Course Title: Conduct an engineering survey

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2012

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
thierry.demathieu@rmit.edu.au
+61 3 99258359

 

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:

1.1 Objectives, principal work activities and constraints are defined and documented with written survey specifications.
1.2 Details of instruments and basic techniques to be used are evaluated and determined.
1.3 Design is interpreted to identify surveying data.
1.4 Pertinent legal and statutory standards and requirements, and OHS standards are considered and adhered to.
1.5 Skills and knowledge are updated to accommodate changes in engineering surveys.

Element:

2 Execute the task.

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Work is scheduled to be completed within time available.
2.2 Project management mechanisms are implemented to measure, record and report progress of activities in relation to the agreed schedule and plans.
2.3 Identified survey components are measured.
2.4 Measured survey data is reduced to the project reference system for comparison with design.
2.5 Impact of contingencies and problems are managed.
2.6 Measurements are validated and recorded according to specifications.
2.7 Checks are completed according to organisational guidelines.
2.8 Equipment is checked to be in good working order.
2.9 Manufacturer specifications with regard to the use of equipment are complied with.
2.10 Processes are followed that comply with relevant legislation and company policy.

Element:

3 Finalise the task.

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Relevant personnel are informed of the results according to organisational guidelines.
3.2 Required documentation is completed according to organisational guidelines.
3.3 Survey data is archived according to project specifications.

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 conduct of an engineering survey to industry standards.
Participation in group activities based on simulated or actual 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
19 Introduction and planning  
20 Planning and contact  
21 Planning and contact  
22 Planning and contact  Assessment 1
23 Execute the task  
24 Execute the task  
25 Execute the task  
26 Execute the task  
27 Execute the task  
28 Execute the task  
29 Finalise the task.
 
 
30 Finalise the task.
 
 
31 Finalise the task.
 
 
32 Finalise the task.
 
 Assessment 2
33 Review the task
 
 
34 Review the task
 
 
35 Exam  Assessment 3
 
36 Portfolio submission 
 
 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Reference Texts:

Acts and Regulations Occupational Health and Safety Commission.
Surveying, A Bannister and S Raymond, Pitman
Elementary Surveying, Elfick Fryer Brinkner Wolf, Harper Collins
Advanced-Engineering-Surveying-problems-and-solutions, F A Shepard, Arnold.


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.land.vic.gov.au/ - Land Channel (Victoria) - Survey Mark Enquiry Service, GPSnet, Maps & Images, Property Information, Land Management.
http://www.surveying.org.au - Institute of Surveyors, Victoria
http://www.sssi.org.au - Surveying and Spatial Science Institute 
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 and the Evaluation of portfolio, using a checklist, of the performance of elements of competence as designated for this unit to the required standard including collection methods and techniques related to the project objectives.

Grading Criteria
NYC 0-49% Not yet competence
CAG 50 – 59% Competence
CC 60 – 69% Competence with credit
CDI 70 – 79% Competence with distinction
CHD 80-100% Competence with high distinction

Academic Misconduct

Students are reminded that cheating, whether by fabrication, falsification of data, or plagiarism, is an offence subject to University disciplinary procedures. Plagiarism in oral or written presentations is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is one’s own. Plagiarism is not acceptable.

The use of another person’s work or ideas must be acknowledged. Failure to do so may result in charges of academic misconduct which carry a range of penalties including cancellation of results and exclusion from your course.

Students are responsible for ensuring that their work is kept in a secure place. It is also a disciplinary offence for students to allow their work to be plagiarized by another student. Students should be aware of their rights and responsibilities regarding the use of copyright material. It is strongly recommended that students refer to the RMIT 2001 Guidelines for Students or to the RMIT University Homepage.

Assessment 1 = Assignment 50% due Week 35
Assessment 2 = Assignment 50% due Week 36
 


Assessment Matrix

Element 1 Plan the task Assignment 1 & 3
Element 2 Execute the task Assignment 2 & 3
Element 3 Finalise the task Assignment 2 & 3
Element 4 Review the task Assignment 2 & 3

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