Course Title: Apply land and planning law to surveying

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2017

Course Code: CIVE5722C

Course Title: Apply land and planning law to surveying

School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6156 - Advanced Diploma of Surveying

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

             

Teacher: Stephen Falzon

School of Engineering (TAFE)
Ph: 9925 0194
Email: stephenjoseph.falzon@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

There are no pre-requisites for this unit.

Course Description

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to apply land and planning law to surveying. The unit covers marking out urban structures and identifying urban lots and related improvements using cadastral surveying methods and equipment. The unit also covers determining azimuth for identification and re-mark surveys, and undertaking mark-out surveys to fix front and rear corners, angles and line marks. It includes calculating identification surveys and preparing reports and sketches that identify physical constraints and environmental impacts. The unit requires the ability to set up, calibrate and use surveying equipment to measure, record and reduce surveying data; and to compile reports and sketches for submission to an approving authority as part of a development application. The unit requires knowledge of land and planning law, and of the submission process for local government building approvals.

The unit supports those who work under limited supervision in a surveying team, in areas such as town planning, surveying and mapping.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CPPSIS5051 Apply land and planning law to surveying

Element:

1.Determine survey requirements and azimuth.

Performance Criteria:

1.1.Relevant information is gathered to determine survey requirements in consultation with appropriate persons.
1.2.Survey marks are located as indicated on survey plan.
1.3.Position of parcel of land corners is established from identified survey marks.
1.4.Right on boundary or parallel azimuth is established.
1.5.Monumented and non-monumented occupations are used to establish an azimuth parallel to street boundary.
1.6.Assumed azimuth is adopted to enable completion of field survey, and subsequent calculations and adjustments to swing onto azimuth are made.
1.7.Azimuth derived from marks at opposite extremities of survey is calculated.
1.8.Relationship between alignment marks, kerb lines, kerb as laid, and occupations is interpreted when azimuth is fixed using alignment marks, kerbs and occupations shown in alignment plans.

Element:

2.Undertake mark-out survey and fix front and rear corners, angles and line marks.

Performance Criteria:

2.1.Azimuth is established by direct or indirect means and front corners of allotment are fixed.
2.2.Side fix is established for the allotment using occupations, and monuments or reference marks.
2.3.Direct methods are used to establish positions of rear corners.
2.4.Traverse and calculations from street azimuth and side fix are made to set out rear corners by indirect means.
2.5.Requirement to use line marks on long or obstructed boundaries is identified.
2.6.Suitable checking procedure to validate positioning of all placed marks is identified and followed.

Element:

3.Meet local government building requirements.

Performance Criteria:

3.1.Re-mark surveys and local government siting requirements for the issue of building certificate are met.
3.2.Relevant survey regulations relating to supervision and accuracy of surveys, field procedures, and survey searching are adhered to.
3.3.Field notes are prepared according to organisational requirements and legal and statutory standards.

Element:

4.Calculate identification survey.

Performance Criteria:

4.1.Position of improvements in relation to boundaries is calculated using industry-accepted methods.
4.2.Position of improvements in relation to set-out buildings is calculated using coordinate system.

Element:

5.Prepare draft survey report and sketches.

Performance Criteria:

5.1.Draft survey report and accompanying sketches are prepared for a re-mark survey according to organisational requirements.
5.2.Physical constraints and environmental impacts of development are incorporated into report.

Learning Outcomes


Please refer to the Elements of Competency.


Details of Learning Activities

You will be involved in the following learning activities:
• Lectures
• Tutorials
• Projects

Undertake Case Studies - various scenarios provided and problem solving exercisesUndertake class activities

Online learning outside class


Teaching Schedule

Teaching Schedule

Week

Topic

1

First European Settlement

2

Purchasing a property – Portfolio & Class activities

3

Land tenure

4

Dealings in land, Land acquisition and compensation

5

Principles of reestablishment 1

6

Principles of reestablishment 2

7

Test 1

 

8

Boundaries

9

Roads

 

10

Subdivision

11

Subdivisional documentation

12

Planning

13

Surveyor General, Practice Guidelines and Handbook

14

Survey records

15

Portfolio discussion

16

Revision

17

Test 2

18

Portfolio submissions & class exercises


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

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. 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 Tasks

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

Assessment

Weight%

Task 1

Test 1

30%

Task 2

Portfolio

40%

Task 3

Test 2

30%

 

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

Assessment Mapping Matrix 

Elements/

Performance Criteria Covered

Task 1

Task 2

Task 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

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

 

4.1

 

X

X

4.2

 

X

X

5.1

 

X

X

5.2

 

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

Assessment 1 Test 1: (Land Law)                                               Due Week 8                         Weighting 30%
Meeting local government building requirements and survey statutory requirements.
Investigate legislative land law pertinent to surveying.

Assessment 2 Test 2: (Case studies- Land Law)                       Due Week 15                     Weighting 30%
Solve given case scenarios relating to boundary definition.
Calculation and multiple choice test approximately 10 questions.

AssessmentT 3 Portfolio bases assessment 3: (Planning Law)   Due Week 17                Weighting 40%


Assignment based on a given scenario, all documentation relating to assessment to be supplied in a portfolio. Town planning permits, zoning, contract of sale and section 32, identification survey, conveyancing, owners corporation, title search, service statutory requirements and costs, financial matters need to be addressed in portfolio.

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 Matrix

Elements/

Performance Criteria Covered

Task 1

Task 2

Task 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

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

 

4.1

 

X

X

4.2

 

X

X

5.1

 

X

X

5.2

 

X

X

 

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 and Learning Support:
Study and Learning Centre (SLC) provides free learning and academic development advice to you. Services offered by SLC 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 to http://www.rmit.edu.au/studyandlearningcentre to find more information about Study and Learning Support.

Disability Liaison Unit:
If you are suffering from long-term medical condition or disability, you should contact Disability Liaison Unit to seek advice and support to complete your studies.
Please refer to http://www.rmit.edu.au/disability to find more information about services offered by Disability Liaison Unit.

Late Submission:
If you require an Extension of Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) for seven calendar days or less (from the original due date) and have valid reasons, you must complete 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 two working days of the date of lodgement as to whether the extension has been granted.
If you seek an Extension of Submittable Work for more than seven calendar days (from the original due date), you must lodge an Application for Special Consideration form under the provisions of the Special Consideration Policy, preferably prior to, but no later than two 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 to http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration to find more information about special consideration.

Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is a form of cheating and it is very serious academic offence that may lead to expulsion from the university.
Please refer to http://www.rmit.edu.au/academicintegrity to find more information about plagiarism.

Email Communication:
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