Entitlement To Practice...
A registered surveyor shall, (but to the extent only
of his particular qualififcations) be entitled to practise
as a surveyor throghout the Federation.
It shall be the duty of the person
in charge of each university or higher
institution of learning in the Federation
having a faculty by whatever name
called, at which there is held a
course of training intended for persons
who are seeking to become registered
surveyors under this Decree to furnish
the registrar, not later than 31st
day of March in every year, a list
of the names, and such other particulars
as the council may specify, of all
persons who attended any such courses
at the institution in question at
any time during the last preceding
year.
Examination Guidelines...
Examination guidelines for pupil surveyors
GENERAL
- Project must cover a wide spectrum of survey work – not more than 2 projects from one category or aspect of surveying
- Candidates must be seen to have worked in at least 4 different locations
- All surveys must be controlled din scale and azimuth in accordance with Survey Regulations.
- General Information must be provided for each project namely:
- Size (perimeter)
- Length (Controls, Route Survey etc.)
- Purpose
- Location
- Scale
- Date of execution
- Project supervisor etc.
SPECIFICS
| 1. | Perimeter Survey Only: | Not less than 5 hectares |
| 2. | Perimeter/Details survey: | Not less than 3 hectares (As built / Detail Survey) |
| 3. | Perimeter/ Details/Topo Survey: | Not less than 3 hectares |
| *NO PROJECT SHOULD BE LESS THAN 3 HECTARES |
| 4a. | Route Survey: | Not less than 5 kms
(Without cross sections) |
| 4b. | Route/Pipeline survey: | Not less than 3 Kms
(With cross sections) |
| 5. | Control Survey |
- Hortizontal: Not less than 5 Kms
- Vertical Not less than 3 sections (Geodetic)
Not less than 10kms (ordinary)
- Combined: (Hor. & Vert.) Not less than 3 Kms
- GPS Controls (Dual Frequency) Not less than 10 Stations
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| 6. | Layout: | Not less than 30 plots |
| 7. | Dispute Survey: | Not less than 5 hectares |
| 8. | Mapping (Digital Conversion) | Must have some level of revision (updating) |
| 9. | Re-establishment: | Not less than 10 beacons |
| 10. | Rig/Well Fixing: | Not less than 3 locations |
| 11. | Hydrographic Survey: |
- Echo sounding Not less than 2 nautical miles or 2sq. Kms or its equivalent @ 25m interval |
| 12. | Setting out (of Roads) | Same as in route survey with cross-sections |
| 13. | Right of Way Survey: | Same as in Route Survey with cross-section |
| 14. | Longitudinal profile: | As in pipeline survey |
| 15. | Comparative analysis of
Coordinate obtained by GPS
And Traditional Methods As in GPS controls |
| 16. | Boundary Tracing: | 10 boundary points or 20 kms (project to be endorsed by all concerned parties) |
| 17. | Astro or Astrofix methods of
Position Determination | Not acceptable on its own except it is part of a project |
| 18. | Street Guide: | To be treated like digital mapping. Must be in a built –up area (urban centre); showing schools, buildings etc. and covering not less than 4sq.kms. |
| 19. | Deformation Monitoring: | (First stage is the establishment of controls on which monitoring will be based)
a) Large Engineering structures(s) Over 15 episodes
b) Small structures(s) Over 10 episodes |
| 20. | Base Map: | Must cover not less than 4sq.kms. |
The guidelines for folio submission and prospective candidates in council’s
Professional examination are explained in the handbook
“EXAMINATION GUIDELINES FOR PUPIL SURVEYORS”
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