Qualification details

Employability Skills Qualification Summary 

Employability Skill 

Industry /enterprise requirements for this qualification include the following facets :

Communication 

• apply communication skills
• discuss vocational issues effectively with colleagues
• impart knowledge and ideas through oral, written and visual means
• apply literacy skills to:
• assess and use workplace information
• locate and interpret legislation and other written documentation
• prepare and manage documentation and information flow
• read and write key performance reports, including technical reports
• research and evaluate (high level) in order to source SIS educational information
• document project objectives, deliverables, constraints, principal work activities and equipment requirements according to spatial data specifications and client requirements
• implement and maintain agreed communication processes between project members, clients and other stakeholders
• complete required documentation promptly, accurately and according to organisational guidelines
• implement and apply agreed communication processes between project members, clients and other stakeholders
• apply numeracy skills to:
• analyse errors
• conduct image analysis
• interpret and analyse statistics
• perform mental calculations
• record with accuracy and precision
• undertake high level computations

Teamwork 

• relate to people from a range of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities
• present project specifications to relevant personnel
• inform relevant personnel of the results according to organisational guidelines

Problem solving 

• evaluate spatial information to apply knowledge to plan future collection requirements
• scope spatial data acquisition requirements
• analyse client instructions to determine specific needs and spatial data requirements
• evaluate available collection options
• research and adhere to pertinent legal and statutory standards
• create, extract and output information from engineering plans
• spatial skills to:
• understand the holistic implications of height, depth, breadth, dimension, direction and position to actual operational activity and virtual representation
• exercise precision and accuracy in relation to surveying
• solve complex problems relating to height, depth, breadth, dimension, direction and position in actual operational activity and virtual representation
• design and interpret technical documentation

Initiative and enterprise 

• select preferred option on the basis of client needs and organisational capability and priorities
• develop spatial data collection and validation plan
• create survey drawings using suitable software

Planning and organising 

• plan spatial data collection and validation
• plan the processes and procedures involved in undertaking field surveys, including access, layout, development and provision of services, according to organisational and OHS guidelines
• organise resources for survey operations
• prepare computer-aided design environment
• implement project management mechanisms to measure, record and report progress of activities in relation to the agreed schedule and plans
• archive spatial data according to project specifications

Self-management 

• delegate duties
• prioritise activities
• adhere to OHS requirements throughout the conduct of design and drawing procedures

Learning 

• perform file management and train others in this task
• perform spatial data archival and retrieval and train others in this task
• perform spatial data management and manipulation and train others in this task
• train others in spatial precision techniques
• update skills and knowledge to accommodate changes in operating environment and equipment
• apply knowledge of terminology and nomenclature applicable to surveying

Technology 

• use a computer (high technical user level) to develop business documentation
• create survey drawings using suitable software
• conduct operational elements of surveying operations
• understand and apply high-level, relevant engineering-related tasks and associated computations

Packaging rules 

To achieve recognition at the Diploma level, the candidate must demonstrate competency in the seven core units, plus nine electives (total sixteen units). Up to two of the required electives may be selected from other qualifications aligned at the Certificate IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma level in this Training Package or from other relevant endorsed Training Package qualifications aligned at the Certificate IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma level.

Core units 

CPPSIS5001A

Plan spatial data collection and validation

CPPSIS5017A

Conduct an advanced GPS data collection and set out survey

CPPSIS5018A

Conduct an engineering survey

CPPSIS5020A

Create engineering drawings

CPPSIS5023A

Manage advanced surveying computations

CPPSIS5024A

Perform geodetic surveying computations

CPPSIS5028A

Conduct geodetic surveying

Elective units 

BSBITU402A

Develop and use complex spreadsheets

BSBATSIL502B

Work with the manager

BSBOHS509A

Ensure a safe workplace

CPCCSV5007A

Undertake site surveys and set-out procedures for building projects

CPCCSV5008A

Apply building control legislation to building surveying

CPPCMN4002A

Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

CPPSIS5003A

Implement a spatial information services project plan

CPPSIS5007A

Maintain complex spatial data systems

CPPSIS5010A

Collate and interpret spatial data

CPPSIS5013A

Design a spatial data storage system

CPPSIS5014A

Develop a subdivision survey design for local government approval

CPPSIS5015A

Undertake spatial process improvement to reduce costs and improve service

CPPSIS5016A

Design a stormwater system

CPPSIS5019A

Conduct an engineering surveying project

CPPSIS5021A

Apply land and planning law to surveying

CPPSIS5022A

Integrate surveying datasets

CPPSIS5025A

Plan and conduct major survey expeditions

CPPSIS5026A

Design road and railway

CPPSIS5027A

Carry out a precision survey

CPPSIS5029A

Determine suitable information sources to create new spatial datasets

CPPSIS6001A

Conduct open mine pit surveying

CPPSIS6002A

Create mine drawings

CPPSIS6013A

Conduct underground mine surveying

FDFOPTRWP3A

Report on workplace performance

ICTTC032C

Undertake a civil site survey

MNCO1046A

Apply and monitor systems and methods of mining

LGAPLEM404A

Prepare and present geographic information systems data

LGAPLEM508A

Manipulate and analyse data within geographic information systems

MNQGEN500A

Implement and maintain management plans to control risk

PSPLAND308A

Compile and check survey plans

RTD4507A

Produce maps for land management purposes