Total Station for Construction CITB (GET3407)

3 days / £650.00

This is a CITB approved course. CITB code GET3407.

Get hands-on training in surveying and setting out with this practical, CITB Assured course. Ideal for site engineers requiring hands-on training, you’ll learn to operate a modern Total Station confidently and accurately from the installation of Control to Setting Out and Site Checks.

Taught by experienced KOREC Trainers, the course covers:

• Equipment setup and calibration
• Establishing control networks
• Topographical data collection
• Setting out using coordinates

By the end, you’ll have the practical knowledge and confidence to handle surveying and setting out tasks commonly performed using a Total Station.

CITB course certificate provided upon successful completion of the course learning outcomes.

Learning Outcomes (CITB)

• Set up the total station over a point
• Carry out relevant calibration checks
• List the possible sources of error when using a total station
• List techniques for improving and checking your accuracy and precision
• View, edit, add, and delete data
• Install a network of primary control points from scratch (traverse)
• Install accurate secondary control points (retro targets)
• Create a local coordinate system
• Measure and set out reduced levels with the total station
• Describe and practice a range of methods for plumbing columns and walls
• Set the position and orientation of the total station using the resection
• Set the position and orientation by setting up over a known point and referencing another known point
• Take a topographical survey and record the results systematically
• Measure the horizontal distance and level differences between points
• Stake out points of known co-ordinates using the stake out function
• Stake out points in relation to a baseline using the reference line function
• Import and export data
• Discuss the relationship between Total Station and GNSS equipment 
• Explain the scenarios when you would choose mechanical and robotic total stations