NZQA registered unit standard 29405 version 1
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Title Prepare for and undertake a cadastral survey
Level
Purpose
6 Credits 20
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for and perform a cadastral survey, process field observations, and develop and present survey outcomes.
Classification
Available grade
Surveying > Survey Practice
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 The following legislation and documentation must be complied with:
Cadastral Survey Act 2002;
SurveyorGeneral’s Rules for Cadastral Survey 2002/2 (the Surveyor-General’s
Rules);
SurveyorGeneral’s Ruling 2004/1 (for geodetic datum);
Price, WF, and Uren, J, Surveying for Engineers (UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), available at http://www.fishpond.co.nz
; job specifications.
2 This unit standard does not qualify people to certify cadastral data. Candidates must work under the direction of a licensed cadastral surveyor as required by the
Cadastral Survey Act 2002 and the Surveyor-
General’s Rules.
Outcome 1
Prepare for a cadastral survey.
Evidence requirements.
1.1 Job requirements are confirmed in accordance with current rules, regulations and legislation for cadastral survey.
1.2 Survey methods and equipment are selected in accordance with job requirements.
1.3 Survey outcomes are identified in accordance with job specifications
1.4 Existing legal documents and cadastral survey data is researched and analysed to aid in the determination of cadastral definition.
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Outcome 2
Perform a cadastral survey and process field observations.
Evidence requirements
2.1
2.2
Establish survey control in accordance with job requirements.
Survey measurement and observations are undertaken in accordance with job requirements.
2.3
2.4
Field data is reduced in accordance with job requirements.
Accuracy is confirmed in accordance with current rules, regulations and legislation for cadastral survey.
Outcome 3
Develop and present survey outcomes.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Reduced field data and existing data sets are analysed in accordance with job requirements and good survey practice.
3.2 A new cadastral data set is produced in accordance with job requirements and good survey practice.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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 21 April 2016 N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0101
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR 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
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if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Infrastructure ITO
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