Fieldwork Risk Management

Fieldwork or off-site travel are part of teaching and research activities in Surveying and Geospatial Engineering. Prior each fieldwork or off-site travel, participants are required to analyse all potential hazards and risks in both the environment and the activity.

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Surveying in the field
  • On-campus activities are not classified as fieldwork in HS917 Fieldwork Procedure. Read and declare competency are required for each student in the class.

    • A competency plan must be created in Salus.
    • Students receives an email which contains a link to the Competency Plan.
    • Each student is required to read RMF-0000794 & SWP-0002131 and declare his/her competence.
  • These activities are outside of the campus perimeter, which is different from on-campus activities. However, all the practices are very close (less than 100 m) to campus and within UNSW Security patrol zones. Even though, they have more potential risks than on-campus activities. Hence, the following process must be done before each practice.

    • Create a competency plan in Salus.
    • Students receives an email which contains a link to the Competency Plan.
    • Each student is required to read  RMF-0007741 & SWP-0002131 and declare competence.
  • This fieldwork is carried out along Sydney coast at cliff tops. The following process must be done before the field work.

    • Create a competency plan in Salus.
    • Students receives an email which contains a link to the Competency Plan.
    • Each student is required to read  RMF-0007890 & SWP-0002131 and declare competence.
    • An occurrence of the activity form ATV-0000226 is completed and sent to the Head of School for approval.
  • This is an off-campus singal-day or multi-day fieldwork.

    • Create a competency plan in Salus.
    • Students receives an email which contains a link to the Competency Plan.
    • Create an occurrence of the activity form ATV-0000209. Once all participants have read  RMF-0001118  & SWP-0002131 and declared competence, this activity occurrance will be sent to the Head of School for approval.

For other off-campus fieldworks, new RMFs and/or Activity forms may be required.