The invention discloses a levelling staff capable of adjusting the observation position, which comprises the body of the levelling staff (1) and an auxiliary holding rod, the auxiliary holding rod comprises an upper plate (10), a lower plate (18) and upright rods (15), the upright rods are connected between the upper plate and the lower plate and limit the upper plate and the lower plate, the upper plate is provided with a notch (11), and the lower end surface of the upper plate is provided with an upper contact (13); a lower contact (17) is arranged at the center of the upper end surface of the lower plate, and staff retainers (16) are also arranged around the lower contact on the upper end surface of the lower plate. The invention also discloses a technique using the levelling staff to carry out measurement, which includes steps such as checking the auxiliary holding rod, mounting the levelling staff on the auxiliary holding rod, placing the auxiliary holding rod, measuring, determining the additive constant of the holding rod and processing data. When the position of an observation point is higher than the sight line of a level, the height of the levelling staff can be reduced, and thereby the overall observation cost of a special operation situation is reduced.