Victorian Cadastral Surveying Issues

ISV Regional Conference Wangaratta 17 April 2015

John E TullochSurveyor-General of Victoria

Victorian Cadastral Surveying Issues

• Remaking Surveying (Cadastral Surveys) Regulations 2005- Draft modifications

• SRBV (Draft) Professional Training Agreement (PTA) Policy

• NSW-VIC Murray River Border - Digital representation

Outline

Re-making the Surveying (Cadastral Surveys) Regulations 2005

Draft modifications • s.7(1) Classification and accuracy of surveys -

adopted the current internal closure accuracy standard for level land and removed the variations based on land characteristics

• s.11(3) Field Requirements – connection to/placement of survey marks - PM or PCM only, - - additional marks 100m apart, - 45 days for Supplementary AFR lodgement if placement postponed

• s.15 Report by the licensed surveyor - deleted reference to s.20A Subdivision Act 1988

• s.16 Record of having re-established a cadastral boundary - 45 days for RE lodgement at OSGV

• Schedule 1 Certificate by LS for Abstract of Field Records - reference to s.7(1) in lieu of land characteristics

• Schedule 2 Certificate by LS for Plan prepared from Survey - reference to s.7(1) in lieu of land characteristics

• Schedule 4 Record of having Re-established a Cadastral Boundary - revised format containing Schedule 2

• Penalty units removed

Re-making the Surveying (Cadastral Surveys) Regulations 2005

s.17

Record of having re-established a cadastral boundary:

- template to be available on SPEAR- Schedule 2 inclusion- Sheet Size to be specified

SRBV (Draft) Policy for Approval of Professional Training Agreements

Criteria for approval as a supervising surveyorA supervising surveyor must: be a practising licensed surveyor for at least five years and be engaged in

cadastral surveying in Victoria not have more than two graduate surveyors under his/her supervision in a

PTA unless the Board has granted prior consent have an active field and office role in the training of the graduate surveyor have a satisfactory audit history for the preceding five years be suitable to perform the role of a supervising surveyor.

SRBV (Draft) Policy for Approval of Professional Training Agreements

Gauging suitability as a supervising surveyorThe Board will consider the licensed surveyor's: role/position in the company such that it will ensure the provision of

adequate training, and direct supervision of that training for the candidate and/or capacity to provide an alternative method of training (i.e. secondment with a different licensed surveyor) as required

survey audit history as advised by the Office of Surveyor-General Victoria professional conduct record current registration in PTA’s with other graduate surveyors previous performance as a supervising surveyor.

Digital representation of NSW-VIC Border along Murray River

Parish of Warina(Proximity SA Border)

Border derivation(2007-13 imagery)

Victorian Cadastral Surveying Issues

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