AY Honors/Land Surveying/Requirements

Land Surveying

Skill Level

2

Year

2023

Version

25.11.2024

Approval authority

North American Division

1. What is land surveying?

2. Identify and have a basic understanding of the purpose of the following land surveying equipment:

a. Tripod

b. Levels and transit levels

c. Theodolite

d. Plumb bob

e. Hubs and nails

f. Grade poles

g. Measuring tapes

h. Field books

i. Total station

j. Flagging, survey markers and marking paint

3. Know the basics of keeping a survey notebook and recording.

4. Demonstrate conversion of survey units of measurement to other units:

a. Length: Engineer’s chain, foot, furlong, Gunter’s chain, kilometer, link, meter, hile, pole (perch or rod) and yard

b. Area: Acre, hectare and square mile

5. Demonstrate your ability to approximate distances by pacing a distance more than 100 feet (30 m) and be accurate within 5% accuracy.

6. Identify the surveying system or adaption that is prevalent in your area. Do one of the following:

a. Demonstrate your understanding of the surveying system or adaptation that is prevalent in your area by reading a legal property description in your area and drawing the subject property to scale.

b. Be able to answer and complete the following about the Public Land Survey System (PLSS):

• What are Principal Meridian Lines and Base Lines?
• What are Township Lines and Range Lines?
• What is a Township?
• What is a Section? How many are in each township? Know the method used to identify a section.
• Sketch the numbering of sections in a PLSS grid (or adaptation as used in your location).
• Demonstrate your ability to locate any parcel within a section.

7. Interview a licensed land surveyor and learn about the role of a surveyor, types of projects that they work on, types of equipment that they use, and what it took to become licensed.

a. Demonstrate your understanding of the surveying system or adaptation that is prevalent in your area by reading a legal property description in your area and drawing the subject property to scale.

b. Research the rules and laws in your area to determine the process to become a licensed professional land surveyor in your area. What activities require that one be a licensed professional land surveyor?

8. Demonstrate your ability to use surveying equipment, keep good survey notes and establish an elevation by working as a 2 to 4-person survey crew to set 5 benchmarks at a minimum distance of not less than 50-feet apart (15 m), and close your circuit within +/- 1 inch (2.5 cm).

9. The Bible contains many references to surveying. Answer the following questions about "spiritual surveying":

a. All surveying starts with a good benchmark as a point of beginning or initial point. Who is our initial point / point of beginning? Discuss how we as Christians are all connected back to the "initial point."

b. Find a verse in the Bible that talks about a corner stone "initial point."

c. Plumb lines are mentioned several times in the Bible. Find two examples and discuss why its mention is important.

d. Find two verses in the Bible that mention land boundaries and discuss the importance of boundaries in Bible times and in our lives today.