Course Title: Apply land and planning law to surveying

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6129 Advanced Diploma of Surveying

Course Title: Apply land and planning law to surveying

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)
CIVE7780C	City Campus	TAFE	130T Vocational Engineering	Face-to-Face	Term1 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 assist surveyors to mark out urban structures and to identify urban lots and the improvements thereon. It requires the ability to determine land and planning law, collect and write specifications for appropriate documentation, and compile a plan to an approving authority suitable to accompany a development application. Functions would be carried out within organisational guidelines.

 

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Nil

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CPPSIS5051A Apply land and planning law to surveying
Elements:	1. Determine azimuth for identification and re-mark surveys. 2. Undertake a mark-out survey and fix front and rear corners, angles and line marks. 3. Meet local government building requirements. 4. Calculate an identification survey. 5. Prepare a draft survey report.

Learning Outcomes

Refer to elements

Overview of Assessment

Students will be able to access course information and learning materials through myRMIT 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. During the course, you will be directed to websites to enhance your knowledge and understanding of difficult concepts. Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including written, oral, practical tasks and activities.

Assessment tasks

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

Assessment	Weight %
Assessment 1	Written assessment and Test	30
Assessment 2	Case Study and Test	40
Assessment  3	Presentation	30

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

Assessment 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
1.5		X
1.6	X		X
1.7	X		X
1.8	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
3.1	X	X
3.2		X	X
3.3	X	X
3.4		X	X
3.5		X	X
4.1		X	X
4.2		X	X
5.1		X	X
5.2		X	X
5.3		X	X
5.4	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.