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Level 2
Demonstrate knowledge of safety for survey practice
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 2
23879 Unit Standard 6 Credits
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This unit standard is for people who are working, or intend to work, in the surveying profession. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of hazards at surveying workplaces and their controls; and explain safe practice for access to properties for surveying operations.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Level 3
Demonstrate knowledge of, and set up, survey instruments and targets
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8774.
23875 Unit Standard 8 Credits
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This unit standard is for people who are working, or who intend to work, in the surveying profession in jobs that require them to use surveying instruments in the field. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge required for using surveying instruments in the field; set up and care for surveying equipment; centre and level surveying instruments accurately over survey marks; and clean, store, and demonstrate routine maintenance of surveying instruments.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Demonstrate knowledge of surveying mathematical principles
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 2
29412 Unit Standard 15 Credits
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People credited with this standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of algebra equations and trigonometry to solve for the elements of right angled and non-right angled triangles., analyse geometric shapes for survey applications, and demonstrate knowledge of the application of vectors and statistics to surveying.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Set up survey instruments and targets
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 7 This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard 23875.
8774 Unit Standard 2 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to set up survey instruments, and centre instruments and observing targets over survey marks.
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Undertake and record linear field measurements for survey purposes
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 7 This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard 23876.
8775 Unit Standard 3 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select a method and equipment for linear measurement; calibrate survey instruments and targets; undertake direct linear observations; and record and reduce field observations.
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Undertake and record angular field measurements for survey purposes
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 7 This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard 23877.
8776 Unit Standard 4 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select equipment and a method for angular measurement; calibrate survey instruments and targets; undertake direct angular observations; and record and reduce field observations.
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Determine vertical height for survey purposes
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 7 This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard 23878.
8777 Unit Standard 3 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to select instrumentation and methodology, and determine height differences and reduced levels.
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Construct and maintain control survey marks on land
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 7
8778 Unit Standard 8 Credits
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This unit standard is for people working, or who intend to work, in the surveying profession as a survey assistant. People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to construct on-land control survey marks; construct and install on-land control survey mark support structures; site and place control survey ground marks; maintain on-land control survey marks; and complete site records for on-land control survey marks.
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Work safely in a surveying workplace
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 7
8798 Unit Standard 6 Credits
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This unit standard is for people who are working in the surveying industry. People credited with this unit standard are able to: operate safely whilst conducting a survey in an urban environment; operate safely whilst conducting a survey on a construction site; operate safely whilst conducting a survey in a rural area; access and leave a property safely; and maintain security and safety in a surveying office.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Calculate areas, contours, and volumes for survey purposes
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Version 7
8799 Unit Standard 8 Credits
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This unit standard is for people working, or who intend to work, in the surveying profession as a survey technician. People credited with this unit standard are able to: calculate areas for survey purposes; calculate volumes for survey purposes; and calculate contours for survey purposes.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Level 4
Demonstrate knowledge of, perform, and record linear field measurements for survey practice
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8775.
23876 Unit Standard 8 Credits
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This unit standard is for people who are working, or who intend to work, in the surveying profession as a survey technician. People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the accuracy capabilities and ranges of surveying instruments for measuring linear distance; explain standard methods for measuring distance for surveying; explain errors and reductions on linear measurements; prepare to take linear field measurements for surveying using standard surveying instruments; perform direct linear observations for surveying using standard surveying instruments; and record and reduce field observations for linear measurements.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Explain, perform, and record angular field measurements using standard surveying instruments
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8776.
23877 Unit Standard 6 Credits
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This unit standard is for people working, or who intend to work, in the surveying profession as a survey technician. People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the accuracy capabilities and ranges of standard surveying instruments for measuring horizontal angles; explain standard methods for measuring angles in surveying; explain errors and reductions on angular measurements using standard surveying instruments; prepare to take angular field measurements for surveying using standard surveying instruments; perform direct angular observations for surveying using standard surveying instruments; and record and reduce field observations for angular measurements.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Determine differences in height for survey practice
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8777.
23878 Unit Standard 7 Credits
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This unit standard is for people who are working, or who intend to work, in the surveying profession as a survey technician. People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the accuracy capabilities and ranges of surveying instruments for measuring differences in height; explain methods for measuring differences in height using conventional surveying instruments; explain errors and reductions in measuring differences in height; prepare to determine vertical heights for surveying using conventional surveying instruments; record and reduce field observations for differences in height; and determine height differences and reduce levels for different topography.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Identify and explain the purpose and application of surveying
Version 2
29400 Unit Standard 3 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to identify and explain: the purpose and application of surveying disciplines; sources of data and regulations for surveying; and surveying outputs.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 101
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Demonstrate knowledge of and apply safe work practices when undertaking surveying operations
Version 2
29401 Unit Standard 5 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of health and safety in surveying, and safely undertake a surveying operation.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 101
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Demonstrate knowledge of measurement in surveying
Version 2
29402 Unit Standard 14 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: measurement systems in surveying; the xyz coordinate system in surveying; and types of vertical datum systems in surveying; explain the shape and curvature of the earth and its effect on survey measurement; and demonstrate knowledge of errors, tolerances and reductions in surveying.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 101
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Demonstrate knowledge of surveying instruments, software and firmware
Version 2
29404 Unit Standard 5 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of surveying instruments, software and firmware.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 101
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Set up, check calibration and maintain surveying equipment
Version 3
29406 Unit Standard 15 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: set up; check calibration; and maintain and store, surveying equipment.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 101
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Undertake survey measurement tasks and checks
Version 2
29408 Unit Standard 30 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to undertake survey measurement tasks and checks.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 101
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Confirm reliability of existing survey marks
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 7
8762 Unit Standard 5 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: obtain existing documentary evidence for surveys; relate data to monuments in the field; and locate existing survey marks.
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Advise local and public utility authorities on survey maintenance
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 7
8763 Unit Standard 2 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: analyse civil engineering plans; advise local and public utility authorities undertaking work likely to disturb survey marks; initiate protection plan; and complete survey records.
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Apply mathematics to surveying
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 8
8800 Unit Standard 15 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: calculate curves for surveying; calculate parallel-sided figures for surveying; calculate survey positions using trigonometric techniques; calculate traverse closures and adjust misclosures; and calculate missing lines.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Use contemporary software to carry out survey computations
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 7
8801 Unit Standard 6 Credits
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This unit standard is for people working, or who intend to work, in the surveying profession as a survey technician. People credited with this unit standard are able to: set up a job using surveying software; calculate and adjust closures using surveying software; calculate boundaries and areas using surveying software; calculate joins and offsets using surveying software; calculate intersections and resections using surveying software; calculate volumes using surveying software; and calculate contours using surveying software.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Level 5
Explain and use the Global Positioning System (GPS) for survey practice
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 3
23880 Unit Standard 10 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the accuracy capabilities and appropriateness of GPS for survey practice; explain methods for recording positions using GPS for survey practice; identify errors in GPS derived measurements and explain reductions on vector measurements; prepare to take coordinate and vector field measurements using GPS; perform direct vector and coordinate observations using GPS; and record and reduce field observations for three-dimensional measurements using GPS for survey practice.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Demonstrate knowledge of legislation for survey practice
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 2
23881 Unit Standard 6 Credits
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This unit standard is for people working, or who intend to work, in the surveying profession as a survey technician in a land surveying context. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of the Cadastral Survey Act 2002 and the Surveyor-General''s Rules in relation to survey practice, and identify the purpose of specified Acts and outline key aspects of legislation affecting survey practice.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Prepare for and undertake a topographical survey
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 2
29403 Unit Standard 10 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for and perform a topographical survey, process field observations, and develop and present survey outcomes.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Produce a topographical survey plan
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Version 7
8764 Unit Standard 8 Credits
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This unit standard is for people working, or who intend to work, in the surveying profession as a survey technician. People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for a topographical survey; perform a topographical survey; process field observations from the topographical survey; and develop and present a topographical plan.
Standard-setting body:
Produce cadastral survey plans
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 7 This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard 23874.
8765 Unit Standard 15 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: coordinate traverse and boundary marks; apply the criteria for the definition of legal boundaries; calculate boundaries and areas; plot survey traverses and legal boundaries: and apply title and attribute data.
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Survey and set out building and construction control
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 7
8766 Unit Standard 6 Credits
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This unit standard is for people working, or who intend to work, in the surveying profession as a survey technician. People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for a construction set-out; establish origins and set out control for construction surveys; establish and record construction set-outs; and perform and record as-built surveys.
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Level 6
Confirm the reliability of existing land survey marks
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 2
23873 Unit Standard 12 Credits
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This unit standard is for people working, or who intend to work, in the surveying profession as a survey technician in a land surveying context. People credited with this unit standard are able to: analyse existing documents for survey data; locate existing survey marks using a variety of methods; and explain surveying measurement terminology and assess the reliability of existing survey marks.
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Produce survey data for a cadastral dataset
Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8765.
23874 Unit Standard 10 Credits
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This unit standard is for people who are working in the surveying profession as a survey technician. People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for cadastral surveys; survey a site for cadastral surveying; process field observations from the cadastral survey; and develop information for a cadastral dataset.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 101
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Prepare for and undertake a cadastral survey
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 2
29405 Unit Standard 20 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for and perform a cadastral survey, process field observations, and develop and present survey outcomes.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Prepare for and undertake an engineering survey
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 3
29407 Unit Standard 20 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for and perform an engineering survey, process field observations, and develop and present survey outcomes.
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
Demonstrate knowledge of height datums and global navigation satellite system for geodetic surveying
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 2
29409 Unit Standard 10 Credits
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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain height datums in relation to geodetic surveying, and demonstrate knowledge of GNSS used for geodetic surveying
Standard-setting body:
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council
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