.
Refile returned cadastral records.
Repair and keep cadastral records in good usable condition.
Conduct technical examination of simple as well as more complex cadastral documents.
Check designations of newly submitted lodgements.
Perform technical examination of simple and complex diagrams and general plans.
Perform technical examination of survey records.
Perform technical examination of simple and complex sectional title plans.
Update the noting sheets through the addition of every approved cadastral land parcel.
Research and supply cadastral information to internal and external clients.
Retrieve and supply cadastral information to clients.
Supply aerial photographs, rectified imagery and maps from National Geospatial Information (NGI) according to signed service level agreements.
Carry out basic research into cadastral survey information pertaining to land parcel boundaries for clients and Land Reform.
Capture, maintain and update spatial data with simple as well as more complex cadastral documents.
Capture newly submitted documents to determine if there are any spatial overlaps prior approval.
Add data, update and maintain an accurate dataset of cadastral spatial information, including the addition and updating of historical data.
Research possible sources of error if overlaps are detected and address errors appropriately.
Utilise cadastral survey calculation principles and other legitimate sources of data to improve the quality of land parcel boundary information.
Scan all cadastral documents on approval, amendment, endorsement or withdrawal and execute quality checking.
Scan newly approved cadastral documents.
Re-scan all updated (amended, endorsed or withdrawn) cadastral documents.
Link the deposited scanned images to the alpha numeric data.
Carry out operations and do quality checking to ensure that the scanned image databases are clean and accurate.
