Land Surveyor Core Competences

Land Surveyor: Core Competences

A Surveyor will be fully competent in all of the core areas; capable of carrying out all types of projects with all methodologies, and able to manage Junior, Trainee and Assistant Surveyors competently and safely.

1. Health & Safety

Basic Principles PPE Risk Assessments Method Statements Lone Working Manual Handling Heavy Lifter Traffic Management. NRSWA

iv. Batter rails Quality Checks

7. Monitoring

2. Project Management

Principals of repeatability Preparation Equipment Project set-up. Methodologies Quality Checks Results

Technics Group System Resource Management Quality System Blue File + Survey Checklist Company Representative Company Administration Services offered

8. Co-ordinate Theory

Grids + co-ordinates Triangle Theory Local + National Grid Scale factor

3. Topo

9. Error Theory
Basic Survey Principles Setting up tripods/pods Setting up instrument Coding + data collection Traverse i. Set up ii. Geometry iii. Stn location iv. closed loop v. Free stationing Good standard of 2D + 3D Topo 1200 Robotic capable 1200 GPS tie in capable Leveling Trig Heighting Quality checks

Theodolite errors Propagation of errors Refraction + Reflection Circle theory Drawing scale Accuracy Vs Precision

10. CAD + Processing

4. Measured Building survey

Basic Survey Principals Control Sketching and measuring Internal Elevations Sections Quality checks

Processing i. N4CE ii. Transformation iii. 3D iv. Topo v. 3d Building LGO GPS competent Setting up drawings Using Local Grid/National Grid/GPS/Graphical Fit Chamber/services annotations Good CAD Standards for all surveys CAD 3D + simple modeling

11. Personal

5. Drainage

Basic Principles of drainage systems Detailing chambers. IL etc. Dye testing

Professionalism Reliability Flexibility Team Leadership Communication Organization Eager to learn Company Values High standard of work quality

6. Setting Out

Principles Preparation Equipment Baselines Free-stations Methodologies i. Co-ordinates ii. Offsets iii. Profile Boards

12. Quality + Standards

ISO 9001 awareness + QMS RICS EuroGPR TSA Guidelines End.

Form No: SF0 Version No: 1 Last Modified: 23 Oct. 11 Page 1 of 1

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