Course Title: Perform surveying computations

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4336 Certificate IV in Surveying

Course Title: Perform surveying computations

Portfolio: SEH Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 60

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.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
GEOM5137C	City Campus	TAFE	130T Vocational Engineering	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2014, Term1 2015, Term2 2015, Term1 2016, Term2 2016

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: vocengineering@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to solve surveying and engineeringrelated problems. It requires the ability to identify, analyse and evaluate data to perform surveying computations. Functions would be carried out under limited supervision and within organisational guidelines.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Nil

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CPPSIS4031A Perform surveying computations
Elements:	1 Prepare to perform traverse computations. 2 Execute the task. 3 Solve surveying problems involving circular curves. 4 Finalise the task.

Learning Outcomes

Refer to elements

Overview of Assessment

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence of:

• applying known solutions to a range of problems
• performing calculations following a logical progression and presenting clearly visible results
• assessing and recording computations from varied sources
• demonstrating operational knowledge in a broad range of areas relating to traverse computations
• applying mathematical principles and skills to a range of surveying problems
• accuracy in surveying calculations
• defining terms used in calculations.

 

Assessment Tasks

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

Assessment	Weight
Assessment 1	Assignment 1	25%
Assessment 2	Assignment 2	25%
Assessment 3	Assignment 3	25%
Assessment 4	Test	25%

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

Assessment Mapping Matrix 

Elements / Performance Criteria Covered	Assessment 1	Assessment 2	Assessment 3	Assessment 4
1.1	X			X
1.2	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
2.8			X	X
3.1			X	X
3.2			X	X
4.1	X		X
4.2	X		X
4.3	X	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.