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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Recognise maps and plans
   • Define different types and uses of maps and plans
   • Recognise features and characteristics of different maps and plans
   • Identify scale
   • Define and locate North
   • Recognise mapping conventions and common symbols
2. Take off information from maps
   • Determine distances and areas from maps and plans
   • Identify topographic features from maps and plans
   • Recognise site boundaries and site structures from maps and plans
3. Use maps in field situations
   • Locate current position in the field using landmarks and key geographical features
   • Recognise hazards and potential hazards in traversing from location to destination and interpret these from maps or plans, field observations and local knowledge
   • Check accuracy of maps or plan content against site features
   • Set out contour lines on site from maps or plans
   • Locate keylines and key points on map and in the field
   • Set out zones or property boundaries using grid system from maps or plans

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

define maps and plans

determine distances and areas

identify topographical features

identify site boundaries and site structures

use maps to take-off information

use maps in field situations

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

maps and plans

paper

electronic

3D models of sites, including sand-box models

contour models

elevations and cross-sections

aerial photographs

the following mapping conventions: symbols, distance and scale, direction, coordinate systems, line and area symbols, true North, grid North and magnetic North

land survey systems, map projections, colour and symbol systems

contours, slopes and slope profiles

keyline and key point locations, as described in Water for Every Farm by P.J. Yeomans

topographic features

curved planes on flat surface distortions

means of locating current position in the field, such as:

GPS

other positioning systems such as the sun, moon and stars

compass bearings

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