Certificate IV in Surveying and Spatial Information Services - CPP41721
TAFE NSW
Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 00591E
This qualification reflects the role of entry-level technicians who work under supervision to assist a surveying or spatial information services team. Surveying and spatial information skills are applied in a range of industry contexts, including town planning, civil construction, mining, engineering, health, agriculture and defence.Survey technicians perform a range of duties using surveying tools and equipment, including total stations and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), supported by data management skills.Spatial information services technicians perform a range of duties using geospatial technologies and specialised software, supported by data management skills.Cadastral surveying must be undertaken under the supervision of a registered surveyor. Relevant state and territory regulatory authorities should be consulted to confirm those requirements.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.This qualification is suitable for an Australian traineeship pathway.
Subjects
- Write scripts for software applications
- Apply introductory programming skills in different languages
- Apply mathematical techniques in a manufacturing engineering or related environment
- Plan and conduct field surveying operations
- Maintain spatial data
- Apply query language in relational databases
- Store and retrieve spatial data
- Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
- Produce basic plans of surveys
- Lead team effectiveness
- Prepare and present GIS data
- Operate spatial software applications
- Perform surveying computations
- Collect spatial data using GNSS
- Apply GIS software to spatial problems
- Automate processes
- Source and assess spatial data
- Design and produce maps
- Survey subsurface utility information
- Create spatial data
- Investigate tenure and land use history
- Perform simple surveying and spatial computations
- Collect spatial data using a total station
- Produce basic maps
- Produce computer-aided drawings
- Operate surveying equipment
- Design databases
- Read and interpret maps
- Digitally enhance and process image data
- Create basic relational databases
- Set out site and building works
- Develop spreadsheets for spatial data
