5 Day Surveying Course



5 Day Surveying Course

Course Overview

This course is designed to give candidates with experience in surveying and site engineering a good grounding in the principles and practical application of site surveying, using both total stations and a level and staff.  We do not use GNSS as part of this course although a separate 3 day GNSS course can be taken.

It is assumed that students entering the course have either completed the 2 day levelling and 3 day Total Station courses or that they have experience of using both level and total station equipment.

There is a maths element to the course so a knowledge of mathematics and the use of the scientific calculator prior to coming on the course would be an advantage. Students will undertake calculations of co-ordinates and bearings and distances to establish and survey points of detail. These calculations will also be used to check control points

Practical exercises are used to back up the theory learned in the classroom.

Summary of main topics covered by the course:

  • Introduction and Safe working on site
  • Calculations – co-ordinates, angles, bearings, and basic trigonometry using a scientific calculator
  •  Principles of survey control and sighting of control stations
  •  Observing, booking and reducing, Horizontal angles, vertical angles and slope distances.
  •  Practical surveying exercises – using a level and a total station
  •  Resection – using a total station function
  •  Traversing and Traverse calculations
  •  Principles of traverse adjustment
  •  Detail mapping using feature codes – on a total station
  •  Uploading and Downloading of data – and processing in specialist Survey Software
  •  Contouring from observed spot heights using specialist Survey Software
  •  Cross Sections from field observations drawn in specialist Survey Software
  •  Using some of the other total station functions such as Area calculation tie distance and remote height.
  •  Required precision of observations and relation of detail to map scale
  •  The Ordnance Survey National Grid system and scale factor awareness
  •  Review, questions and close

At the end of the course students receive a certificate of attendance.

The course costs £1125 plus vat

Book your place or enquire about dates by emailing us at info@wolfwoodconsulting.co.uk