The Board's Role
The Board is established in Part 7 of the Surveying Act 2004 and
reports to Government via the Minister for Planning.
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Functions
Section 45 of the Surveying Act 2004 sets out the functions of the Board. The functions of the Board are:
- to advise the Minister on the administration, policies and strategic
directions of cadastral surveying;
- to register cadastral surveyors as licensed surveyors;
- to keep a register of licensed surveyors;
- to determine qualifications required for registration as licensed
surveyors;
- to approve courses of study which provide qualifications
for registration as licensed surveyors;
- to determine practical training required to
establish competence for registration or renewal of registration
as licensed surveyors;
- to hold examinations to establish competence for registration
as licensed surveyors;
- to issue and publish guidelines about the educational, training
and technical standards required for cadastral surveying;
- to investigate the professional conduct or fitness to practise
of licensed surveyors and impose sanctions where necessary;
- to investigate and prosecute offences against this Act and any regulations made under this Act;
- to appoint a person to investigate on behalf of the Board
- the professional conduct or fitness to practise of licensed surveyors;
- offences against this Act and any regulations made under this Act;
- to enter into and give effect to reciprocal arrangements,
not inconsistent with this Act, with the cadastral surveying
registration
authority, by whatever name called, of another State, a
Territory or another country for or with respect to:
- securing uniformity in the education, training and examination of persons in cadastral
surveying;
- granting exemptions from a course of study, practical training or examination required for registration as a licensed surveyor in Victoria to a person who satisfies the Board that the person has completed outside Victoria a course of study or practical training or has passed an examination of a similar standard to that
required for registration in Victoria;
- any other functions conferred on the Board by this
or any other Act.
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Vision
To ensure the community can rely on competent, professional cadastral
surveyors and have confidence in Victoria's property boundary system.
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Mission Statement
To protect the integrity of Victoria's system of land boundaries
by ensuring only competent cadastral surveyors are registered in
Victoria and by monitoring the performance of cadastral surveyors.
- oversee the evolution of a viable body of competent licensed
surveyors able to meet community demands for accurate and efficient
cadastral
surveying services
- advise Government and be recognised for providing efficient,
quality services to industry, consumers and stakeholders
- conduct fair and impartial investigations into the professional
conduct of licensed surveyors
- improve the profile of the profession and foster industry
succession
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Goals
The Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria aims to provide best
practice in:
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Services
The Board provides the following services:
- Annual registration for Victorian licensed surveyors.
- Reciprocal registration for licensed surveyors under
mutual recognition arrangements between States and Territories
in Australasia.
- Certificates of registration or extracts from the register.
- Identity cards to be carried by licensed surveyors when entering
private property.
- Approval of courses of study that provide qualifications
required for registration.
- Approval of professional training agreements between
licensed surveyors and graduates.
- Examination of projects and surveys of graduate surveyors
to establish competence for registration as licensed
surveyors.
- Guidelines about the educational, training and
technical standards required for cadastral surveying.
- Investigation of complaints about the professional
conduct of licensed surveyors and imposes sanctions
where necessary.