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SUMMARY:TOTAL STATION FOR CONSTRUCTION
DESCRIPTION:Total Station for Construction is a practical course that teaches total station from scratch and is ideal for graduates and trainees. A 3-part payment plan is also available for your convenience. \nThe course comprises three days and covers days 3-5 of our 5-day course named: “Setting Out For Construction”. It is designed for anyone who is required to use a total station for setting out or surveying a construction site. \nThe course is designed for: \nTotal Station for Construction training program is designed for individuals who belong to any of the following categories:\n– Students who are studying Civil Engineering or Construction Management at any level.\n– Trainee engineers.\n– Graduate Engineers or Construction Managers.\n– Individuals who are already using the total station on site but have not undergone structured training.\n– Other professionals with relevant industry experience. If you fall under this category\, please feel free to contact us to discuss your specific situation\, and we will offer you advice accordingly. \nTotal Station for Construction Course content\nBy the end of the course\, delegates will gain the following skills: \n– Setting up the total station over a point\n– Performing relevant calibration checks\, including vertical and horizontal collimation error\, optical/laser plummet\, prism constant\, and diaphragm orientation\n– Identifying possible sources of error when using a total station\n– Using techniques to improve and check accuracy and precision\n– Viewing\, editing\, adding\, and deleting data\n– Installing a network of primary control points from scratch (traverse)\n– Installing accurate secondary control points (retro targets) using the correct procedure\n– Creating a local coordinate system for a building on gridlines\n– Using the correct procedures for measuring and setting out reduced levels with the total station\n– Describing a range of methods for plumbing columns and walls\n– Set up the orientation and position of the total station using the occupied point programs or resection.\n– Taking a topographical survey and recording the results systematically\n– Measuring the horizontal distance and level differences between points using the tie-distance function\n– Setting out points of known co-ordinates using the stake-out function\n– Setting out points in relation to a baseline using the reference line function\n– Setting out points at provided chainages and offsets along a radius using the reference arc function\n– Measuring irregular areas and volumes\n– Transferring large amounts of data from the total station to the computer and vice versa\n– Describing the capabilities and limitations of GNSS equipment\n– Describing the capabilities of robotic total stations.
URL:https://www.gridsetacademy.co.uk/in-class-courses/total-station-for-construction/
LOCATION:Stoke-on-Trent\, Stoke-on-Trent
CATEGORIES:In Class Courses
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SUMMARY:Robotic Total Station Training
DESCRIPTION:Course Description:\nIn this course\, you will learn how to use a robotic total station. The course is designed to help you improve productivity by using the latest software. The class sizes are small and are perfect for anyone who has a practical knowledge of total stations. \nPrerequisites:\nIf you do not have practical experience with Total Stations\, we recommend attending TOTAL STATION FOR CONSTRUCTION or SETTING OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION before attending this course. \nCourse content\nUpon completing the course\, participants will have the skills to perform the following tasks:\n– Set the position and orientation of the total station\n– Input data manually into the controller\n– Establish a connection between the controller and the total station\n– Navigate efficiently through menus and programs\n– Access stored information in both list and map formats\n– View\, edit\, add\, and delete data accurately\n– Configure the correct settings\n– Select the appropriate prism constant\n– Conduct topographical surveys and record results systematically\n– Set out co-ordinates using onboard functionalities\n– Set out points relative to a given line using onboard functionalities\n– Set out points along a radius (e.g. road centrelines) using onboard functionalities\n– Transfer large amounts of data between the total station and the computer\n– Extract line data (e.g. horizontal distance and level difference between two points)\n– Measure irregular areas and volumes (e.g. stockpiles)\n– Import and work with DTMs and DXF\n– Create and export DTMs and DXFs\n– Transfer data between Excel and survey software through import and export functions.
URL:https://www.gridsetacademy.co.uk/in-class-courses/1-day-robotic-ts/
LOCATION:Stoke-on-Trent\, Stoke-on-Trent
CATEGORIES:In Class Courses
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SUMMARY:IN-HOUSE TRAINING
DESCRIPTION:If you have a group of 4 or more people in need of training\, our in-house training program could be the most cost-effective solution for you. We can conduct any of our site surveying courses at your location or create customized courses based on the specific needs of your company. If you don’t have a suitable training venue\, we can organize one for you. Further\, all delegates will receive the online course for free. We also offer excellent discounts if you’d like to book multiple employees onto our open courses. \nIf you’re not sure whether this is the right solution for your business\, give us a call\, and we’ll offer advice based on your specific situation. We’ll help you determine whether this support will add value to your business and whether you’ll achieve your desired outcomes.
URL:https://www.gridsetacademy.co.uk/in-class-courses/in-house-training/
LOCATION:Stoke-on-Trent\, Stoke-on-Trent
CATEGORIES:In Class Courses
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SUMMARY:GNSS TRAINING COURSE
DESCRIPTION:Improve your productivity with our latest software and small class sizes.\nGNSS Training Course is designed for individuals who want to learn how to conduct surveys using GNSS on Leica\, Trimble or Topcon equipment.\nParticipants are expected to have a working knowledge of 3D coordinate geometry and construction drawings. \nGNSS Training Course Content\nUpon completion of this course\, attendees will acquire the following skills:\n– Understanding of GNSS terminology\n– Knowledge of the basic principles of GNSS technology\n– Ability to identify situations where GNSS is appropriate and where it is not\n– Ability to perform a site calibration to establish a local coordinate system\n– Ability to recognise potential sources of error in GNNS\n– Familiarity with factors affecting accuracy and ability to monitor accuracy level\n– Ability to select the appropriate scale factor and enter data manually into the controller\n– Ability to connect the controller with the GNSS rover and navigate through menus and programs\n– Ability to navigate through stored information in list format and map view and to view\, edit\, add\, and delete data\n– Ability to enter correct settings and select the correct prism constant\n– Ability to conduct a topographical survey and systematically record results\n– Ability to set out points of known coordinates using the onboard functionality and set out points about a baseline using the onboard functionality\n– Ability to set out points along a radius (e.g. road centrelines) with given chainages and offsets using onboard functionality\n– Ability to transfer large amounts of data between the controller and the computer\n– Ability to extract line data\, such as the horizontal distance and level difference between two points\, and measure irregular areas and volumes (e.g. stockpiles)\n– Ability to import and work with DXF and DTMs and create and export DXFs and DTMs\n– Capability to import and export data to and from Excel.
URL:https://www.gridsetacademy.co.uk/in-class-courses/gnss-training-course/
LOCATION:Stoke-on-Trent\, Stoke-on-Trent
CATEGORIES:In Class Courses
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SUMMARY:AUTOCAD COURSE FOR SITE ENGINEERS
DESCRIPTION:The AutoCAD course for site engineers\, spanning 2 days\, is designed to help you improve your productivity\, learn how to use the latest software\, and benefit from small class sizes. This course is specifically created for individuals who want to learn how to use AutoCAD for construction purposes. \nWith the correct usage of AutoCAD software\, you can enhance your overall project productivity\, showcase your business competence to external parties\, and enable engineers to spend less time in the office and more time out on site. \nIt’s worth noting that Grid Set Academy is an Approved Training Organisation. \nAutoCAD Course for Site Engineers content\nBy the end of this course\, participants will gain the following skills:\n– Describe the characteristics of different file types\, such as DWG\, DXF\, DTM\, CSV\, and LandXML.\n– Import data from field controllers and create tables of relevant data.\n– Use CAD tools effectively and create\, edit\, and insert dynamic blocks to annotate coordinates.\n– Choose points from the model and export them to a set schedule.\n– Isolate relevant information and check and convert units.\n– Create and set out models using chainages and intervals\, as well as checking and fixing any corrupt files.\n– Remove any unused items from the file to reduce its size and merge two separate AutoCAD models.\n– Creating\, editing\, and deleting layers and importing and aligning external files\, such as PDFs and images.\n– Binding external files to the model and using layers to isolate relevant information\, as well as checking that items are on the correct layer.\n– Create a company drawing template and change settings to always open AutoCAD using the company templates.\n– Create\, edit\, and delete viewports and sheet sets of varying paper sizes of company templates.\n– Compare changes between drawing revisions and associate drawing objects with hyperlinks.\n– Create\, insert\, and delete revision clouds and insert\, edit\, and delete text.
URL:https://www.gridsetacademy.co.uk/in-class-courses/autocad-course-for-site-engineers/
LOCATION:Stoke-on-Trent\, Stoke-on-Trent
CATEGORIES:In Class Courses
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SUMMARY:SETTING OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION
DESCRIPTION:SETTING OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION (7 DAY Course)\nPart 1 (4- days)\n\nIntro to Setting out\n\n\nLevelling\n\n\nDumpy\n\n\nTaping\n\n\nRotary laser\n\n\nPipe laser\n\nPart 2 ( 3- days)\n\nTotal Station Leica TS 16\n\n\nData entry into CS20 controller\n\n\nIntro to AutoCAD\n\n\nMeasuring/ Setting out points\, lines and curves\n\n\nSetting out calculations\n\n\nAs built Survey\n\n\nKerb Marking\n\nThe Setting out for Construction course is aimed for the aspirants seeking entry into the lucrative Construction industry with no pre-requisites. \nDelegates will receive:\n– all reference study material\n– A yellow survey book.\n– Grid Set Construction Hi-Visibility Vest BS EN 471- Class 3\n– hard hat EN397\n-tools and equipment for practical trainings \nAbout this course\nOur 7- day setting out course is epitome of industry standard and highly regarded in the industry. Grid Set Academy takes pride in training setting out engineers for over a decade. \nHighly qualified and experienced team of engineers have designed this course with up-to-date engineering standards and requirements. \nAspirants are trained using the latest Leica equipment and techniques\, which is well inline to industry standards. \nMoreover\, Grid Set Academy will give access to GSA forum to acquire help from our panel of senior engineers after the successful completion of this course. \nWork placement\nAfter the successful completion of setting out for construction course from Grid Set academy students will have an opportunity to take onsite work placement under the shadow of senior engineer. However this is paid service\, and student will pay GSA to gain this work experience. After gaining onsite work experience students have an opportunity to work for Grid Set Construction Limited as a site engineer.
URL:https://www.gridsetacademy.co.uk/in-class-courses/setting-out-for-construction/
LOCATION:Stoke-on-Trent\, Stoke-on-Trent
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