Advice and guidelines for surveyors
Each year, about 350 of Victoria’s licensed surveyors prepare and lodge up to 10,000 plans with Land Victoria.
Surveyor-General Victoria (SGV) is responsible for monitoring and regulating cadastral surveying in Victoria.
SGV’s Survey Audit Program monitors the standard of cadastral surveys lodged with Land Victoria. About 200 surveys are audited each year. Although this only represents about two per cent of the total number of surveys lodged with Land Victoria annually, these audits cover half of the licensed surveyors in Victoria.
The Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria (SRBV) is a statutory body responsible for establishing and maintaining the educational requirements for licensing of surveyors, maintaining a register of licensed surveyors, and managing disciplinary procedures. To perform cadastral surveys in Victoria, a surveyor must be licensed by the SRBV.
From time to time the Surveyor-General Victoria (SGV) introduces practice directives to help licensed surveyors interpret regulations and inform them of changes to requirements issued by the Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria.
To improve the knowledge of surveyors in key areas of cadastral surveying and re-establishment, a number of guidance notes have been created by SGV on relevant topics and the practical application re-establishment principles through worked case studies.
  | Survey Practice Handbook As a reference work that sets standards for the land surveying industry, it includes information on legislation and survey practice and aims to improve the quality and compatibility of survey procedures and practice in Victoria. |
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 | Survey Audit Program The Program monitors the standard of surveys being lodged with Land Victoria, plus the standards of practitioners. Key components include checklists and categories of non-conformances to guide surveyors in the preparation of plans and field records. |
 | Abstract of Field Records Template Formats The Surveyor-General provides the following templates for licensed surveyors to use in the production of abstracts of field records. |
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 | Re-establishment Principles Guidance Notes A series of guidance notes and exercises on re-establishment principles aimed at graduate and recently licensed surveyors. |
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