Course Title: Develop subdivision survey designs for local government approval

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2017

Course Code: GEOM5156C

Course Title: Develop subdivision survey designs for local government approval

School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5368 - Diploma of Surveying

Course Contact: Thierry Demathieu

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8359

Course Contact Email: thierry.demathieu@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Teacher: Stephen Falzon

School of Vocational Engineering, Health & Sciences
Ph: 03 9925 0194
Email: stephenjoseph.falzon@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 120

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

There are no pre-requisites for this unit. 

Course Description

 This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to develop a subdivision survey design for local government approval using cadastral surveying methods and equipment. The unit covers analysing and researching client service requests and existing information to assess and prioritise work tasks, and conducting a survey of the land to be subdivided. The unit also covers conducting measurements and calculations; and developing plans detailing required information, including boundary dimensions and corners, subdivision lots, features, surrounds, connections and offsets. The unit requires the ability to set up, calibrate and use surveying equipment to measure, record and reduce surveying data. The unit also requires the ability to prepare, lodge and monitor a detailed design submission for local government approval which details engineering aspects, physical constraints and any environmental impacts. The unit requires knowledge of land and planning law and local government building approval processes. It requires consultation with clients and professionals to obtain advice for input into the design submission.

The unit supports those who work in a lead role in a surveying or spatial information services team, in areas such as town planning, surveying and mapping.

 


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CPPSIS5044 Develop subdivision survey designs for local government approval

Element:

1. Identify type of service requests.

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Client requirements and timelines are established in consultation with appropriate persons.
1.2 Client service requirements are assessed to establish if they are within the jurisdiction and ability of relevant authority and any necessity for statutory compliance.
1.3 Work is prioritised and recorded, and research is conducted to gather additional information as required according to organisational requirements.

Element:

2. Conduct subdivision survey.

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Surveying equipment is set up, calibrated and used according to manufacturer specifications and organisational requirements.
2.2 Identified components of land to be subdivided are measured and subdivision lots marked according to client service and organisational requirements.
2.3 Measured surveying data is reduced according to organisational requirements.
2.4 Measurements are validated and recorded according to organisational requirements.
2.5 Problems are identified and resolved, and contingencies managed according to organisational requirements.

Element:

3. Develop detailed design submission for local government approval.

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Surveying data is used to develop plan according to client service and organisational requirements.
3.2 Appropriate persons are consulted to obtain professional advice for input into subdivision submission.
3.3 Availability of existing services and costs of supply, including local government and utility authority contributions, are determined.
3.4 Engineering aspects in subdivision design are considered and documented according to local government requirements.
3.5 Subdivision submission is prepared to incorporate physical constraints and environmental impact of the development according to client service requirements.

Element:

4. Monitor approval process.

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Local government approval assessment criteria are further examined and advertising and exhibition requirements observed according to organisational requirements.
4.2 Outcomes of subdivision submission are reviewed to identify required follow-up actions.

Element:

5. Advise client of outcomes.

Performance Criteria:

5.1 Client is advised of submission outcomes in writing and verbally according to organisational requirements.
5.2 Rights of appeal are explained to client where appropriate, and advice is recorded according to organisational requirements.
5.3 Documentation is completed and records stored according to organisational requirements

Learning Outcomes


Please refer to the Elements of Competency.

 


Details of Learning Activities

You will learn to:

  • determine,
  • collect and
  • write specifications

for appropriate documentation and compile a plan to accompany a development application to an approving authority.

The total number of scheduled hours of teaching, learning and assessment involved in this course includes all planned activities (face to face classes, lectures, workshops and seminars; workplace visits, online learning and other forms of structured teaching and learning). It also covers the amount of effort necessary to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, observation of work performance, discussions with supervisors and others providing third party evidence and one on one and group assessment sessions with students.
 


Teaching Schedule

 

Session/DateTopicElementAssessment
 19
08-Jul
 		  O - Outline of course, Portfolio requirements,
What is a title? What is freehold land as distinct from Crown land? – LASSI, SMES, LANDATA, SPEAR
Brief on Survey sites allocated - TBM and station requirements,

F - Field survey planning and reconnaissance, locate TBM adjacent to site and connect to AHD


O – Preparatory Plan preparation, feature survey, FN and PS templates,
Closure programs

 

  1,2,3,4,5  
 20
15-Jul
 		  Survey Practice Handbook and Surveyor General Practice Directives, LASSI notations – OP, PS, PC, LP, TP, RE, BP, AP SMES notations – PM, PCM, PSM, 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc order, PM sketch plan and report
Survey Briefing

F – Establish and level stations, Undertake feature survey


O - Feature survey data reduction and plan production

 

  1,2,3,4,5  
 21
22-Jul
 		  O - Reestablishment Principles – Office and Field Practices, 3 methods of boundary definition Case Studies
Suitable bearing datum, why survey bearings are on datum survey bearings initially and not MGA

F – Identify boundary extents, Locate control for cadastral survey, Commence cadastral survey of whole of land to be subdivided with connections


O – Finalise feature survey plan production with boundary dimensions overlay

 

  1,2,3,4,5  
 22
29-Jul
 		  
O – Finalise feature survey plan production with boundary dimensions overlay

O – Design requirements of subdivision, The outline development plan design, existing conditions and subdivision, Planning requirements and zoning restrictions, Clause 56, heritage, flooding,


F – Complete cadastral surround survey and road connection


O - Prepare Plans

 

  1,2,3,4,5  Assessment 1
Undertake a Feature and Boundary Survey and Prepare Plan
Assessment 2 Prepare Development Plan
 23
05-Aug
 

 O – Interpretation of fieldnotes


F – Connect to MGA, Peg site boundary


O - Prepare Plans

 

  1,2,3,4,5  
 24
12-Aug
 

 O - Reestablishment Priinciples, Plan of Subdivision approval process – Council and Titles Office, compute subdivisional lot boundary adoptions


F – Mark subdivision lots

O - Prepare Plans
 

  1,2,3,4,5  Assessment 3
Mark Subdivision Lots and Produce Subdivisional Plan and Fieldnotes
 
 25
19-Aug
 

 O – Test 1 Reestablishment Principles


F – Test 2 Reestablishment Survey


O – Assessments 1, 2 & 3


Portfolio 1

 

  1,2,3,4,5  
 26
26-Aug
 		   O – Finalise assessment Urban - feedback  1,2,3,4,5  Assessment Urban - 50%
 BREAK BREAK    
 27
09-Sep
 

 O – Boundaries, Briefing – survey reestablishment, examining fieldnotes, finding marks from datum survey


F - Reconnaissance, commence locating freeway fence in relation to control marks and sufficient spot levels over open area (not NMIT) for production of contours


O – Go into land.vic.gov.au and obtain aerial image of whole of Site 4 with contours to be incorporated in surround survey, commence plotting of boundaries of Fairfield and NMIT from OPs on blackboard


 

  1,2,3,4,5  
 28
16-Sep
 

 O – Survey Practice Handbook and Surveyor General Practice Directives
Briefing, Understanding a title , Plan of Subdivision and fieldnotes
 


F – Finalise spot levels, Establish cadastral survey datum, commence control traverse survey and locate all RMs indicated


O – Finalise plots of OPs and incorporate aerial imagery, levels from map and survey levels on a Plan format, Commence plot of control survey traverse on fieldnotes proforma

 

  1,2,3,4,5  
 29
23-Sep
 

 O - Reestablishment principles Design requirements of subdivision, open space contribution, The outline development plan design, existing conditions and subdivision


F – Continue control traverse survey and find all RMs indicated. Locate fence posts and offsets at every corner and bend in boundary. Also locate brick wall on the northern boundary of the NMIT site.

O - Plan preparation


 

  1,2,3,4,5  
 
30
30-Sep
 		  O - Reestablishment Principles – Case Study 2
Suitable bearing datum

F – Continue control traverse survey and find all RMs indicated. Locate fence posts and offsets at every corner and bend in boundary
O - Prepare Plans
 		  1,2,3,4,5  Assessment 4
Undertake a Feature and Boundary Survey and Prepare Plan
 
 31
07-Oct
 

 O - Reestablishment Priinciples

F – Finalise control traverse survey and find all RMs indicated. Locate fence posts and offsets at every corner and bend in boundary. Check closures.
O - Prepare Plans
 

  1,2,3,4,5  Assessment 5
Prepare Development Plan
 
 32
14-Oct
 

 O - Reestablishment Priinciples, Plan preparation


F – Connect survey to MGA using 3 control marks


O - Prepare Plans

 

  1,2,3,4,5  
 33
21-Oct
 

 O - Computation and plan preparation, Quality controls - audits


F - Extra measurements to check measurements and finalise plan


O - Finalise Plans

 

  1,2,3,4,5  
34
28-Oct
 

O – Finalise plans


O – Test 3 Reestablishment Principles


F – Test 4 Reestablishment

 

  1,2,3,4,5 Assessment 6 Produce Subdivisional Plan and Fieldnotes
35
04-Nov
 

O – Assessments 4, 5 & 6

O - Public holiday

  1,2,3,4,5  
36
11-Nov
Portfolio 2

Feedback on Portfolio

 

  1,2,3,4,5  


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

Check the Library Subject Guides:

http://rmit.libguides.com/geospatial

http://rmit.libguides.com/surveyingandspatial


Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks

Students must pass each of the following assessment tasks to demonstrate competent

Assessment

Weight%

Task 1

Test 1

12.5%

Task 2

Test 2

12.5%

Task 3

Portfolio 1

25%

Task 4

Test 3

12.5%

Task 5

Test 4

12.5%

Task 6

Portfolio 2

25%

  These tasks assesses the following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

Assessment Mapping Matrix 

Elements/

Performance Criteria Covered

Task 1

Task 2

Task 3

Task 4

Task 5

Task 6

1.1

X

 

 

X

 

 

1.2

X

 

 

X

 

 

1.3

X

 

 

X

 

 

2.1

X

X

 

X

X

 

2.2

X

X

 

X

X

 

2.3

X

X

 

X

X

 

2.4

X

X

 

X

X

 

2.5

X

X

 

X

X

 

3.1

 

 

X

 

 

X

3.2

 

 

X

 

 

X

3.3

 

 

X

 

 

X

3.4

 

 

X

 

 

X

3.5

 

 

X

 

 

X

4.1

 

 

X

 

 

X

4.2

 

 

X

 

 

X

5.1

 

 

X

 

 

X

5.2

 

 

X

 

 

X

5.3

 

 

X

 

 

X

To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.


Assessment Tasks

Students must pass each of the following assessment tasks to demonstrate competent.

Assessment Task 1 – Theory Test 1
Assessment Task 2 – Practical Test 1
Assessment Task 3 – Portfolio 1
Assessment Task 4 – Theory Test 2
Assessment Task 5 – Practical Test 2
Assessment Task 6 – Portfolio 2

All assessment tasks need to be succesfully completed to demonstrate competence.

Courses delivered in accordance with competency-based assessment, but which also utilise graded assessment.
CHD (80-100%): Competent with High Distinction
CDI (70-79%): Competent with Distinction
CC (60-69%): Competent with Credit
CAG (50-59%): Competency Achieved – Graded
NYC (<50%): Not Yet Competent
DNS: Did Not Submit an assessment
 


Assessment Matrix

 

Other Information

Underpinning Skills and Knowledge

Understanding of errors, accuracy and precision in technical reporting
Computer skills to complete business documentation
Initiative and enterprise skills to  interpret project and technical requirements,  translate requirements into design
Spatial skills to  exercise precision and accuracy in relation to spatial and aspatial data design

 Archive and retrieve spatial data
Manage and manipulate spatial data and  manage files
Organisational policies and guidelines, such as OHS guidelines
Industry standards relating to subdivision survey design and local government data formats

 

Credit Transfer and/or Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):

You may be eligible for credit towards courses in your program if you have already met the learning/competency outcomes through previous learning and/or industry experience. To be eligible for credit towards a course, you must demonstrate that you have already completed learning and/or gained industry experience that is:
• Relevant
• Current
• Satisfies the learning/competency outcomes of the course
Please refer to http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit to find more information about credit transfer and RPL.
 

Study and Learning Support:

Study and Learning Centre (SLC) provides free learning and academic development advice to you. Services offered by SLC to support your numeracy and literacy skills are:
• Assignment writing, thesis writing and study skills advice
• Maths and science developmental support and advice
• English language development
Please refer to http://www.rmit.edu.au/studyandlearningcentre  to find more information about Study and Learning Support.
 

Disability Liaison Unit:

If you are suffering from long-term medical condition or disability, you should contact Disability Liaison Unit to seek advice and support to complete your studies.
Please refer to http://www.rmit.edu.au/disability to find more information about services offered by Disability Liaison Unit.
 

Late Submission:

If you require an Extension of Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) for seven calendar days or less (from the original due date) and have valid reasons, you must complete an Application for Extension of Submittable Work (7 Calendar Days or less) form and lodge it with the Senior Educator/ Program Manager.
The application must be lodged no later than one working day before the official due date. You will be notified within no more than two working days of the date of lodgement as to whether the extension has been granted.
If you seek an Extension of Submittable Work for more than seven calendar days (from the original due date), you must lodge an Application for Special Consideration form under the provisions of the Special Consideration Policy, preferably prior to, but no later than two working days after the official due date.
Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) submitted late without approval of an extension will not be accepted or marked.
 

Special Consideration:

Please refer to http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration  to find more information about special consideration.
 

Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is a form of cheating and it is very serious academic offence that may lead to expulsion from the university.
Please refer to http://www.rmit.edu.au/academicintegrity  to find more information about plagiarism.
 

Email Communication:

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