SURVEY AUDIT CHECKLIST

Branch Division Location Version No. Revision Date Status DMS ref no.

Spatial Services and Information Section Maritime Safety Queensland Floor 21 Mineral House, Brisbane, 4001. 1.0 31 May 2007 Initial Issue

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SUMMARY SHEET
Audit file number Audit type Hydrographic Surveyor Contact Address Contact Phone # Surveyor (if applicable) Location of survey Purpose of Survey Auditor Date Commenced Date Completed Random / Targeted

FINIDINGS

Q Green Q Amber Q Red Q Indigo

Satisfactory Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Auditor Signature Manager Signature Name Name

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AUDIT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Job Instruction (Part 2, Section 2.3) 1. Job instruction present and located in project file 2. Job instruction clearly written and unambiguous Yes Yes

No No

N/A N/A

Survey class (Part 3, Section 2 3. Survey class nominated 4. Consequence value noted from matrix 5. Likelihood value noted from matrix 6. Survey class matrix score shown 7. Depth Tolerance from matrix shown 8. Minimum seabed coverage defined 9. Qualification of personnel undertaking survey 10. Qualification of personnel supervising survey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 0 F1 F F A 1 F2 No No No No No B 2 F F3 C 3 F4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A D 4 F5 F F

F F

Method statement (Part 2, Section 4) 11. Project information complete 12. Survey Class shown 13. Supervising Hydrographic Surveyor shown 14. Field work Hydrographic Surveyor shown 15. Clearly sets out the purpose of the survey 16. Horizontal Positioning section complete 17. Vertical Datum section complete 18. Depth Measurement section complete 19. Seabed Coverage section complete 20. Sounding reduction and data presentation section complete 21. Method of classification of results Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No No No No No No No

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Calibration (Part 4, Section 4) 22. Are the Test / Calibration certificates current 23. Onsite checks for correct operation of equipment shown Yes Yes

No No

N/A N/A

Positional checks (Part 4, Section 2 to 5) 24. Onsite daily checks for correct operation of equipment 25. Horizontal datum tied to TGBM or 1 order mark. 26. Vertical datum tied to TGBM or 1 order mark. 27. TGBM confirmed by independent and redundant measurement 28. GPS observation at tide gauge location(s). 29. GPS PDOP plots during observation periods.
st st

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No No

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

F F F F F

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Tide gauges (Part 4, Section 6) 30. Connection to datum 31. Recording interval shown (not greater than 10 minutes) 32. Tide board set to datum 33. Water level check recorded daily 34. Water level check at high, low and mid waters Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

F F

Depth measurement (Part 4, Section 7) 35. Squat value for survey vessel known and squat curve defined 36. Average survey speed noted 37. Heave reduction applied to positional data 38. Key depth of survey 39. Echo sounder reading depth below surface of water 40. Daily sound velocity checks Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Seabed coverage (Part 4, Section 8) 41. Line spacing design and calculations 42. Plot of line spacing achieved 43. Validation of coverage (and % value) Yes Yes Yes

No No No

N/A N/A N/A

Sounding reduction (Part 4, Section 9) 44. Co-tidal zone information used noted 45. Interpolation technique utilised noted (linear / Planar) 46. Tidal predictions used 47. Use of AUSHYDROID if using RTK direct reduction Data Presentation (Part 4, Section 10) 48. Soundings shallower than key depth shown in red 49. Plan As surveyed or complied 50. Compiled data delineated and dates shown 51. Contours shoal biased (navigation type plans) 52. Contours generated from all data (dredging plans) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No

N/A N/A N/A N/A

F F F

No No No No No

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

F F

F F

Statistical Analysis (Part 2, Section 7) 53. Written confirmation of process adopted to derive depths 54. Depth Tolerance in accordance with the Classification Table 55. Redundant measurements Yes Yes Yes

No No No

F F

N/A N/A N/A

F F F F

F F

56. Minimum sounding comparisons based on a search area of half the transducer beam width radius Yes 57. Results consistent with previous survey and performed works Yes F No No F N/A N/A

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Survey Report (Part 2, Section 5) 58. Hydrographic survey conducted in compliance with the Method statement Yes If YES go to Survey Plan If NOT then a separate survey report will be completed. Use checks below 59. Dates of the hydrographic survey shown 60. Hydrographic surveyor responsible for the survey identified 61. Variation from Method Statement shown 62. Survey plan reference numbers 63. Compliance statement and signature as to class of survey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes F F F F F F

No

N/A

No No No No No

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Survey plan (Part 2, Section 6) 64. Class of survey shown 65. Horizontal datum and its definition 66. Horizontal tolerance 67. Vertical datum and the definition 68. Derived survey depth tolerance 69. Date of survey completion 70. Name and signature of hydrographic surveyor 71. Scale of survey 72. Survey system used clearly identified 73. Key depths 74. References to any third party data Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No No No No No No No

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

F F

F F

F F

75. Reference to coordinated tables (nav aids, channel limits, dredge limits, spoil grounds and so on) Yes 76. MGA grid crosses and labels 77. North arrow Yes Yes F No No No F N/A N/A N/A

Other Comments

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Rectification(s) Required

Auditor Signature

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Date

Name (Print)

Note to Auditor: Please ensure the Summary Sheet is complete including the survey audit findings rating.

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