Cadastral Officer

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Overview This document describes the role of a Cadastral Officer within the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development, specifically in the Directorate: Maintenance And Cadastral Spatial Information Services. There are two posts available for this position, located in Gauteng (Pretoria). The annual salary for this role is R280,278 (Level 06). The reference number for these posts is 3/1/1/1/2026/288. What you will do Key responsibilities for the Cadastral Officer include: * Capturing, maintaining, and updating alpha-numeric data for all cadastral documents. This involves capturing information from new cadastral documents, performing consistency checks, verifying data for new land parcels, updating cadastral survey databases, and capturing/verifying historical cadastral documents. * Performing maintenance of cadastral documents in accordance with legislated processes, such as withdrawing/cancelling documents, deducting/cancelling/endorsing documents with registered land parcels, leases or servitudes, amending approved documents, inserting newly approved documents into the archive, extracting/issuing/refiling cadastral records, and repairing/maintaining records. * Conducting technical examination of cadastral documents. * Checking designations of newly submitted lodgements, including updating noting sheets and performing technical examination of diagrams, general plans, survey records, and sectional title plans. * Supplying cadastral information to both internal and external clients, which involves issuing survey data to Land Surveyors, disseminating cadastral information to the public, and supplying aerial photographs, rectified imagery, and maps from NGI as per service level agreements. * Capturing, maintaining, and updating spatial data, including checking for spatial overlaps, adding new land parcels to datasets, and updating cadastral spatial information with historical data. * Scanning all cadastral documents upon approval, amendment, endorsement, or withdrawal, and linking these scanned images to alpha-numeric data. Requirements (from the original advert) * **Minimum requirements:** * A Grade 12 Certificate. * A National Certificate in Geomatics or a Survey Officer Certificate (NQF Level 5). * Completion of the training prescribed in order to fulfil the required qualification. * **Job related knowledge:** * Computer literacy. * Understanding spatial data. * Knowledge of the functions of Surveyors’-General Offices. * **Job related skills:** * Good interpersonal relations. * Good communication (verbal and written). * Computer software proficiency. * Good organising ability. Who should apply Candidates should be in possession of a Grade 12 Certificate and a National Certificate in Geomatics or Survey Officer Certificate (NQF Level 5), along with completion of any prescribed training required for the qualification. Ideal applicants will demonstrate computer literacy, an understanding of spatial data, and knowledge of the functions of Surveyors’-General Offices. Essential skills include strong interpersonal relations, good verbal and written communication, proficiency in computer software, and excellent organising ability. The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development aims to meet Employment Equity targets and encourages applications from Indian and White Males, African and Indian Females, and Persons with disabilities. Deadline Not specified Reference Original posting: https://www.govpage.co.za/vacancies/department-of-land-reform-and-rural-development-vacancies-from-dpsa-circular-38-of-2026#spani-ref-3-1-1-1-2026-288 Source: govpage

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