Principal Cadastral Officer

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**Overview** This is an editorial rewrite of the job description for a Principal Cadastral Officer (x2 posts) at the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development, specifically within the Directorate: Cadastral Information Maintenance and Supply Services. The role is based in Free State (Bloemfontein) and offers a salary of R413 001 per annum (Level 08). The purpose of this role is to manage and maintain cadastral information, ensuring its accuracy and accessibility. **What you will do** As a Principal Cadastral Officer, you will be responsible for: * Capturing, maintaining, and updating alphanumeric data from various cadastral documents, including undertaking mathematical consistency checks and data verification for new land parcels. * Updating cadastral survey databases by adding or amending approved documents to maintain an electronic repository. * Capturing and verifying historical cadastral documents. * Attending to complex maintenance of cadastral documents in accordance with legislated processes. * Performing withdrawal or cancellation of cadastral documents upon lawful instruction. * Deducting, cancelling, and endorsing cadastral documents with registered land parcels, leases, or servitudes. * Attending to complex amendments of approved and registered cadastral documents. * Inserting all newly approved cadastral documents into the archive and managing their extraction, refiling, and repair. * Conducting technical examination of various cadastral documents, including diagrams, general plans, survey records, and sectional title plans. * Updating noting sheets with approved cadastral land parcels. * Researching and supplying cadastral information to internal and external clients, including aerial photographs, rectified imagery, and maps. * Carrying out basic research into cadastral survey information for clients and Land Reform. * Capturing, maintaining, and updating spatial data for cadastral documents, including checking for spatial overlaps prior to approval. * Adding data, updating, and maintaining accurate datasets of cadastral spatial information. * Researching and addressing sources of error if overlaps are detected. * Utilising cadastral survey calculation principles to improve the quality of land parcel boundary information. * Scanning all cadastral documents upon approval, amendment, endorsement, or withdrawal, and performing quality checks to ensure clean and accurate scanned image databases linked to alphanumeric data. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Minimum requirements:** * Grade 12 Certificate. * 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. * **Job related knowledge:** * Geographical Information Systems Software and fundamentals. * Surveyor-General’s Office Standard Operating Procedures and processes. * 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. **Who should apply** Candidates should possess a Grade 12 Certificate and a National Certificate in Geomatics or Survey Officer Certificate (NQF Level 5), combined with at least 6 years of post-qualification experience in a geomatics or cadastral survey environment. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of GIS software, Surveyor-General’s Office procedures, and cadastral surveys. Key skills include problem-solving, decision-making, team leadership, customer focus, and effective communication. The Department has EE targets for African, Indian and White Males, and African, Coloured and Indian Females, as well as Persons with Disabilities, and encourages applications from these groups. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.govpage.co.za/vacancies/department-of-land-reform-and-rural-development-vacancies-7#spani-ref-3-1-1-1-2026-247 Source: govpage

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