Surveying and Modeling Certificate - Credential As You Go

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Surveying and Modeling Certificate

Colorado State University, Pueblo

CREDENTIAL TITLE

Surveying and Modeling Certificate

CREDENTIAL LEVEL

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

CREDIT/NON-CREDIT # OF CREDITS (IF CREDIT BEARING)

9 credits

INCREMENTAL CREDENTIALING FRAMEWORK APPROACHES

Learn As You Go
Retro As You Go

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Why the Credential Was Developed

Surveying and Modeling Certificate is designed to provide extensive and comprehensive knowledge in land surveying and civil drafting that is required for the construction industry
The program focuses on learners with and entry-level or working knowledge of the construction industry, with the purpose of accelerating the student through various construction surveying and modeling procedures

How the Credential Was Developed

Construction management faculty designed the credential to serve students and employees looking for surveying and modeling skills separate from a full degree
The certificate will also be available for students who left the college with completed coursework but no degree
The credential is recorded on a student’s transcript when conferred. A certificate document is also provided to the student

The Targeted Learners

Learners with interest in the construction industry
Employees in the construction industry looking to gain planning skills
Previous students with completed courses in Construction Management, but not a completed degree
Courses are available both in-person and online

Lessons Learned

The need for a collaborative effort and lift from many different areas on campus: administration, faculty, advising, registrar, admissions, to make this as seamless an option for students to opt in

Top Competencies/Learning Outcomes

Apply knowledge, techniques, skills, and tools of the construction industry in construction activities
Demonstrate care and use of engineering levels, differential leveling, traversing, boundary surveying, public lands, construction surveying and horizontal and vertical curve computation
Apply knowledge on traverse adjustments by various rules, area computation, legal terminology, riparian rights, legal descriptions, common law, statutory law, public lands, construction survey note keeping, construction etiquette, construction layout, slope staking, horizontal and vertical curve layout
Describe and define proposed construction, new construction, new installations, or modifications and remodeling to existing facilities and properties for the clients

Credential Components

Three courses from our Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology:

CET 102 Surveying 1
CET 103 Surveying 2
CET 115 Civil Drafting

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FUNDING STATEMENT

Credential As You Go has acquired three phases of funding to date. Lumina Foundation funded Phase I, resulting in the Incremental Credential Framework for testing. The Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education funds Phase II (Grant R305T210063), which focuses on rapid prototyping of and research on incremental credentials with a national campaign. An anonymous private donor fund at the Program on Skills, Credentials & Workforce Policy at George Washington University funds the development of the prototype Learn and Work Ecosystem Library. Walmart funds Phase III, which focuses on systems change for expansion and sustainability of incremental credentials. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of Lumina Foundation, Institute of Education Sciences, the U.S. Department of Education, Walmart, or George Washington University.