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Survey and set out building and construction control
Level
5
Credits
6
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working, or who intend to work, in the
surveying profession as a survey technician.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for a construction
set-out; establish origins and set out control for construction surveys;
establish and record construction set-outs; and perform and record as-built
surveys.
Subfield
Surveying
Domain
Survey Practice
Status
Registered
Status date
25 February 2008
Date version published
25 February 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Infrastructure ITO
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0101
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Documentation relevant to this unit standard includes:
Price, W F, and Uren, J, Surveying for Engineers (UK: Palgrave Macmillan 2005),
available at http://www.fishpond.co.nz;
site safety plan.
2
Personal protective equipment must be used throughout operations in accordance
with company procedures.
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Evidence for this unit standard must comprise: a road alignment set-out that includes
a horizontal curve, and a construction set-out for a structure of at least one hundred
square metres.
4
Definitions
GPS refers to the United States NAVSTAR GPS or Navigation Signal Timing and
Ranging Global Positioning System.
Job requirements take account of site conditions to meet contract specifications, and
accord with procedures and work instructions written in quality manuals.
Workplace procedures refer to documented procedures specific to a surveying
enterprise which set out the quality management requirements for the business
practice and activities of that enterprise.
Site procedures refer to the client’s safety procedures construction plans,
specifications, and schedules, applicable to the worksite.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare for a construction set-out.
Performance criteria
1.1
Job requirements for a construction set-out are determined in accordance with
workplace and site procedures.
Range
position, heights, with or without offsets, tolerances, certification.
1.2
A survey method and equipment are selected to suit the job requirements and
achieve required accuracy.
1.3
Set-out coordinates are determined in accordance with the current version of
supplied construction data.
Range
1.4
data – digital, electronic, printed;
prior to commencing operations, during surveying works.
Preparation includes site safety induction in accordance with the site safety
plan.
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Element 2
Establish origins and set out controls for construction surveys.
Range
equipment for establishing origin may include but is not limited to – theodolite,
total station, level, GPS.
Performance criteria
2.1
Permanent datums and reference marks are established in accordance with the
job specifications.
Range
reference marks – vertical control, horizontal control.
2.2
Critical survey marks are protected in accordance with workplace and site
procedures.
2.3
Established survey control complies with tolerances specified in the job
requirements.
Element 3
Establish and record construction set-outs.
Range
construction – kerb and channel, building gridlines, bulk earthworks, drainage.
Performance criteria
3.1
Structure profiles and set-out marks are established in accordance with the job
requirements.
3.2
Structure profiles and set-out marks are recorded in accordance with the job
requirements.
Range
recording may include – certification, signed plan, diagrams.
3.3
The construction set-out is communicated to the site supervisor in accordance
with worksite procedures.
3.4
The construction set-out is audited in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
audit may include but is not limited to – independent field check,
corroboration with site personnel.
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Element 4
Perform and record as-built surveys.
Range
as-built – kerb and channel, building location and height, drainage;
equipment may include but is not limited to – theodolite, total station, level,
GPS.
Performance criteria
4.1
The as-built survey is performed in accordance with workplace procedures and
job requirements.
4.2
The as-built survey is recorded and reported in accordance with job
requirements.
4.3
The as-built survey is audited in accordance with workplace procedures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Infrastructure ITO askus@infratrain.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to
the content of this unit standard.
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