GET92 Hydrographic Surveying

If you are preparing to write the certification exam administered by the Canadian Board of Examiners for Professional Surveyors (CBEPS), then this class room based course may be for you. Upon completion of this inaugural offering, NAIT will submit a proposal to CBEPS to seek exemption from writing the CBEPS certification exam equivalency. Major topics include:

• Hydrography, a hydrographic survey, hydrographic charts and the hydrographer;

• Nautical/Environmental science in hydrography; meteorology, oceans, rivers, waves, currents and tides;

• Terrestrial and marine surveys in inland waters and offshore;

• Hydrographic Survey Practice and Standards;

• Measurement science; underwater acoustics and acoustic techniques;

• Underwater scanning, measuring systems for horizontal and vertical positioning;

• Depth determination by echo sounder with its corrections;

• Position plotting, navigation and navigation systems;

• A brief review of Geodesy as applied to hydrography, map projections, coordinate systems and the UTM.

Prerequisite: Graduation from a Geomatics Engineering Technology Diploma Program or a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized technical institution. Students should have sound knowledge in the subject matters of map projections, geodesy, coordinate systems, and geo-informatics. Students with demonstrated extensive work experience in geomatics engineering would be considered.

Please Note: This course has two different delivery options, either in class or by distance via Video conference.

Hours: 69.00