Course Title: Apply land and planning law to surveying
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2018
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. |
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. |
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. |
Element: |
4.Calculate identification survey. |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1.Position of improvements in relation to boundaries is calculated using industry-accepted methods. |
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. |
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:
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