# Apprenticeship: Surveying (ASV) courses Santiago Canyon College · 2025-2026 Catalog · 16 courses Source: https://sccollege.elumenapp.com/catalog/catalog/courses "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026. ### ASV 030 — Labor Relations - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Provides a required related and supplemental instruction for surveying apprentices in apprenticeship rules and regulations; general history of labor/ management relations in the United States (US); employer/employee relations; state and federal laws affecting workers. ### ASV 031 — Supplemental Math for Chainman Apprentices - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 18 contact hours total - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Review of basic mathematics, algebra and geometry related to surveying; review angles, azimuths, and bearings; stationing and offsets. ### ASV 040 — Standard First Aid - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Enables surveyors to cope with accidents and emergency situations with the goal of protecting and saving lives with special emphasis on those first aid skills unique to the surveying industry. American Red Cross certificate awarded upon successful completion. ### ASV 101 — Chainman Apprentice 1 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Provides the required related and supplemental instruction for apprentice surveyors in the survey industry: basic field operations and setting survey points, basic measurement techniques, introduction to field instruments, introduction to leveling, introduction to topographic surveys. Open Entry/Open Exit. ### ASV 102 — Chainman Apprentice 2 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Provides the required related and supplemental instruction for apprentice surveyors in apprentice responsibilities and public relations; identification of monuments; linear measurements; introduction to station and location systems; angles, bearings, and instruments; leveling methods; global positioning system; plan reading and grade sheets; introduction to construction surveys. Open Entry/Open Exit. ### ASV 103 — Chainman Apprentice 3 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/santiago-canyon-college/schedule/summer-2026/asv.md) - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Provides the required related and supplemental instruction for apprentice surveyors in measuring systems; angles, bearings, and location systems; calculations techniques; trigonometry for surveying; slope staking; electronic distance measuring and recording. Open Entry/Open Exit. ### ASV 104 — Chainman Apprentice 4 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/santiago-canyon-college/schedule/summer-2026/asv.md) - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Provides the required related and supplemental instruction for apprentice surveyors in coordinate geometry; horizontal and vertical curves; traverse surveys. Open Entry/Open Exit. ### ASV 105 — Chainman Apprentice 5 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/santiago-canyon-college/schedule/summer-2026/asv.md) - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Provides the related and supplemental instruction for apprentice surveyors in safety procedures; U.S. public land surveys; property surveys; subdivisions surveyors; topographic and photogrammetry surveys; introduction to Ground Penetrating Radar technology; introduction to drone surveys; heavy construction surveys; ALTA surveys; total stations; public relations; scope of profession and the Chief of Party program. Open Entry/Open Exit. ### ASV 121 — Plane Surveying and Coordinate Geometry - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Advanced field surveying principles and mathematical surveying principles including introduction and review of survey mathematics, measuring systems, coordinate geometry, and modern calculation systems. Open Entry/Open Exit. ### ASV 122 — Advanced Coordinate Geometry - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/santiago-canyon-college/schedule/summer-2026/asv.md) - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Advanced field surveying methods and calculation principles involving coordinate geometry, including omitted measurements, intersection problems, three-point resection problems, area calculation problems, complex circular curves, vertical curves, and spiral curves. Open Entry/Open Exit. ### ASV 123 — Laptop Surveying/Aerial Photogrammetry - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Advanced field surveying methods and principles involving laptop surveying, photogrammetry, and topographic surveying. Open Entry/Open Exit. ### ASV 124 — Plan Reading and Subdivision Surveying - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice A study of plan reading and subdivision surveying principles and practices including plan reading basics; typical and unique subdivision plans; survey control; layout and staking of subdivisions; locating plan, calculation and specification errors. Open Entry/Open Exit. ### ASV 125 — Major Project Plans and Survey Layout - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 contact hours total - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Basic principles of construction plan reading, survey control, major project layout. Interpreting construction and survey plans of reinforced concrete multi-story buildings. In-depth analysis of structural/architectural plans. Plans/survey layout for major construction projects. Open Entry/Open Exit. ### ASV 126 — Control and Geodetic Surveying - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 contact hours total - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Principles/methods of control and geodetic surveying. Modern positioning systems; triangulation/trilateration for geodetic control; state plane coordinate systems; astronomy for surveyors; note keeping and computational procedures utilizing modern instruments, techniques, communications equipment; dredging and hydrographic surveys.Open Entry/Open Exit. ### ASV 127 — U.S. Public Land Surveys - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 contact hours total - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice A study of the principles, procedures, and methods of performing U.S. public-land surveys. Subdivision of townships and sections. Retracement of original surveys and restoration of corners. Reading and interpreting property descriptions. Open Entry/Open Exit. ### ASV 128 — Property Surveys and Legal Descriptions - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 contact hours total - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/santiago-canyon-college/schedule/summer-2026/asv.md) - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be a state-indentured apprentice Principles, procedures, and methods of researching and performing property surveys. Laws affecting surveyors and ethics. Supervision and public relations. Analysis of survey data and drawing the plat. Writing descriptions of real property. Open Entry/Open Exit.