Total station for Construction (3 Days)

3 Day Practical Course

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3-part payment plan available

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Ideal for graduates and trainees

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Teaches total station from scratch

This 3-day course comprises days 3-5 of the 5-day course, Setting Out For Construction. It is aimed at anyone is required to use a total station for setting out or surveying on a construction site.

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Who the course is aimed at

Students studying civil engineering or construction management at any level

Trainee Engineers

Others with relevant industry experience (please contact us to discuss your specific situation and we can offer advice)

Those who are already using the total station on site but have not had structured training

Graduate engineers or construction managers

Course Dates

Course content

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

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Set up the total station over a point

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Describe a range of methods for plumbing columns and walls

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List the possible sources of error when using a total station

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Use techniques for improving and checking your accuracy and precision

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View, edit, add and delete data

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Set-up the position and orientation of the total station using the resection or occupied point programs

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Install accurate secondary control points (retro targets) using the correct procedure

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Create a local coordinate system for a building on gridlines

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Use the correct procedures for measuring and setting out reduced levels with the total station

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Carry out the relevant calibration checks (horizontal and vertical collimation error, trunnion axis, prism constant, optical/ laser plummet, diaphragm orientation)

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Describe the capabilities of robotic total stations

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Take a topographical survey and record the results systematically

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Install a network of primary control points from scratch (traverse)

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Set out points of known co-ordinates using the stake out function

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Measure irregular areas and volumes

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Set out points at given chainages and offsets along a radius e.g. road centrelines using the reference arc function

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Set out points in relation to a baseline using the reference line function

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Transfer large amounts of data from the total station to the computer and vice versa

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Describe the capabilities and limitations of GNNS equipment

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Measure the horizontal distance and level differences between points using the tie-distance function

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Testimonials

A. Brown

Civil Engineer

I thoroughly enjoyed the course. I felt that it moved at a pace that I was comfortable with and what I liked was that we didn’t simply just learn how to operate the total station, but we’re taught the concepts and maths behind it as well. I felt it has been valuable to me in my pursuit of becoming a site engineer

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