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ANZSCO 311415Updated 2026-01-29
Hydrographer
National shortage level: Low
ANZSCO 311415OSCA 311534
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 83k
Weekly earnings: AUD 1590
Salary range: AUD 74k-AUD 91k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
29.5%
NSW
27.2%
QLD
15.6%
VIC
Education mix
32.8%
bachelor degree
20.2%
advanced diploma/ diploma
20.2%
certificate iii/ iv
Role overview
Hydrographers measure, analyse and maintain the flow and quality of water in rivers, lakes, stormwater and sewage, and survey and map oceans, seas and rivers.
What you do
- • Prepares technical documentation and drawings for hydrographic survey solutions.
- • Performs routine mathematical calculations and computations of measurements for surveying and charting bodies of water.
- • Checks, calibrates and maintains surveying, sonar, navigational and other hydrography equipment.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: bachelor degree (32.8%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Checks, calibrates and maintains surveying, sonar, navigational and other hydrography equipment.
- • Collects surveying data using computer systems, echo sounders, sonar, gps and other navigation systems.
- • Conducts fieldwork by collecting water bed samples and aquatic life for laboratory experiments, tests and analyses.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 1590
Annual median: AUD 83k
Range: AUD 74k-AUD 91k