Leveling For Setting Out

Course Overview

This course is designed to give junior surveyors, engineers and construction staff an understanding of the principles and practical application of levelling for both Topographical Survey and for Setting Out.

The course has been designed for students with little or no experience of using leveling equipment.

During the course students will learn observing, calculating and checking of levelling runs using the ‘Height of Collimation’ method of booking as well as checking the equipment.

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

Although a basic knowledge of the use of calculators for addition/subtraction, multiplication/division and square roots prior to coming on the course would be an advantage these skills can be taught as part of the course.

Summary of main topics covered by the course:

• Introduction and Health and Safety for using level and staff
• Background to levelling and levelling theory
• Reading the staff and booking the readings
• Class exercise; Booking and reducing levelling by Height of collimation
• Practical field levelling exercise – Practice in reading and booking
• Sources of error in levelling and acceptable closures
• Two peg test and adjustment of the instrument theory
• Two peg test field practical – Instrument check
• Use of Intermediate sights & Inverted readings – Theory
• Practical field levelling exercise practical covering topo detail levelling
• Using Benchmarks.
• Setting out levels for Site datum – (Establishing a TBM)
• Settling out levels for profiles – Theory & Practical exercise
• Rise and fall booking theory (overview)
• Use of digital levels (overview)
• Review, questions and close

On completion of the course students receive a certificate of attendance. Students may wish to follow this course with the 3 day Total Station course

The course costs £515 plus vat

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