3-day Total Station for Construction

Description

Course content

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Set up the total station over a point
• Carry out the relevant calibration checks (horizontal and vertical collimation error, trunnion axis, prism constant, optical/ laser plummet, diaphragm orientation)
• List the possible sources of error when using a total station
• Use techniques for improving and checking your accuracy and precision
• View, edit, add and delete data
• Install a network of primary control points from scratch (traverse)
• Install accurate secondary control points (retro targets) using the correct procedure
• Create a local coordinate system for a building on gridlines
• Use the correct procedures for measuring and setting out reduced levels with the total station
• Describe a range of methods for plumbing columns and walls
• Set-up the position and orientation of the total station using the resection or occupied point programs
• Take a topographical survey and record the results systematically
• Measure the horizontal distance and level differences between points using the tie-distance function
• Set out points of known co-ordinates using the stake out function
• Set out points in relation to a baseline using the reference line function
• Set out points at given chainages and offsets along a radius e.g. road centrelines using the reference arc function
• Measure irregular areas and volumes
• Transfer large amounts of data from the total station to the computer and vice versa
• Describe the capabilities and limitations of GNNS equipment
• Describe the capabilities of robotic total stations