BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE
£1495 PLUS VAT
One month of online course followed by hands on training at college for 8 weekend or a 9 consecutive day training sessions.
Please note no certificate is issued for this level
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Ideal for beginners, assistant engineers, site foremen and managers
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Key Features
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Great foundation course to give you knowledge of surveying and setting out
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Large number of experienced engineers attend beginner level for comprehensive knowledge of surveying
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Intended for beginners, assistant engineers, graduates and those working as other trades in the construction industry
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Introduction into use of surveying instruments
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Setting out and surveying techniques and programs
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No certificate is issued for this level
TIMETABLE
Beginner / intermediate morning sessions
10.00am - 2.00pm
1ST SATURDAY
Health & Safety
Introduction to mathematics of surveying
National and local grids
Advantages of each grid system
Creating your own local coordinate system
Extracting coordinates from drawings
Introduction to levelling
10.00am - 2.00pm
1ST SUNDAY
Practical levelling exercises, working out levels
Two peg tests
Introduction to Total stations
Instrument settings
Distance and angle measurement
Quick survey program
Instrument faces, measuring two faces
10.00am - 2.00pm
2ND SATURDAY
Accuracy, precision, checking, types of control markers
accuracy and reliability of control
Scales and plot sizes, Data types
Setting out and surveying methods
Review of each Total station program
10.00am - 2.00pm
2ND SUNDAY
Practice session using Total stations
Instrument programs
Resection, setting out and surveying programs
10.00am - 2.00pm
3RD SATURDAY
Total station programs in more detail
Resection, setting out, surveying, tie distance, reference line, remote height
Working out coordinates from drawings
10.00am - 2.00pm
3RD SUNDAY
Surveying and Setting out exercises
Different methods of Surveying, tie distance program, surveying program, reference line
10.00am - 2.00pm
4TH SATURDAY
First aid course
Learners who do not need or want to attend first aid can attend Sunday all day
10.00am - 2.00pm
4TH SUNDAY
Beginner intermediate level revision and assessment
Any learner who has missed a session can attend the same sessions the following month
Learners can repeat this course for just £595