Course description The Survey Assistant should be familiar, in practice, with all instruments and methods of measurement. This practical course gives the opportunity for students to practice with most types of equipment in all the common methods of measurement, both in trying out what was learned in the course on data collection and in preparing...Read More

Course description This course moves on to the study of survey equipment, including instruments, particularly of the theodolite type, such as the tacheometer and total station, and methods of measurement concerned with coordinated positions and how to plot them to scale on a grid. It has a decided bias towards bearing and distances measurements and...Read More

Course description Map drawing by computer and provision of field data in soft digital form is essential. This course builds up the input as well as the use of the necessary software for these purposes. Objectives To introduce the computer as a working tool on the job Its use to record reading, reduce readings and...Read More

Course description This course is a continuation of the previous semester’s course, but now at the stages of Construction, maintenance and rehabilitation. Monitoring for maintenance requires a good understanding of what is taking place in the life cycle of Civil Engineering projects. The students are encouraged to consult the standard design manuals for the standards...Read More

Course description The student should enter the actual work environment and not a training scheme on the sidelines. The student is attached to a firm using Civil Engineering Surveyors or Related Professionals. It is at the level of the practice courses (CES1105 & CES1205) and is for ten weeks supervised by a department staff member....Read More