Using Total Stations
Course Overview
This course is aimed at new recruits or staff who have little or no experience of using modern total stations. It is designed to give candidates an understanding of the principles and practical application of how to use modern total stations for setting out or surveying.
Please Note:– a separate 2 day Levelling for Seting Out course is also available and it may be advisable to undertake this course first.
The course will provide candidates with the ability use total stations for both basic detail surveying and setting out and will be of benefit to candidates working in either the surveying or the construction industries. Practical exercises back up the theory learned in the classroom.
The Total Stations will be used in practical sessions to survey points and also set out points loaded into the system. Candidates will also learn how to store measurements and co-ordinates along with training on how these can be downloaded to a computer for mapping, and checking against required measurements.
Although hand calculations will be kept to a minimum an understanding of mathematics and use of scientific calculators is an advantage.
Summary of course topics
- Introduction and Health & Safety for using total stations
- Horizontal and vertical angles Total station – angle measurement theory
- Total station – distance measurement theory
- Total station – setting up and using the instrument and Target
- Practical field exercise familiarising with the Total Station
- Menu system – creating a job – entering co-ordinates
- Slope, horizontal distances and Height Difference Reduction (in the Instrument)
- Practical field exercise measuring targets with the Total Station
- Prism constants and atmospheric settings and Non Prism reflector less measurements
- Introduction to co-ordinates and how to stablish a new station from a base line
- Using known stations, and back sights, for orientation
- Observing, downloading and plotting of field surveyed points – Field exercise
- Resection and free-station Programs
- Menu system – setting out
- Field practice setting out by co-ordinates
- Menu system – overview of other functions (such as reference line, remote height, tie distance and area)
- Review, questions and close
Cost of Course
£740 plus vat
Further study
On completion of the course students receive a certificate of attendance.
Students may wish to follow this course with the Surveying Course (5 Day) course.
Or Setting Out (Advanced) course