SETTING OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION
(5 DAYS)

5 day practical course

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CITB Assured

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eligible for CITB Funding

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3 part payment plan available

This course comprises two CITB Assured Products, Levelling and Taping (Mon–Tue) and Total Station for Construction (Wed–Fri).

Delivering CITB Assured Courses

Dates & Prices

What you get

A free copy of the book ‘Setting Out For Construction; A Practical Guide To Site Surveying’

3 months free access to our entire eLearning library

A free Chartwell survey book

CV and job search support (unless your employer funded the training)

Personal training plan

Equipment practice days

Who the course
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Students studying Civil Engineering or Construction Management at any level

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Trainee engineers

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Graduate Engineers or Construction Managers

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

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About this Course

The 5-day Setting Out course is our most popular course. People who attend it find that a transformation takes place. Before the course they may feel unsure of the job they are doing and some even feel anxious or stressed because they feel they don’t have all the information they need. They have a niggling feeling that they are not aware of the potential pitfalls. They may have been thrown in at the deep end and so feel unprepared, in the dark or limited to certain tasks.  They may feel like they have picked up bad habits but are not even aware what they are.

Once they have attended the course and learnt how to follow the correct procedures, delegates feel confident and inspired. When they go back to work after the course, they see their tasks in a different light. They feel empowered because they are in possession of the theory and knowledge they need to do their job correctly. The quality of tuition and practical experience they get on the course lets them feel that they can be a flexible, productive and rounded site engineer, directly adding value to their employer. They leave the course feeling enlightened and energised!

Setting out for Construction is a CITB Approved Training Organisation.

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Course content

Levelling

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

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Record work correctly and in the industry standard way

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Incorporate robust checks into all levelling

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List the possible sources of error in levelling

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Carry out a level survey (existing features or as-built)

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Set elements out to a fixed level

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Measure the reduced level of ceilings and soffits

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Transfer a TBM (install a vertical control point network from scatch)

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Set up profile boards for level excavation

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Set up profile boards for drainage

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Set up batter rails for cut and fill

Taping

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

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List the sources of error in taping

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Incorporate checks when setting out using a tape measure

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Set out on sloping ground

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Set out right angles and rectangles

Total Station

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

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

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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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Describe a range of methods for plumbing columns and walls

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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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Take a topographical survey and record the results systematically

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

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

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

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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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Measure irregular areas and volumes

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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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Describe the capabilities of robotic total stations

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Testimonials

Steve Wilson BEng

Senior Completion Engineer & Technical Authority

SOFC provides an excellent course combining informative, participative and relaxed classroom sessions with immediate application of surveying principles in field lessons. The trainer’s experience from construction projects is brought to bear rounding off the practicality of the course. She goes the extra mile to ensure all attendees fully understand what is being delivered working with students well after the official course hours. I would thoroughly recommend this course.

Eni U.K

London

Evando Rezende

Site Engineer

Both the online material and classes were especially helpful, because SOFC have concentrated on things we really need on site. In just a week I could cover the main things I had already learned in College and even further. Also, you can ask as many questions as you want and meanwhile we were sharing lots of experience. Therefore, if you are looking for a practical approach, I strongly recommend Saffron’s Setting Out course. It was more than I expected.

Ireland

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