SURV6110
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course presents applications of surveying field, office and management principles and practices to the specific environment encountered in mining surveys and other industrial surveys.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Understand the peculiarities of the demands and options in industrial and mining surveying
2. Apply surveying field skills to industrial and mining surveying
3. Become familiar with special equipment typically used in mining and industrial surveys
4. Apply surveying office computing and data reduction skills to industrial and mining surveying
5. Apply surveying data and information analysis skills to industrial and mining surveying
6. Apply surveying management skills to industrial and mining surveying
7. Develop capability to conduct advanced research of relevant literature and apply to practical problems.
Content
1. Characteristics of industrial and mining surveying.
2. Aspects of theodolite design, usage and errors in precise surveys.
3. Optical intersection techniques.
4. Special instruments encountered in industrial and mining surveying.
5. Statistical analysis in precise surveys.
6. Photogrammetric methods for precise surveys.
Requisite
This course has similarities to SURV4110. If you have completed SURV4110 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assumed knowledge
MATH2310 and Level 1 and 2 surveying courses.
Assessment items
Report: Mine Surveying Report
Project: Major Project
Quiz: Quiz
Report: Research Investigation
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- The above distribution of contact hours may alter on a weekly basis and will be confirmed in the course outline handed to students in Week 1.
Practical-1
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- The above distribution of contact hours may alter on a weekly basis and will be confirmed in the course outline handed to students in Week 1.
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- The above distribution of contact hours may alter on a weekly basis and will be confirmed in the course outline handed to students in Week 1.
Course outline
- SURV6110 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 233.9 KB)
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