Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for data collection.
- Project and client specifications, organisational requirements, and available resources are identified and key activities and timeline scheduled accordingly.
- Administrative and legal requirements for data collection are complied with and recorded according to organisational requirements.
- Appropriate persons are informed about the project according to organisational requirements.
- Equipment, supplies and technologies are selected according to project specifications.
- Designated responsibilities are communicated to staff to ensure understanding of work tasks according to organisational requirements.
- Gather spatial data.
- Equipment is set up and operated according to manufacturer specifications and organisational requirements.
- Entities are related to a reference system, and data and attributes are collected according to project specifications.
- Metadata is documented according to industry-accepted standards and organisational requirements.
- Discrepancies between specifications and actual activities are identified, recorded and reported.
- Guidance is given to staff assisting in the data collection process as required and according to organisational requirements.
- Maintain equipment.
- Operational maintenance of equipment is undertaken according to manufacturer specifications and organisational requirements.
- Contingencies that may affect equipment use are identified and reported.
- Unsafe or faulty equipment is identified, and reported and referred for repair according to organisational requirements.
- Tools and equipment are stored safely according to manufacturer specifications and organisational requirements.
- Finalise collection process.
- Attributes and topological structures are added to spatial data according to project specifications.
- Data is recorded correctly and documentation completed according to project specifications and organisational requirements.
- Data integrity and accuracy are checked and validated according to project specifications.
- Data and documentation are stored according to organisational requirements.