BEGINNER TO ADVANCED
£1995 PLUS VAT

This one month long course starts on the first Saturday of each month, lessons are held on both Saturdays and Sundays. We offer extra free training sessions the following month on Saturday afternoons for those who need further practice.

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Please note that a fee of £360 applies for nationally recognized qualification, alternatively we will issue you with Finchley College inhouse certificate of achievement of advanced level in surveying and setting out

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Topics include;

• Principles of surveying and setting out

  • Mathematics of surveying,

  • creating a local coordinate system

  • Health & Safety & Risk assessment for engineers/surveyors​​

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• Levelling​

  • Learning to use Automatic level, rotating laser, pipe laser and digital levels​

  • Establishing site datums and temporary bench marks

  • Levelling traverse

  • Two peg tests and calibrating automatic levels

  • Height of collimation and rise and fall method of calculating reduced levels

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• Introduction to Total stations

  • Creating jobs​

  • Correct job and point ID naming methods

  • Instrument settings

  • EDM Settings, understanding prism types

  • User option of EDM modes for surveying center of round columns

  • Atmospheric corrections, changing instrument temperature and pressure settings

  • Measuring distances, heights and surveying

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• GNSS

  • Using GNSS for surveying and setting out​

  • Static and Real time Kinetic modes

  • Satellite geometry and effect of RTK on accuracy

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• Traversing

  • Measuring angles, distances​

  • Face left and face right angle measurements

  • Systematic and random errors in traversing

  • Establishing traverse station coordinates, eastings northings and heights

  • Angle and distance measurement adjustment methods

  • Traverse field practice, establishing local control system

  • Establishing secondary control from traverse points

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• Total station programs

  • Resection program,  working out station position and bearing​

  • Errors in resection

  • Alternative resection options

  • Distance measurement programs 

  • Area and volume calculations

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• Setting out point methods

  • Setting out point, line and offset

  • Setting out  arcs, simple and complicated roads

  • Setting out ramps and slopes

  • Setting out by surveying methods

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• Global and local coordinate conversions

  • Rotating grid lines​

  • Moving origins

  • Creating your own global or local system

  • Creating new control system where none exist

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For further information please contact Reza Nobakht on 07974 221155 or email us 

finchleycollege@yahoo.com

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Any learner who has missed a session can attend the same sessions the following month

Learners can repeat this course for just £595