CET 130 - Surveying Fundamentals Credits: 4 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Practicum Hours: 0 Work Experience: 0 Course Type: Voc/Tech This course will develop a working knowledge of surveying fundamentals. Topics include an introduction to surveying basics, instruments and equipment, measurement of distances and angles, determining elevations, note keeping and traversing. Competencies
- Examine the Basics of surveying
- Explain Types of surveys
- Demonstrate Surveying instrumentation
- Explain Survey reference systems
- Explain Units of measurement
- Explain Errors and mistakes
- Interpret angles and their measure
- Draw angles whose measures are given in degrees and radians
- Convert degree-minutes-seconds to decimal degrees
- Determine arc length
- Determine sine, cosine, and tangent
- Make use of Leveling concepts and procedures
- Explain General terms, concepts and process
- Explain Effects of curvature and refraction
- Demonstrate Differential leveling procedures
- Explain Reciprocal leveling techniques
- Explain Three-wire leveling techniques
- Make use of Trigonometry leveling
- Explain Errors and mistakes
- Explain Leveling adjustments
- Utilize automatic levels
- Make use of distance measurement topics and techniques
- Explain types of distance measurements
- Explain Distance measurement techniques
- Discuss Systematic and random errors
- Utilize electronic distance measurements
- Examine the use of angles and distances in surveying.
- Identify Types of reference meridians
- Identify Types of horizontal angles
- Compute and use azimuths
- Compute and use bearings
- Describe magnetic bearings and declination
- Make use of Total stations and data collectors
- Demonstrate conventional total stations and data collectors
- Demonstrate Instrument and data collector set-up
- Apply Field procedures and techniques for total stations
- Solve Traverse surveys and computations
- Explain Types of traverses
- Compute latitudes and departures
- Compute closure errors and precision
- Compute Traverse adjustments
- Compute rectangular coordinates
Competencies Revised Date: AY2023
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