Survey III - Adv Survey Techniques (CET 215)

Term: 2021-2022 School Year Fall Term

Faculty

Rod BreitlingShow MyInfo popup for Rod Breitling

Rodney.Breitling@southeasttech.edu

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rod.breitling @southeasttech.edu

(605) 367-4621

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College

M-Ed                       SDSU,      Brookings, SD

BS-Ed                      SDSU,      Brookings, SD

AAS-Civil Technology, USD/S,     Springfield, SD

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Rod Breitling is a Land Survey Science instructor.  He began teaching at STI in 1986.

Rod has a master’s degree in Career Technical Education with an emphasis in land surveying from South Dakota State University and is a Professional Land Surveyor in the state of South Dakota.

Along with his years of surveying experience in the industry, he is a former Co-Owner of Dakota Land Surveying Inc., Past President of the South Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors, Owner of RB Land Surveying LLC and has received the Outstanding Contribution to the South Dakota Land Surveying Profession.

“I believe in stressing the fundamentals. This gives the student a strong foundation and a platform to build new knowledge upon. My style is more of a student/coaching approach by providing an atmosphere of learning with everyday real world industry conditions and situations.

 

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Land Survey Science Technology Instructor/Advisor

Registered Professional Land Surveyor/SD

Schedule

Mon-Wed, 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM (8/23/2021 - 12/10/2021) Location: SF MICKE 261

Description

This is a course in advanced survey techniques using GNSS, robotic total station, and scanning technologies. Field labs will emphasize fundamentals in point collections, point collection with offsets, continuous point collections, point & line stakeouts along with .dxf and DTM file stakeouts. Additional techniques in topographic mapping with codes, OPUS control, robotic leveling, measuring rounds and "basic survey" routines will be presented. Scanning technology will be used and point clouds created in Trimble TBC. Equipment maintenance such as field collimations and calibrations will be performed. Prerequisite: CET 120, MATH 116 or MATH 120