Requisitos para la especialidad JA de Agrimensura
Nivel de destreza
2
Año
2023
Version
27.11.2024
Autoridad de aprobación
División Norteamericana
1. ¿Qué es la agrimensura?
2. Identificar y tener una comprensión básica del propósito de los siguientes equipos topográficos:
- a. Trípode
- b. Nivele y nivel de tránsito óptico
- 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.
