A guide to gauge new surveyors' understanding of their roles prior to hitting the field. And a handy aid to bring with them in the field. A guide indicating practices and procedures that are best to have implemented in order to attain quality data during DCVG Pipeline Surveys. Also including common causes for poor quality data collection, as well as possible ways to recognize possible instances such as this in the field. Includes simple methods used in order to help determine control measures needed in order to assure quality data collection.