Jake Kessler Chapter 3 Field Practice Assignment
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Chapter 3 – Field Practice Assignment What personal Protective equipment should a field engineer use? Hardhats, Eye Protection, Hand Protection, Fall Protection, Safety Vests, Ear Protection, Foot Protection. List 5 mistakes that commonly occur in surveying measurement. Forgetting a foot was cut. Reading a rod one foot off. Setting an instrument one degree off. Lack of knowledge about equipment. Carelessness Explain how you would describe to someone the difference between mistakes and errors Mistakes are considered large and occur because of carelessness. Errors Typically are very small mainly because of human limitations and always exist. 8. Develop a poster on equipment care that you would use to keep instruments clean.
12. Develop an instrument care and maintenance chart to be used to regularly clean equipment.
13. Describe why the left-thumb rule works All leveling manufactures use the same type of threads on there leveling screws allowing the left thumb rule to work both thumbs out the bubble will follow the left thumb both thumbs in the bubble will follow the right thumb. 15. Outline the process used to set up an instrument with an optical plummet. 1. Rough- set up the tripod. 2. Attach the instrument to the tripod 3. Center the optical plummet 4. Adjust the tripod legs 5. Confirm the position 6. Center the bubble 7. Check the relation 8. Loosen the instrument attachment 9. Tighten the attachment clamp 10. Re-level and repeat Download 21.38 Kb. Share with your friends:
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