CADASTRAL OFFICER
Department of Land Reform and Rural Development
Directorate: Examination Services
- Reference number
- 3/1/1/1/2026/289
- Salary
- R280 278 per annum (Level 06)
- Centre
- KwaZulu Natal (Pietermaritzburg)
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Closing date
- 9 November 2026
- Circular
- No 38 of 2026
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Minimum requirements: Applicants must be in possession of a Grade 12 Certificate and National Certificate in Geomatics or 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. Good organising ability.
Duties
Capture, maintain and update alpha numeric data of all cadastral documents: Capture alpha and numeric information from newly submitted Cadastral documents and undertake mathematical consistency checks and data verification for proposed new land parcels. Update Cadastral survey databases through the addition or amendment of every approved document to maintain an electronic alpha-numeric repository. Capture and verify Historical Cadastral documents. Maintenance of Cadastral Documents in accordance with legislated processes: Perform Withdrawal or cancelation of cadastral documents. Deduct, cancel and endorse cadastral documents with registered land parcels, leases or servitudes. Amend approved and registered cadastral documents. Insert all newly approved cadastral documents into the archive. Extract and issue out cadastral records. Refile returned cadastral records. Repair and keep cadastral records in good usable condition. Conduct technical examination of cadastral documents. Check designations of newly submitted lodgements: Update the noting sheets through the addition of every approved cadastral land parcel. Perform technical examination of diagrams and general plans. Perform technical examination of survey records. Perform technical examination of sectional title plans. Supply cadastral information to internal and external clients: Issue Survey data to Land Surveyors when required. Disseminate cadastral information to the public as required, in hard copy or digital formats. Supply aerial photographs, rectified imagery and maps from NGI according to signed service level agreements. Capture, maintain and update spatial data: Capture newly submitted documents to determine if there are any spatial overlaps prior approval. Add all newly created land parcels to the spatial datasets. Add data, update and maintain an accurate dataset of cadastral spatial information, including the addition and updating of historical data. Scan all cadastral documents on approval, amendment, endorsement, or withdrawal: Scan newly approved cadastral documents. Re-scan all updated cadastral documents. Link the deposited scanned images to the alpha numeric data.
Where to send your application
Applications can be submitted by hand delivery during office hours to: 1st Floor, 270 Jabu Ndlovu Street (formerly known as Loop Street), Pietermaritzburg, 3200 or by email to Post289@dlrrd.gov.za
Enquiries
Ms N Ziqubu Tel No: (033) 264 9515
Note
EE Targets: Coloured, Indian and White Males, and Coloured, Indian and White Females, and Persons with disabilities.
Taken from Public Service Vacancy Circular 38 of 2026, published by the Department of Public Service and Administration on 23 October 2026. Open the PDF to check this post against the original. Last checked 24 October 2026.
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