About the Role
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform is seeking a dedicated and skilled Senior Cadastral Officer to join their team in Pretoria, Gauteng. This vital role is focused on capturing, maintaining, and updating cadastral data, which is essential for ensuring accurate land management and ownership records. By working in this position, you will directly contribute to the efficiency and integrity of land administration processes that impact communities throughout South Africa.
As a Senior Cadastral Officer, you will engage with both simple and complex cadastral documents, performing a range of tasks that help to streamline land parcel management. Your work will not only support the department’s operations but also enhance the public service by ensuring that land information is accurate and accessible. This role is crucial for facilitating land reform initiatives, thereby playing a significant part in promoting fair land distribution across the nation.
About the Department
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform is dedicated to the sustainable development of rural areas and the effective management of land resources in South Africa. With a mission to promote equitable access to land, the department plays a key role in addressing land reform challenges and ensuring that land rights are upheld for all citizens. Working here means being part of a team that is committed to making a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals and communities through effective land management policies and practices.
What You’ll Do
- Capture and maintain alpha-numeric data from cadastral documents, ensuring accuracy and compliance with legal standards.
- Conduct mathematical consistency checks and verify data for new land parcels.
- Update cadastral survey databases with approved documents to maintain an electronic repository.
- Perform technical examinations of various cadastral documents, including diagrams and sectional title plans.
- Research and provide cadastral information to internal and external clients.
- Carry out quality checks and repairs on cadastral records, ensuring they are in good usable condition.
- Scan and archive newly approved and updated cadastral documents, linking them to the corresponding alpha-numeric data.
- Collaborate with clients on land parcel boundaries and assist with basic research into cadastral survey information.
What You’ll Need
- A Grade 12 Certificate and a National Certificate in Geomatics or Survey Officer Certificate (NQF Level 5).
- A minimum of 3 years of experience in a geomatics or cadastral survey environment.
- A valid driver’s license.
- Knowledge of Geographical Information Systems Software and Surveyor-General’s Office Standard Operating Procedures.
- Strong analytical and report-writing skills, along with excellent communication abilities.
- Proficiency in computer literacy and a commitment to confidentiality and respect in all interactions.
How to Apply
Applications can be submitted by hand delivery during office hours to: 524 Stanza Bopape and Steve Biko Street, Suncardia Building, 6th Floor, Arcadia, 0002 or by email to [email protected].
Requirements
Minimum requirements: Applicants must be in possession of a Grade 12 Certificate and National Certificate in Geomatics or Survey Officer Certificate (NQF Level 5).Minimum of 3 years geomatics post qualification experience in a Geomatics / 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 136 related skills: Analysing and report writing.
Interpersonal relations.
Communication (verbal and written).
Computer literacy.
Presentation and /attributes: Confidentiality, fairness, respect and honesty.
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 proposed new land parcels.
Update cadastral survey databases through the addition or amendment of every approved document (simple and complex) to maintain and 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 principle 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 (amend, 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.
