Chainman/Rodman

MITC

California (SAA)

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Work Process Schedule

Work Process Content

On the Job Training

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OJT hours

Use and care for hand tools (other than survey equipment)

340

Use and care for survey hand tools

500

Use and care for rods, chains and related equipment

Hand signals, land surveying terms and definitions

100

Hubs, reference points and monuments

400

Marker Stakes

350

Bench marks and turning points

First Aid

Safety Measures

150

Use of Calculators

150

Related Instruction Outline

Related Instruction Content

Training Provider(s):

Calculating using math, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and coordinate geometry

*Safety — Standard First Aid, CPR, tool, roadway and jobsite safety procedures

*Note keeping and sketching

Use and care of basic tools & equipment

*Methods of Subdivision, Property and Heavy Construction Work Processes

*Use of calculators and computers

Use and care of survey instruments and survey equipment, including field checks and adjustments

*Maps and Plan Reading for Topographic, Subdivision, Heavy Construction and Hydrographic Surveys

*Advanced calculations, conversions, reductions, quantities and use of surveying software

Public relations, survey law, ethics, and leadership as a Party Chief

*Geodesy and Global Navigation Satellite Systems unit

Public Land Survey System, retracement, property surveys, reading and writing legal descriptions

*All survey related work on Solar Photovoltaic Installation jobsites for the Field and Construction Survey processes, may also include, but is not limited to, work on jobsites pertaining to Wind, Water, Electrical and Solar Energy.

*These topics include "green curriculum".

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