Draughtsman

MINISTRY OF LAND

Sri Lanka Survey Department

EXAMINATION FOR THE ISSUE OF SURVEYOR GENERAL’S CERTIFICATE AS AUTHORIZED DRAUGHTSMAN - 2016

Designation of Post:- Draughtsman

THE examination for the issue of Surveyor General’s Certificate to practice as an Authorized Draughtsman will be held in
Colombo. The examination will be in two parts :

Part I - Preparation of Co-ordinate Sheets
Part II - Plan Work

2. Part I of the examination will be held on 23rd July 2016 and Part II on 22nd and 23rd October 2016. Candidates who fail Part I will not be allowed to sit for Part II. Candidates should pass both Part I and Part II at the same examination to qualify for the award of the Surveyor General’s Certificate as Authorized Draughtsman.

3. Candidates are required to satisfy me that:-
(a) They can prepare a co-ordinate sheet from field notes and co-ordinate a survey traverse;
(b) They can plot a plan accurately from field notes, both by protractor and from Co-ordinates and compute extents correctly.

4. Qualifications to appear for the examination :
(a) Have passed National Certificate of Education (N.C.E.) or G.C.E.(O/L) examination in six (06) subjects with two (02) credit passes ;

and
(b) Have successfully completed a course related to draughtsmanship; having duration of not less than one year, at a Government Technical College or other Semi Government Institution.

5. Examination Fees.– The examination fee is Rs. 800. The receipt which is obtained by paying the examination fee to the cashier of the Surveyor General’s office, any of the District Survey Offices or to the Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Diyatalawa should be pasted firmly at the place which has been reserved on the application for it (a photocopy of the receipt should be kept for future use). And money orders or cheques will not be accepted. Applications forwarded without the receipt will be rejected. Remittance by stamps and cheques will not be accepted.

6. Preparation and Submission of applications.– An application prepared using both sides of a paper size 21cm x 29cm (A4) as per the specimen application appearing at the end of this notice should be sent through registered post to the following address.

The envelope should be labeled as “Examination for the issue of Surveyor General’s Certificate as Authorized Draughtsman - 2016” on the upper left corner of the envelope.

Senior Superintendent of Surveys (Examinations),
Examination Branch,
Surveyor General’s Office,
P. O. Box 506,
Colombo 05.


Applications which have not been prepared according to the given specimen application, applications not properly filled and
applications received after the closing date will be rejected.

7. Examination fee will not be refunded under any circumstances.

8. Applications closing on 20th May 2016. Applications will not be accepted after that.

9. Drawing papers and Co-ordinate sheets will be supplied at the examination hall. However, candidates should bring their own drawing instruments, mathematical tables for computation of Co-ordinates and all other material they require. Use of nonprogrammable scientific calculators will be allowed with the permission of the Supervisor at the examination hall.

10. (i) Every candidate should prove his/her identity to the satisfactions of the Supervisor by the production of any one of the
following documents.

(a) An Identity Card issued by the Commissioner of registration of persons;
(b) A valid Passport;
(c) Any certificate, license or other document which embodies a photograph of the holder and issued within three years of the date of examination on the authority of a Government Department.

11. This examination will be held under the metric system.

The envelope should be labeled as “Examination for the issue of Surveyor General’s Certificate as Authorized Draughtsman -
2016” on the upper left corner of the envelope.

Senior Superintendent of Surveys (Examinations),
Examination Branch,
Surveyor General’s Office,
P. O. Box 506,
Colombo 05.