Cadastral Surveying

This subject is not offered in 2013.

120 hours

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Cadastral surveying relates to the laws of land ownership and the definition of property boundaries and is a core responsibility for the surveying industry and profession. This subject introduces the legal framework of cadastral surveying, the land tenure system in Victoria, and the methods of performing cadastral surveys, including computations and documentation, as it is required for land acquisition, land compensation and land subdivision procedures.

Upon completion of this subject students will have the ability to:

• Identify the legal and technical requirements for making a cadastral survey in Victoria
• Explain the preparation of the corresponding documentation in the form of plans and reports
• Practically perform a cadastral survey
• To perform survey computations with programmable calculators and computer software and to produce cadastral survey documents using computer aided draughting (eg Liscad)
• Discuss the concepts of SPEAR and ePlan as mechanisms for the digital processing of cadastral plans in Victoria

• Four cadastral surveying practical assignments with preparation of resulting computations and survey documents, each of a workload of 20 hours (x4 @ 20%)
• One 1500 word assignment (20%)

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation, and solution
• Understanding of social, cultural, global, and environmental responsibilities and the need to employ principles of sustainable development
• Ability to utilise a systems approach to complex problems and to design and operational performance
• Understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities, and commitment to them
• Ability to function effectively as an individual and in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, as a team leader or manager as well as an effective team member