Total station for Construction (3 Days)
3 Day Practical Course
3-part payment plan available
Ideal for graduates and trainees
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 content
By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:
Set up the total station over a point
Describe a range of methods for plumbing columns and walls
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
Set-up the position and orientation of the total station using the resection or occupied point programs
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
Carry out the relevant calibration checks (horizontal and vertical collimation error, trunnion axis, prism constant, optical/ laser plummet, diaphragm orientation)
Describe the capabilities of robotic total stations
Take a topographical survey and record the results systematically
Install a network of primary control points from scratch (traverse)
Set out points of known co-ordinates using the stake out function
Measure irregular areas and volumes
Set out points at given chainages and offsets along a radius e.g. road centrelines using the reference arc function
Set out points in relation to a baseline using the reference line function
Transfer large amounts of data from the total station to the computer and vice versa
Describe the capabilities and limitations of GNNS equipment
Measure the horizontal distance and level differences between points using the tie-distance function
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
UK