STANDARD COMPETENCIES

 

 1. Use the principles and procedures of plane surveying for data collection, mapping, and construction layout;

 2. Analyze and reduce survey field measurements to produce a topographic map;

 3. Assess the accuracy and precision of field measurements;

 4. Evaluate the sources of systematic and random errors in those measurements;

 5. Determine the suitability for calculating derived quantities;

 6. Create professional documents with proper grammar and syntax as a member of a team;

 7. Demonstrate the procedures of surveying field data collection (including the use of many types of equipment);

 8. Apply surveying computations and adjustments and surveying data representation;

 9. Implement field and stadia traverse;

 10. Complete area computations;

 11. Describe and demonstrate the operation and use of field survey instrumentation;

 12. Perform Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) survey.

 

 

 TOPICAL OUTLINE

 

 I. Traverse

      a. Computations

      b. Coordinate Transformations

      c. Accuracy and Specifications

      d. Measurement Omission

 II. Area Calculations

      a. Methods

      b. Offsets

 III. Map Projections

      a. Types of Projections

      b. Datum

      c. Computation of Coordinates

      d. Conversion of Coordinates

 IV. Global Navigation Satellite Systems

      a. Definitions

      b. System Components

      c. Positioning Methods

      d. Errors

 V. Spatial Information Systems

      a. Coordinate References

      b. Contours

      c. Digital Elevation Models

      d. Cartography

      e. Topography

      f. Map Contents

 VI. Control Survey

      a. Planning

      b. Horizontal Control

      c. Vertical Control

      d. Precision

 VII. Route Surveying

      a. Planning

      b. Control

      c. Curve Geometries

      d. Cross Sections

      e. Volumes

 VIII. Construction Surveying

      a. Alignment

      b. Grade

      c. Precision

      d. Highways

      e. Streets

      f. Pipelines

      g. Buildings

      h. Bridges

      i.   As Built Surveys

 IX. Land Survey – History

      a. Kinds of Land Surveys

      b. Monuments

      c. Property Records

 X. Land Survey – Methods

      a. Property Description

      b. Metes and Bounds Description

      c. PLSS

      d. Subdivision

 XI. Land Survey – Legal

      a. Legal Authority of the Surveyor

      b. Liability of the Surveyor

 XII. Types of Survey

      a. Field  Records

      b. Original Survey

      c. Resurvey

      d. Subdivision

      e. City

      f. Cadastral

      g. Public Lands