Jamaica Land Surveyors Board Exam case studies
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The Jamaica Land Surveyors Board Examination is the registration assessment administered under the Land Surveyors Act for candidates seeking to practise as commissioned or registered land surveyors in Jamaica. It is aimed at surveying graduates and experienced technicians who have completed the required academic and practical training and now need to demonstrate competence before the Board. The Jamaica Land Surveyors Board Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 3,285 words.
1Overlapping Registered Titles and a Fence That Does Not Match the Diagram
You are a registered land surveyor instructed by the purchaser of Lot 14, a 0.4512 ha parcel in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, registered under the Registration of Titles Act. The title plan, deposited in 1998, shows straight boundaries defined by bearings and distances and a concrete mark at the north-east corner inscribed 'LS 1974'.
806 words, about 4 min2RTK Setting-Out Discrepancy on a Mandeville Pipeline
You are responsible for setting out a 2.4 km sewer rising main in Mandeville. The design engineer supplies coordinates in the Jamaica National Grid and a combined scale factor of 0.99987 for the pipeline corridor.
664 words, about 3 min3Wharf Control Traverse That Fails the Specification
You are the survey manager for a wharf deck extension in Kingston Harbour. Your six-station control traverse runs 380 m around the site and closes with misclosure 0.075 m (0.048 m east, 0.057 m north).
623 words, about 3 min4UAV Topographic Map With 0.25 m Contours
You are commissioned to produce a 1:1,000 topographic map with 0.25 m contours for a 60 ha housing site in Trelawny. A UAV photogrammetric survey was flown at 120 m above ground level with 12 ground control points measured by RTK, but the GCPs are clustered along the access road.
573 words, about 3 min5Pressure to Seal an Unverified Subdivision Plan
You are a registered land surveyor in private practice. A long-standing developer client asks you to sign and seal a subdivision plan for a 4.2 ha parcel in St Ann so that a bank can release funds on Friday.
619 words, about 3 min