In this course you will develop the skills and knowledge required to conduct an engineering survey based on specifications and information in construction or engineering designs. This includes topographical surveys, grid, road, pipe (stormwater and sewer) and building set-outs. The course also includes using surveying equipment to measure, record and reduce surveying data; validating the accuracy of data; and identifying discrepancies between specifications and activities.

This course is suitable for skilled surveying technicians and skilled spatial information system (SIS) 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.