Syllabus for Field Assistant Port Department(Hydrographic Survey Branch)


Detailed syllabus for examination programme Kerala PSC for the month of february 2011 has announced. All the details regarding the Syllabus for Field Assistant Port Department (Hydrographic Survey Branch)(category no.464/2009)can be obtained from this resource.

Syllabus for Field Assistant Port Department (Hydrographic Survey Branch)


Detailed syllabus for examination programme Kerala PSC for the month of february 2011 has announced. Syllabus for Field Assistant Port Department (Hydrographic Survey Branch)(category no.464/2009) is also included in this. Detailed syllabus for Field Assistant Port Department consists of many sections. They include Basic Survey, Compass/Chain/Plane Table Survey, Theodolite Surveying, Levelling, Tide, Hydrographic Survey, Computation Of Volume, Draftsmanship, Geodesy, Modern Survey Instruments. All these include various sub sections also. All the details regarding the Syllabus for Field Assistant Port Department (Hydrographic Survey Branch) is explained in this article.

1. Basic Survey


  • Definition of survey
  • Principle of survey
  • Different types of survey
  • Object of survey
  • Scale of survey


  • 2. Compass/Chain/Plane Table Survey


  • Different types of chains
  • Ranging
  • Chain surveying
  • Reconnaissance
  • Compass
  • Surveying
  • Different types of compass
  • Bearing and reduced bearing
  • Whole circle bearing
  • Fore and back bearing
  • Plane table surveying
  • Methods of plane tabling.


  • 3. Theodolite Surveying


  • Parts of a theodolite
  • Leveling of theodolite
  • Measurement of angles
  • Open and closed traverse.


  • 4. Levelling


  • Different types of levelling instruments
  • Bench mark
  • Back sight
  • Fore sight
  • Intermediate sight
  • Leveling staff
  • Adjustments of level
  • Contouring.


  • 5. Tide


  • Formation of tide
  • Tidal forces,
  • Kinds of tides
  • Tide pole
  • Tide measurement
  • Tidal graph.


  • 6. Hydrographic Survey


  • Definition of Hydrographic Survey
  • Duties of Hydrographic Surveyor
  • Sounding
  • Datum
  • Sounding datum and chart datum
  • Datum transfer
  • Instruments used for Hydrographic Survey
  • Horizontal and vertical controls
  • Use of sextant in Hydrographic Survey
  • Methods of locating soundings
  • Plotting of soundings
  • Coast lining.


  • 7. Computation Of Volume


  • Dredging
  • Quantity of dredged material or quantity to be dredged
  • Formulae for volume calculation.


  • 8. Draftsmanship


  • Plotting of sounding
  • Preparation of rough and fair charts
  • Style of lettering in charts
  • Inking of soundings


  • 9. Geodesy


  • Figure of earth
  • Latitudel
  • Ongitude
  • Spheroid
  • Nautical mile
  • Projections
  • Grid.


  • 10. Modern Survey Instruments


  • Total station
  • GPS
  • DGPS
  • Use of GPS and DGPS in Hydrographic Surveying

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