This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to set out roads, stormwater systems and associated engineering structures using surveying methods and equipment. It includes interpreting plans, maps and specifications to conduct measurements and calculations so that roads, stormwater components and related engineering structures are in the correct position and at the correct reduced level. The unit also includes using horizontal and vertical control techniques to set out marks and lines to define the position and level of design points on site. It includes measuring, calculating and reducing surveying data, including fall of land and volume relating to contours, spot heights and cross-sections. It also includes checking and validating measurements against specifications and completing set-out documentation.

This unit is suitable for skilled surveying technicians who use a broad range of cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to analyse information and provide solutions to sometimes complex surveying/spatial information problems.

Surveying and spatial information skills are applied in a range of industry contexts, including town planning, civil construction, mining, engineering, health, agriculture and defence.  

All work must be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, in accordance with relevant state/territory regulations that govern surveying work, as well as work health and safety (WHS) legislation and regulations that apply to the workplace.

Cadastral surveying must be undertaken under the supervision of a registered surveyor. Users must check with the relevant regulatory state/territory authority before delivery.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.