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Royal Navy
Senior Non-Commissioned Officers
Code: RN-HM

Royal Navy Hydrographic Surveyor

Hydrographer collecting and processing bathymetric data to produce nautical charts and support amphibious operations.

Role Details

Core Skills

  • • bathymetric survey
  • • GIS analysis
  • • data quality assurance
  • • small-boat operations
  • • technical reporting

Responsibilities

  • • plan and execute hydrographic surveys
  • • operate survey systems and small craft
  • • process and quality-check survey data
  • • produce chart updates and reports
  • • supervise junior surveyors

Equipment

  • • multibeam sonar
  • • survey vessels
  • • hydrographic IS

Typical Clearance

SC

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Civilian Translations

Defence Civil Servant

Defence & Public Sector Careers

78% Match

UKHO, MoD and DE&S all directly employ hydrographers and survey specialists.

Core Transferable Skills

GIS analysis
technical reporting