Syllabus for Field Assistant Port Department(Hydrographic Survey Branch)

Detailed syllabus for examination programme Kerala PSC for the month of february 2011 has announced. All the details regarding the Syllabus for Field Assistant Port Department (Hydrographic Survey Branch)(category no.464/2009)can be obtained from this resource.

Syllabus for Field Assistant Port Department (Hydrographic Survey Branch)

Detailed syllabus for examination programme Kerala PSC for the month of february 2011 has announced. Syllabus for Field Assistant Port Department (Hydrographic Survey Branch)(category no.464/2009) is also included in this. Detailed syllabus for Field Assistant Port Department consists of many sections. They include Basic Survey, Compass/Chain/Plane Table Survey, Theodolite Surveying, Levelling, Tide, Hydrographic Survey, Computation Of Volume, Draftsmanship, Geodesy, Modern Survey Instruments. All these include various sub sections also. All the details regarding the Syllabus for Field Assistant Port Department (Hydrographic Survey Branch) is explained in this article.

1. Basic Survey

Definition of survey

Principle of survey

Different types of survey

Object of survey

Scale of survey

2. Compass/Chain/Plane Table Survey

Different types of chains

Ranging

Chain surveying

Reconnaissance

Compass

Surveying

Different types of compass

Bearing and reduced bearing

Whole circle bearing

Fore and back bearing

Plane table surveying

Methods of plane tabling.

3. Theodolite Surveying

Parts of a theodolite

Leveling of theodolite

Measurement of angles

Open and closed traverse.

4. Levelling

Different types of levelling instruments

Bench mark

Back sight

Fore sight

Intermediate sight

Leveling staff

Adjustments of level

Contouring.

5. Tide

Formation of tide

Tidal forces,

Kinds of tides

Tide pole

Tide measurement

Tidal graph.

6. Hydrographic Survey

Definition of Hydrographic Survey

Duties of Hydrographic Surveyor

Sounding

Datum

Sounding datum and chart datum

Datum transfer

Instruments used for Hydrographic Survey

Horizontal and vertical controls

Use of sextant in Hydrographic Survey

Methods of locating soundings

Plotting of soundings

Coast lining.

7. Computation Of Volume

Dredging

Quantity of dredged material or quantity to be dredged

Formulae for volume calculation.

8. Draftsmanship

Plotting of sounding

Preparation of rough and fair charts

Style of lettering in charts

Inking of soundings

9. Geodesy

Figure of earth

Latitudel

Ongitude

Spheroid

Nautical mile

Projections

Grid.

10. Modern Survey Instruments

Total station

GPS

DGPS

Use of GPS and DGPS in Hydrographic Surveying

Syllabus for Field Assistant Port Department(Hydrographic Survey Branch)