Course Title: Collect spatial data using a total station
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2022
Course Code: GEOM5186C
Course Title: Collect spatial data using a total station
School: 530T Built Environment and Sustainability
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4417 - Certificate IV in Surveying and Spatial Information Services
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
Anthony Poriazis
Surveying Educator
Building 57, Level 5, Room 36
Queensberry Street.
RMIT University - SVEHS
Carlton 3053, Australia
Tel. + 61 415163449
Email: anthony.poriazis@rmit.edu.au
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.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
In this course you will develop the skills and knowledge required to collect spatial data using a total station. This includes identifying control marks, equipment set-up and operation as well as data validation, correction and adjustments using industry-accepted methods to achieve required accuracy range.
This course is suitable for entry-level technicians who use a broad range of cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply a range of methods, tools, materials and information to complete routine and non-routine activities and provide and transmit solutions to a variety of predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CPPSSI4040 Collect spatial data using a total station |
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1. Prepare for spatial data collection |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Review project specifications, information and control marks and plan surveying tasks in consultation with appropriate persons. 1.2 Check site conditions to identify factors that could impact on operation of equipment. 1.3 Identify optimum equipment positions to improve accuracy and precision of measurements. 1.4 Comply with legislative and organisational requirements for workplace safety. |
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2. Operate total station |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Set up and check equipment according to manufacturer specifications. 2.2 Interpret equipment software menus and configurations and collect required spatial data and related attributes. 2.3 Measure identified survey components and reduce data according to job specifications. 2.4 Perform surveying calculations relating to height, distances, angles, bearings and coordinates 2.5 Measure and calculate basic spatial data based on control marks with known coordinates heights. 2.6 Validate and record legible measurements and computations according to job specifications and data collection plan. |
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3. Finalise spatial data collection |
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3.1 Check and validate accuracy of spatial data by applying industry-accepted standards and procedures. 3.2 Take additional measurements where required and make adjustments to data to correct errors. 3.3 Download data and complete project documentation according to organisational requirements. 3.4 Store and file data in accordance with organisational and legislative requirements. |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
1. Prepare for spatial data collection and set-out tasks using a total station and other surveying instruments.
2. Use control techniques for set-out.
3. Operate a total station
4. Finalise set-out tasks.
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 1 | Introduction to course and content | Introduction to course and content |
| Week 2 | Introduction to Chain Surveying | Activity 1: Chaining - using a 30m Tape |
| Week 3 | Chain Surveying, horizontal and slope distances | Activity 2: Trigonometry - manual comps |
| Week 4 | Chain Surveying, horizontal and slope distances | Activity 3: Trigonometry - manual comps |
| Week 5 | Total station traversing using bearings and distances | Activity 3: Total Station Traversing (Bearings and distances) |
| Week 6 | Assessment 1: Preparation and Planning | Assessment 1: Preparation and Planning |
| Week 7 | Assessment 1: Conducting the fieldwork | Assessment 1: Conducting the fieldwork |
| Week 8 | Assessment 1: Finalisation and reporting to client | Assessment 1: Finalisation and reporting to client (Submission) |
| Week 9 | Mid Term Break | Mid Term Break |
| Week 10 | Set-out introduction | Set-out introduction |
| Week 11 | Total Station Set-out Manual | Activity 5: Total Station Set-out Manual |
| Week 12 | Total Station Set-out Manual | Activity 6: Total Station Set-out Manual |
| Week 13 | Total Station Set-out Digital | Activity 7: Total Station Set-out Digital |
| Week 14 | Assessment 2: Preparation and Planning | Assessment 2: Preparation and Planning |
| Week 15 | Assessment 2: Conducting the fieldwork | Assessment 2: Conducting the fieldwork |
| Week 16 | Assessment 2: Finalisation and reporting to client | Assessment 2: Finalisation and reporting to client (Submission) |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
All email communications will be sent to your RMIT email address and you must regularly check your RMIT emails.
Students will be able to access course information and learning materials through the Learning Hub and may be provided with additional materials in class. Lists of relevant reference books, resources in the library and accessible Internet sites will be provided where possible. You will also use equipment and software packages in the laboratory for the project work. During the course, you will be directed to websites to enhance your knowledge and understanding of difficult concepts
Check the Library Subject Guides: http://rmit.libguides.com/geospatial
Overview of Assessment
Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, oral presentations and through the application of learned skills and insights to your written tasks. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on CANVAS.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment 1: Lot and Building Set-out project
Assessment 2: Road alignment and curve set-out
Assessment Matrix
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Foundation Skills – This section is only completed when foundation are explicitly stated in the unit of competency. In most Training Packages the foundation skills are integrated into the unit of competency and this is clearly stated. Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
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Performance Evidence | ||
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To demonstrate competency a candidate must meet the elements and performance criteria of this unit by collecting spatial data using a total station for two different tasks selected from:
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Assessment Task 1: |
Assessment Task 2: |
a minimum of five 3‑D traverse legs |
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resections to a minimum of four control points |
Part 2(2.3) |
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spot level and detail surveys over a minimum of 500 m2 area |
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Part 2 (2.5) |
pick up building outlines using reflectorless radiations. |
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Knowledge Evidence To be competent in this unit a candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:
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Assessment Task 1: Shed Setout Project |
Assessment Task 2: House Setout Project |
methods for setting up, levelling and adjusting equipment |
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KQ1 |
types, functions and accuracies of total stations used in surveying |
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KQ2 |
methods for calculating spatial data and verifying its accuracy |
KQ1 |
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mathematical concepts relating to algebra, trigonometry and geometry and their use in calculating basic spatial measurements |
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Part 1 (manual computations) |
methods for downloading data collected using terrestrial technologies |
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KQ3 |
formats and documentation used for recording spatial data collected using total stations. |
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KQ4 |
Assessment conditions |
Describe how assessments meet the assessment conditions |
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Assessors must meet the requirements for assessors contained in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations. |
All assessors meet the requirements for conducting the training and assessment for this unit. This includes:
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Competency is to be assessed in the workplace or a simulated environment that accurately reflects performance in a real workplace setting where these skills and knowledge would be performed. |
This assessment will be conducted at the Bundoora Geospatial Science Field Station to simulate an industry environment. All the latest equipment is provided in line with current industry practices. |
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Candidates must have access to:
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All elements are provided for the student throughout the training and assessment of this unit. This includes:
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Other Information
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 Support:
Study Support provides free learning and academic development advice to you.
Services offered by Study Support 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 https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/study-support to find more information about Study and learning Support
Equitable Learning Services (ELS):
If you are suffering from long-term medical condition or disability, you should contact Equitable Learning Services (ELS) to seek advice and support to complete your studies.
Please refer to https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-and-facilities/student-support/equitable-learning-services to find more information about services offered by Equitable Learning Services (ELS).
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.
Special consideration:
Please Refer https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/assessment/special-consideration to find more information about special consideration
Academic Integrity:
"Academic integrity means acting with the values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility in learning, teaching and research."
It means referencing the work of others while developing your own insights, knowledge and ideas.
Breaches of academic integrity include:
- plagiarism and failure to correctly acknowledge sources
- contract cheating or paying/getting another person to prepare an assignment
- submitting work prepared by another person
- copying other people’s work
- cheating in exams
- breaching the Research Code
- using unauthorised materials or devices
Please Refer: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/academic-integrity to find more information about plagiarism
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