Principal Cadastral Officer REF NO: 3/1/1/1/2026/271

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**Overview** This role is for a Principal Cadastral Officer within the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development. The position focuses on the management, examination, and maintenance of cadastral documents and spatial data, ensuring accuracy and compliance with legislated processes for land parcels. **What you will do** * Capture, maintain, and update alphanumeric data for simple and complex cadastral documents. * Capture alphanumeric information from new cadastral documents, performing mathematical consistency checks and data verification for proposed land parcels. * Update cadastral survey databases by adding or amending approved documents to maintain an electronic alphanumeric repository. * Capture and verify simple and complex historical cadastral documents. * Manage complicated maintenance of cadastral documents in line with legislated processes. * Perform withdrawal or cancellation 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 newly approved cadastral documents into the archive and extract/issue cadastral records. * Refile returned cadastral records and repair/maintain them in usable condition. * Conduct technical examination of simple and complex cadastral documents, including checking designations of new lodgements, diagrams, general plans, survey records, and sectional title plans. * Update noting sheets with approved cadastral land parcels. * Research and supply cadastral information to internal and external clients. * Retrieve and supply cadastral information to clients, including aerial photographs, rectified imagery, and maps from National Geospatial Information (NGI) based on service level agreements. * Carry out basic research into cadastral survey information related to land parcel boundaries for clients and Land Reform. * Capture, maintain, and update spatial data for simple and complex cadastral documents. * Capture newly submitted documents to detect spatial overlaps prior to approval. * Add data, update, and maintain an accurate dataset of cadastral spatial information, including historical data. * Research and address sources of error if spatial overlaps are detected. * Utilise cadastral survey calculation principles and other legitimate data sources to improve land parcel boundary information quality. * Scan all cadastral documents upon approval, amendment, endorsement, or withdrawal, and perform quality checking. * Scan newly approved cadastral documents and re-scan updated, amended, endorsed, or withdrawn documents. * Link deposited scanned images to the alphanumeric data. * Perform operations and quality checking to ensure scanned image databases are clean and accurate. **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:** * 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. **Who should apply** This role is suitable for an experienced professional with a strong background in geomatics or cadastral surveying, holding a relevant NQF Level 5 certificate and at least 6 years of post-qualification experience. The ideal candidate will possess in-depth knowledge of GIS software, Surveyor-General’s procedures, and cadastral surveys. They should demonstrate robust problem-solving, decision-making, team leadership, and communication skills, alongside proficiency in computer literacy and planning, to manage complex cadastral data and processes effectively within a government department setting. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/principal-cadastral-officer-ref-no-3-1-1-1-2026-271-department-of-land-reform-and-rural-development Source: myjobmag

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