Field Note Completeness Checker
Checks field notes for station, backsight, instrument height, date, operator, units and CRS.
Checklist
Run through your field book before leaving site — missing header or setup detail can't be recovered later.
Still outstanding
- Date
- Operator / booker
- Job or site
- Instrument and serial number
- Weather / conditions
- Station occupied
- Backsight / orientation
- Instrument height
- Target / prism height
- Units stated
- CRS / datum noted
- All readings booked
- Sketch and comments
- Closing check observed
- Pages numbered and signed
A field and study aid only — follow your organisation's procedures, project brief and QA requirements. Nothing here is stored.
Before you rely on this: First-pass guide only. Verify safety-critical or regulated work against the relevant standards, your project requirements and a qualified professional.
How to use this calculator
- Before you leave site, tick off each field-book item — header, setup, observations and checks.
- Anything left in the outstanding list is information you can't recover once you've packed up.
- Aim for 100% before you move off the station.
How it works
Field notes are the permanent record of what you observed. Missing header or setup details — instrument height, target height, station, orientation — can make otherwise good readings unusable.
The checklist groups the must-haves into header, setup, observations and checks so nothing is overlooked while you're still on site to fix it.
Frequently asked questions
Why record the instrument and target heights?
Reduced levels and heights depend directly on them. If they aren't booked at the time, the observations can't be reduced correctly later — and you can't go back and measure them.
Is this official course material?
No. It is free study support mapped to surveying course levels — not official North Metropolitan TAFE content or advice. Always follow your lecturer and the official assessment brief, and check your own working.
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Cite this tool
Zerdly. (2026). Field Note Completeness Checker. Retrieved from https://www.zerdly.com/tools/field-note-completeness-checker/
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