NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of the New Zealand surveying system
Level
5
Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the
historical development of the New Zealand survey system;
describe the purpose and structure of the New Zealand
Institute of Surveyors Inc.; describe the purpose and structure
of the Cadastral Surveyors Licensing Board; describe the
function of Land Information New Zealand in relation to
surveying; describe the control network; describe the cadastral
record system; describe the agencies associated with the
surveying system.
Classification
Surveying > Survey - Land Administration and Applied
Resource Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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Legislation and associated documentation relevant to this unit standard includes:
Cadastral Survey Act 2002;
Land Act 1948;
Land Transfer Act 1952;
Māori Affairs Amendment Acts of 1967 and 1974;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993/The Māori Land Act 1993;
Cadastral Survey (Fees) Regulations 2003;
Māori Land Court Rules, 1994;
Brookers Maori Legislation Handbook, (Wellington: Thomson Brookers, 2005), for
Māori Affairs Act 1953 and Native Land Acts of 1862, 1865, 1867, 1873, 1880, 1886,
1894, and 1909.
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Reference material relevant to this unit standard may include, but is not limited to:
Baldwin AJ, editor, Law for Surveyors, (1997) available from
http://www.worldcat.org/title/law-for-surveyors;
Indexing System of the Land Titles Office;
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) information on cadastral information, including
datasets and survey reports, available at http://www.linz.govt.nz;
McVeaghs Local Government Law in New Zealand (Wellington: Thomson Brookers,
2006), available at http://www.brookers.co.nz.
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Candidates should contact the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors Inc. (NZIS),
telephone 04 471 1774, email nzis@surveyors.org.nz to obtain access to the
following documents:
NZIS Charter;
NZIS membership manual;
NZIS members’ handbooks for the current year;
McRae, editor, Surveyor and the Law 1993, and subsequent revisions.
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Definition
NZGD 1949 refers to the New Zealand Geodetic Datum dated 1949.
NZGD 2000 refers to the New Zealand Geodetic Datum dating from 2000.
WGS 84 refers to the World Geodetic System dating from 1984.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the historical development of the New Zealand survey system.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The description outlines the historical development of elements of the survey
system.
Range
elements – provincial systems, national control, Survey and Land
Districts, meridional circuits, Old Cadastral, NZGD 1949, NZGD
2000.
Outcome 2
Describe the purpose and structure of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors Inc.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The description outlines the purpose of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors
Inc. in accordance with its charter.
2.2
The description outlines the functions and responsibilities of members of the
New Zealand Institute of Surveyors Inc. in accordance with the membership
manual.
2.3
The description outlines the structure and functions of the New Zealand Institute
of Surveyors Inc. in accordance with its documentation.
Range
membership status, services to members, awards, professional
development, discipline.
Outcome 3
Describe the purpose and structure of the Cadastral Surveyors Licensing Board.
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Evidence requirements
3.1
The description outlines the constitution of the Cadastral Surveyors Licensing
Board.
3.2
The description outlines the functions of the Cadastral Surveyors Licensing
Board in accordance with s 11 Cadastral Survey Act.
Range
3.3
licensing, education standards, discipline.
The description outlines the disciplinary powers and procedures of the
Cadastral Surveyors Licensing Board.
Outcome 4
Describe the function of Land Information New Zealand in relation to surveying.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The description outlines the functions and duties of Land Information New
Zealand in relation to surveying.
Range
functions – publication of Surveyor-General’s Rules, maintenance
of national geodetic control network, survey and title records
system, cadastral survey auditing, one other such as – mining
survey records, hydrographic records, precise levelling.
Outcome 5
Describe the control network.
Evidence requirements
5.1
The description outlines accuracy orders in accordance with Land Information
New Zealand (LINZ) requirements.
5.2
The description outlines meridional circuits in relation to the control network.
Range
5.3
scale factors, convergence.
The description outlines the relationship of the old cadastral and geodetic
datums to the control network in accordance with LINZ information.
Outcome 6
Describe the cadastral record system.
Evidence requirements
6.1
The description explains the elements of the cadastral record system in
accordance with LINZ information.
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elements – plan records, deposited plans, survey office plans,
Māori land plans, land transfer plans, cross-lease plans,
landonline, mining plans, unit plans.
Range
6.2
The description describes the function and purpose of survey records in
accordance with LINZ information on cadastral data.
includes but is not limited to – field notes, traverse sheets, survey
reports.
Range
6.3
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The description explains cadastral record sheets and spatial search records in
accordance with LINZ requirements for dataset entry.
Outcome 7
Describe the agencies associated with the surveying system.
Evidence requirements
7.1
Agencies are identified and their roles described in relation to the surveying
system in New Zealand.
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 January 1997
31 December 2017
Revision
2
10 December 1997
31 December 2017
Revision
3
8 October 1998
31 December 2017
Revision
4
7 June 2000
31 December 2017
Revision
5
19 July 2004
31 December 2017
Review
6
25 February 2008
31 December 2017
Review
7
21 April 2016
N/A
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