Course Title: Monitor complex engineering surveying structures

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2014

Course Code: GEOM5128C

Course Title: Monitor complex engineering surveying structures

School: 130T Vocational Engineering

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6129 - Advanced Diploma of Surveying

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: vocengineering@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Surveying Senior Educator: Thierry Demathieu
School of Engineering (TAFE)
Ph: 9925 8359
Email: thierry.demathieu@rmit.edu.au

Teacher: Toby Manning
School of Engineering (TAFE)
Ph: 9925 4468
Email: toby.manning@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

Nil

Course Description

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to observe, monitor and process observation data for complex engineering surveying structures. It requires the ability to demonstrate highly specialised technical skills and to plan and execute project activity according to job specifications. Functions will entail complying with, and developing or amending, organisational guidelines.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CPPSIS6036A Monitor complex engineering surveying structures

Element:

1. Organise project resources.

Element:

2. Develop the project plan.

Element:

3. Manage the project.

Element:

4. Monitor the project.

Element:

5. Complete the project.

Element:

6. Review the project

Learning Outcomes


Refer to Elements


Details of Learning Activities

You will learn to:

  • observe
  • monitor
  • process

observation data for complex engineering surveying structures

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

 

Week/DateTopicElementAssessment
 19 - 8/7/2014  Introduction
Check level and total station - establish control 3 sites		  1,2  
 20 - 15/7/2014

 Control plan
Feature all sites

  1,2  
 21 - 22/7/2014  Feature plan
Control and feature survey field checking		  3  
 22 - 29/7/2014  Feature plan
Check and monitor site 1		  4  Assessment 1
 23 - 5/8/2014  Computations
Check and monitor site 2		  4  
 24 - 12/8/2014   Computations
Check and monitor site 3		  4  
 25 - 19/8/2014   Computations
Check controls		  5,6  
 26 - 26/8/2014  Finalise assessment 2  5  Assessment 2
 BREAK  Term Break    
 27 - 9/9/2014  Prepare second monitoring visit
Check and monitor site 1		  3,4  
 28 - 16/9/2014  Computations
Check and monitor site 2		  3,4  
 29 - 23/9/2014  Computations
Check and monitor site 3		  3,4  
 30 - 30/9/2014  Computations
Check and monitor site 1		  3,4  
 31 - 7/10/2014  Computations
Check and monitor site 2		  3,4  
 32 - 14/10/2014  Computations
Check and monitor site 3		  3,4  
 33 - 21/10/2014  Computations
Check controls		  6  
 34 - 28/10/2014 Feedback monitoring  5,6 Assessment 3
 35 - 4/11/2014 Public holiday    
 36 - 11/11/2014 Portfolio  5,6 Assessment 4


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

The assessment is conducted in both theoretical and practical aspects of the course according to the performance criteria set in the National Training Package. Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including written/oral activities and demonstration of practical skills to the relevant industry standards. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment activities to their teacher/assessor. Feedback will be provided throughout the course. To successfully complete this course you will be required to demonstrate competency in each assessment task detailed under Assessment Tasks:

Assessment Tasks

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

Assessment

Weight %

Assessment 1

Assignment Project Plan

30

Assessment 2

Written Assignment

30

Assessment 3

Portfolio

40

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

Assessment Mapping Matrix

Elements/ Performance Criteria Covered

Assessment 1

Assessment 2

Assessment 3

1.1

X

 

X

1.2

X

 

X

1.3

X

 

X

1.4

X

 

X

2.1

X

 

X

2.2

X

 

X

2.3

X

 

X

2.4

X

 

X

2.5

X

 

X

2.6

X

 

X

2.7

X

 

X

3.1

X

X

X

3.2

X

X

X

3.3

X

X

X

3.4

X

X

X

3.5

X

X

X

4.1

 

 

X

4.2

 

 

X

4.3

 

 

X

4.4

 

 

X

5.1

 

X

X

5.2

 

X

X

5.3

 

X

X

5.4

 

X

X

6.1

 

X

X

6.2

 

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 – Assignment  - organise and develop
Assessment Task 2 – Assignment - Manage and monitor
Assessment Task 3 – Assignment - Manage and monitor
Assessment Task 4 – Portfolio

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

 

Element CoveredAssessment TaskProportion of Final Assessment Submission Time
 1,2  Assessment 1  30%  29/7/2014
 3,5  Assessment 2  30%  26/8/2014
 3,4,5,6  Assessment 3  30%  28/10/2014
 1,2,3,4,5,6  Assessment 4  10%  11/11/2014

Other Information

Underpinning Skills and Knowledge

• exercise precision and accuracy in relation to complex engineering surveying
• archive and retrieve spatial data
• manage and manipulate spatial data
• manage files
• solve problems relating to height, depth, breadth, dimension, direction and position in actual operational activity and virtual representation
• understand implications of height, depth, breadth, dimension and position to actual operational activity and virtual representation
• technology skills to:
• use computers to develop documentation
• use specific high-level precision instruments

• abilities of work teams
• advanced data reduction, manipulation and processing
• calibration of specialised surveying equipment
• data formats
• guidelines of projects
• industry standards
• limitations of equipment, measuring and analysis guidelines
• organisational policies and guidelines, such as OHS guidelines
• planning and control processes
• processes to establish and use high-level survey control
• project review and reporting procedures
• project zone design
• relevant engineering-related tasks and associated computations
• safe work practices
• surveying computation processes
• surveying reference systems
• surveying data capture and data set out methodologies
• understanding of errors, accuracy and precision in engineering tasks
• understanding, use and application of network/traverse adjustments
 

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Late submission:
If you require an Extension of Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) for 7 calendar days or less (from the original due date) and have valid reasons, you must complete and lodge 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 2 working days of the date of lodgment as to whether the extension has been granted.

If you seek an Extension of Submittable Work for more than 7 calendar days (from the original due date) must lodge an Application for Special Consideration form under the provisions of the Special Consideration Policy, preferably prior to, but no later than 2 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.

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