Course Title: Conduct an advanced GNSS control survey

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2014

Course Code: GEOM5126C

Course Title: Conduct an advanced GNSS control survey

School: 130T Vocational Engineering

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6129 - Advanced Diploma of Surveying

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: vocengineering@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Surveying Senior Educator: Thierry Demathieu
School of Engineering (TAFE)
Ph: 9925 8359
Email: thierry.demathieu@rmit.edu.au

Teacher: Toby Manning
School of Engineering (TAFE)
Ph: 9925 8359
Email: toby.manning@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 70

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

Nil

Course Description

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to conduct global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) control surveys. It requires the ability to demonstrate highly specialised technical skills. Functions will entail complying with, and developing or amending, organisational guidelines.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CPPSIS6032A Conduct an advanced GNSS control survey

Element:

1. Prepare for the survey.

Element:

2. Conduct the survey.

Element:

3. Finalise the survey.


Learning Outcomes


Refer to Elements


Details of Learning Activities

You will learn to:

  • Prepare for the survey
  • Conduct the survey
  • Finalise the survey

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

 

Session/DateTopicElementAssessment
 1 - 10/02/2014 or 12/02/2014  Introduction to the topic  1,2 & 3  
 2 - 17/02/2014 or 19/02/2014  Reconnaissance Survey  1,2 & 3  
 3 - 24/02/2014 or 26/02/2014  AusPOS  1,2 & 3  
 4 - 03/03/2014 or 05/03/2014  GPS-RTK  1,2 & 3  
 5 - 10/03/2014 or 12/03/2014  Calibration  1,2 & 3  
 6 - 17/03/2014 or 19/03/2014  GPS -RTK - Stakeout  1,2 & 3  
 7 - 24/03/2014 or 26/03/2014  Building design and setout using GPS-RTK  1,2 & 3  
 8 - 31/03/2014 or 02/04/2014 Building design and setout using GPS-RTK  1,2 & 3  
 9 - 07/04/2014 or 09/04/2014 Practical assessment 1  1,2 & 3  Assessment 1
 10 - 14/04/2014 or 16/04/2014 GPS rapid static  1,2 & 3  
 11 - 28/04/2014 or 30/04/2014 GPS rapid static  1,2 & 3  
 12 - 05/05/2014 or 07/05/2014 Static GNSS  1,2 & 3  
 13 - 12/05/2014 or 14/05/2014 Static GNSS  1,2 & 3  
 14 - 19/05/2014 or 21/05/2014 Feature, level and re-establishment survey for building design and setout using GPS-RTK  1,2 & 3  
 15 - 26/05/2014 or 28/05/2014 Feature, level and re-establishment survey for building design and setout using GPS-RTK  1,2 & 3  
 16 - 02/06/2014 or 04/06/2014  Practical assessment 1  1,2 & 3  Assessment 2 & 3


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

Check the Library Subject Guides:

http://rmit.libguides.com/geospatial

http://rmit.libguides.com/surveyingandspatial


Overview of Assessment

The assessment is conducted in both theoretical and practical aspects of the course according to the performance criteria set in the National Training Package. Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including written/oral activities and demonstration of practical skills to the relevant industry standards. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment activities to their teacher/assessor. Feedback will be provided throughout the course. To successfully complete this course you will be required to demonstrate competency in each assessment task detailed under Assessment Tasks:

Assessment Tasks

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

Assessment

Weight %

Assessment 1

Field project

30

Assessment 2

Field test

40

Assessment 3

Portfolio

30

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

Assessment Mapping 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

X

 

1.6

X

X

 

2.1

X

X

 

2.2

X

X

 

2.3

X

X

X

2.4

X

X

 

2.5

X

X

X

2.6

X

 

X

3.1

X

X

 

3.2

X

 

X

3.3

X

 

X

3.4

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.


Assessment Tasks

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

Assessment Task 1 – Field test on 07/04/2014 (AD2) or 09/04/2014 (AD1) weight 30%
Assessment Task 2 – Field test on 02/06/2014 (AD2) or 04/06/2014 (AD1) weight 30%
Assessment Task 3 – Portfolio due on 02/06/2014 (AD2) or 04/06/2014 (AD1) weight 40%

All assessment tasks need to be succesfully completed to demonstrate competence.

Courses delivered in accordance with competency-based assessment, but which also utilise graded assessment.
CHD (80-100%): Competent with High Distinction
CDI (70-79%): Competent with Distinction
CC (60-69%): Competent with Credit
CAG (50-59%): Competency Achieved – Graded
NYC (<50%): Not Yet Competent
DNS: Did Not Submit an assessment
 


Assessment Matrix

 

Element CoveredAssessment TaskProportion of Final Assessment Submission Time
 1,2 & 3  Field test  30%  07/04/2014 (AD2) or 09/04/2014 (AD1)
 1,2 & 3  FIeld test  30%  02/06/2014 (AD2) or 04/06/2014 (AD1)
 1,2 & 3  Portfolio  40%  02/06/2014 (AD2) or 04/06/2014 (AD1)

Other Information

Underpinning Skills and Knowledge

• exercise precision and accuracy in relation to complex engineering set out survey techniques
• archive and retrieve spatial data
• manage and manipulate spatial data
• manage files
• solve problems relating to height, depth, breadth, dimension, direction and position in actual operational activity and virtual representation
• technology skills to:
• use computers to develop survey documentation
• use instruments when conducting complex engineering set out surveys

• abilities of work teams
• accuracy and precision requirements
• calibration of specialised surveying equipment
• data formats
• data management
• data reduction and manipulation techniques
• guidelines of projects
• high-level, relevant engineering-related tasks and associated computations
• legislative, statutory and industry requirements and standards
• limitations of the guidelines relating to equipment, measuring and analysis
• organisational policies and guidelines, such as OHS guidelines
• planning and control processes
• project review procedures
• safe work practices
• surveying reference systems
• surveying data capture and data set out methodologies
• surveying equipment for data capture and data set out
 

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