| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Mine Surveying |
| Unit ID: | ENGIN5511 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | (ENMIN5021) |
| ASCED: | 030303 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
This course qualifies participants to apply an advanced body of knowledge in the area of mine surveying and equips them with highly developed skills for research and enquiry. Students enrolled in this course will be able to apply the body of knowledge to a range of contexts within the mining industry enabling them to undertake professional or highly skilled work within the mining industry and allow them to undertake further study. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | |  | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Select survey instruments, techniques and computational methods in engineering surveying. |
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| K2. | Interpret the processes of engineering surveying. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Assess mine surveying and select appropriate equipment and methods. |
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| S2. | Select appropriate computation techniques to process survey data. |
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| S3. | Incorporate maps, plans and digital data required for the design and construction of mining projects. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
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| A2. | Organize and complete a field survey. |
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| Unit Content: |
•Surveying instrumentation for the measurement of lengths; angles; differences in elevation.
•The survey techniques used in provision of survey control; engineering detail surveys; mine surveying; layout of complex mining projects.
•The management of the processes of engineering surveying. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1-2, S1-3, A1 | Numerical and conceptual tasks | Written assignments | 50-70% | | 2. | K1-2, S1-3, A1-2 | Surveying fieldwork | Written survey report | 30-50% |
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