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GoalsEstate surveyThe Surveyors Board of Victoria aims to:– License surveyors and maintain a registerof competent surveyors in Victoria.– Ensure that surveyors have opportunitiesfor training, accreditation and professionaldevelopment.– Promote high standards of practice.– Raise awareness of the role of surveyorsthrough information, promotion and education.– Recognise and encourage excellence insurveying.– Encourage the profession to apply newtechnology and techniques.– Provide advice to the Government andthe Surveyor General on surveying andrelated matters.Achievements in 2003–2004Major achievements during the reportingperiod were:– Improved communication with the professionand the community.– Increased numbers of registered and licensedsurveyors during the reporting period. Thiscontinues the rise in numbers following themeasures initiated by the Board in 1999 toreverse the trend of the previous decade.– Hosted a meeting of Council of ReciprocatingSurveyors Board of Australia and New Zealand(CRSBANZ) and continued to developrelationships with reciprocating jurisdictions.– Endorsed an RMIT University update of theSurvey Practice Handbook information relating tothe use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) forcadastral surveying.– Established training seminars for members of theBoard’s Examiners Committee.– Adopted a new format of professional trainingagreements that includes competency modulesand provides a clearer entry to the registrationprocess.– Increased the on-line service deliverycomponents of the Board’s website.– Promoted gender equality in the industry.– Reviewed regulations and legislation.Objectives for 2004 – 1 January 2005Major aims include:– Preparing for the transition to the new Boardestablished under the Surveying Act 2004.– Providing advice to the Minister on thenew Regulations.– Increasing the number of licensed surveyors.– Continuing to improve communication with theprofession and the community.– Assisting in the review of how professionaleducation and training could be efficientlydelivered and assessed.– Increasing the numbers on the ExaminersCommittee targeting licensed surveyors withsignificant industry experience.– Fostering relationships with reciprocatingjurisdictions.– Making directives and training course notesregarding the use of Global Positioning Systems(GPS) for cadastral surveying.– Revising the content and delivery format of theSurvey Practice Handbook.– Improving the on-line service deliverycomponents of the Board’s website.2
Chairman’s ReportOn behalf of the Board I am pleased to presentthe Annual Report for 2003–2004.Since the first Board of Examiners wasestablished in September 1861, the way Victorialicenses surveyors has undergone continualimprovement. Previous Boards have diligentlyworked to satisfy the community’s demands forcompetent surveyors and suitable surveyingpractice standards – the current Board is noexception.The Board has worked hard this year to deliversignificant improvements in client services, goodgovernance processes and fee structures. TheBoard also played an instrumental role inpreparing the platform for a new regulatoryenvironment for surveying.The Surveying Act 2004 was presented toParliament by the Minister for Planning, MaryDelahunty MP and will commence on 1 January2005. The new Act represents the culmination ofan extensive survey reform project spanningsome years. Reform was initially driven by theNational Competition Policy and was a catalystfor a thorough re-think of the regulatoryframework. Government partnering with keystakeholders, including the surveying industryand the legal profession, created a system readyfor the challenges of the 21st Century.The Act introduces an expanded Board and a raftof changes that represent distinct improvementsto the way the Board’s business can beconducted. I believe that the new regulatoryframework will better position the Board to makesignificant improvements as to how surveyingstandards are maintained and to meet thegrowing land and spatial information needs ofthe community.The Board hosted a Melbourne meeting of theCouncil of the Reciprocating Surveyors Boards ofAustralia and New Zealand CRSBANZ. The Boardfacilitated important progress towards settingnational competency standards.The Board have looked analytically andstrategically at all of its business elements, toboth offer better value for our clients andstakeholders, and to prepare for a January 2005hand-over to the new Surveyors RegistrationBoard of Victoria. Major initiatives includedreviewing corporate governance policies andprocedures; streamlining Professional TrainingAgreement processes; introducing competencymodules; updating the financial managementsystems and adopting standard business software.At the heart of the progress achieved is thebuilding of relationships between committedpeople to work together to attain challengingobjectives within a tight financial governanceenvironment. I thank the Board members for theirtireless support in achieving our goals. Their effortsdirectly contributed to a very successful year.I am proud of the Board’s achievements this year,and commend this annual report to you.John E. Tulloch LSChairmanSurveyors Board of VictoriaI offer my congratulations to the profession,officers of the Department of Sustainability andEnvironment, and the many other valuablecontributors, for a job well done this year inprogressing a challenging Bill. Clearly asubstantial amount of work is now required toestablish the delivery mechanisms for the newAct. I encourage all stakeholders to maintain themomentum in the period ahead, and worktogether to resolve any remaining issuesassociated with implementation.3
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