Course Title: Conduct an engineering survey
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2011
Course Code: GEOM5092C
Course Title: Conduct an engineering survey
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5236 - Diploma of Surveying
Course Contact: Program Manager
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468
Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Thierry Demathieu
+61 3 9925 8359
William Ntuwah
+61 3 9925 4445
william.ntuwah@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 40
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
This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to conduct an engineering survey on engineering and construction sites. It requires the ability to plan approaches to engineering contingencies and management requirements. Functions would be carried out within organisational guidelines.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CPPSIS5018A Conduct an engineering survey |
Element: |
1 Plan the task. |
Performance Criteria: |
1 Plan the task. |
Element: |
2 Execute the task. |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Work is scheduled to be completed within time available. |
Element: |
3 Finalise the task. |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Relevant personnel are informed of the results according to organisational guidelines. |
Element: |
4 Review the task. |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Review of achievements against objectives is undertaken. |
Learning Outcomes
Refer to elements
Details of Learning Activities
Teacher led:
Classroom &/or tutorial instruction in to conduct an engineering survey on engineering and construction sites, and tasks associated with the elements above including the use of computers and relevant software/s, capabilities of survey methodologies and technologies in a simulated workplace environment.
Student managed:
Develop data management strategies to determine suitable sources of information for the creation of new spatial data sets to industry standards.
Participation in group activities based on simulated workplace exercises. Individual exercises carrying out research, computations, data compilation and appraisal.
Compilation of Portfolio of examples of work, client reports, management reports and data management records.
Teaching Schedule
This is an indicative teaching schedule, refer to the Blackboard for any changes or announcements.
Week No. | Topic delivered | Assessment/Task |
1 | Liscad programs (SEE, CAD and Resource manager), Create New SEE project on the Plane and on the Projection. | Class activity |
2 | Code table, Precision and Rounding | Class activity |
3 | Processing a Total Station/GPS survey | Class activity |
4 | Traverse adjustment | Class activity |
5 | Reducing a Field file | Assignment 1 |
6 | Line editing | Class activity |
7 | Creating a CAD file | Class activity |
8 | Plotting from SEE | Class activity |
9 | Creating a DTM | Class activity |
10 | Load background images | Class activity |
11 | Calculate Volumes | Class activity |
12 | Create Long sections and cross sections | Assignment 2 |
13 | Create Long section and cross section CAD file | Class activity |
14 | Create a vertical road design | Class activity |
15 | Project | Class activity |
16 | Project | Class activity |
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Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Reference Texts: |
References
Other Resources
Web Resources:
http://www.rmit.edu.au/ - Online@RMIT – Program and Course information, documents, resources and links.
http://www.liscad.com/ Learning Modules
http://www.lands.vic.gov.au/ - Land Channel (Victoria) - Survey Mark Enquiry Service, GPSnet, Maps & Images, Property Information, Land Management.
http://www.isaust.org.au - Institute of Surveyors, Australia
http://www.mappingsciences.org.au - Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia
http://www.anzlic.org.au - ANZLIC: Australian and New Zealand Spatial Information Council
http://www.surveyorsboard.vic.gov.au - Surveyors Board, Victoria – Survey Practice Handbook, Key Legislation for Surveyors.
http://www.icsm.gov.au/ - Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping - Standards and Practices for Control Surveys
http://www.ga.gov.au/ - Geoscience Australia – National Mapping Agency, Geocentric Datum of Australia, GPS
Overview of Assessment
A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence of:
• matching objectives with resources to ensure project proceeds in an organised and timely manner
• ensuring that achievement of required accuracy has been attempted by:
• accessing and interpreting design information to identify the components to be measured and monitored
• applying solutions to a range of problems
• performing measurements
• planning resources
• managing contingencies
• documenting and reporting
• ensuring that non-conformity aspects are recorded and reported
• taking responsibility for team outputs in work and learning.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment of this unit will involve completion of Assignments.
Assessment Matrix
Element 1 | Plan the task | Assignment 1 |
Element 2 | Execute the task | Assignment 1 |
Element 3 | Finalise the task | Assignment 2 |
Element 4 | Review the task | Assignment 2 |
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