Provide field support for a boundary re-establishment survey

You are a survey assistant on the field crew.

Simulated workplaceIntermediate missionCAQA Vantage Property Services

What is going on

The surveying team is re-establishing the boundaries and pegging lots 31 to 42 at the Brightwater Stage 3 subdivision in Coomera on 16 September under the direction of the registered surveyor, Anika Sorensen. The site is a live civil construction site with a haul road used by water trucks and excavators, and a near miss involving a survey assistant and a reversing truck was recorded last week. Before the day you must gather the title and plan information from the job file, check the total station and GNSS equipment, and on the day you will set up the instrument, record observations and reductions and place and reference the pegs. A spotter is required for any work within ten metres of the haul road.

Anika Sorensen, Surveying Manager and Registered Surveyor
Subject: Field support for the Brightwater Stage 3 pegging

You are on the field crew at Brightwater Stage 3 on 16 September for the boundary re-establishment and pegging of lots 31 to 42. Before the day, gather the title and survey plan information from the job file, check the total station and GNSS kit, and read the near miss from last week in the incident register. On the day you will run the instrument setup, record observations and reductions and place and reference the pegs. A spotter is required near the haul road. Record the job on the board and any hazard in the register.

Your brief

Prepare the survey information and equipment, complete the site induction and traffic controls, support the field survey by operating the instrument, recording observations and computing simple reductions, place and reference the pegs and record the job and any hazard correctly.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

Review the incident register entry for the 7 September near miss and the WHS Policy, and list the traffic and site controls the crew will use on the day.
Gather the survey plans, title references and control marks from the job file and prepare a field sheet listing the reference marks to search for and the lot corners to place.
Check the total station, prisms, GNSS receiver, batteries and pegging kit against the equipment list and record any fault before leaving the office.
Complete the site induction, wear the required PPE and agree the spotter arrangement with the site supervisor for work near the haul road.
Set up the total station on the control mark, record the observations to the reference marks and the new corners in the field book, and perform the simple computations to check the closures.
Place and reference the pegs for lots 31 to 42 as directed, record the peg references and photographs, and note any mark that could not be found or that disagrees with the plan.
Update the job board entry to Completed with the field notes, and record any hazard or near miss in the Incident, Hazard and Security Log before leaving site.

My notes: what did I enjoy, and what surprised me?

What someone in this role would produce

Field preparation sheet with reference marks and equipment check
Field book observations and computations
Peg reference record with photographs
Completed job board entry and any hazard report

Printing this is a record of what you explored. It is not a certificate or a qualification.