Leica Total Station Training

The course is delivered through a combination of classroom-based tutorials and practical assignments. Delegates will be assessed through a mixture of theory and practical tests.

These will include:

• Set up profile boards for drainage 
• Set up batter rails for cut and fill 
• Set up the total station over a point 
• Carry out the relevant calibration checks (horizontal and vertical collimation error, trunnion axis, prism constant, optical/laser plummet, diaphragm orientation) 
• List the sources of error when using a total station 
• Use techniques for improving and checking your accuracy and precision 
• View, edit, add and delete data 
• Create a local coordinate system for a building on gridlines 
• Use the total station for measuring and setting out reduced levels 
• Describe a range of methods for plumbing columns and walls 
• Set up the position and orientation of the total station using the resection or occupied point programs 
• Measure the horizontal distance and level differences between points using the tie-distance function 
• Set out points of known coordinates using the stake-out function 
• Set out points in relation to a given line using the reference line function 
• Set out points at a given chainage and offset along a radius, e.g. road centrelines, using the reference arc function 
• Understand the operating principles of theodolites/total stations 
• Set jobs into the total station and input work data 
• Set out points for drainage 
• Carry out independent checking of setting out 
• Carry out ‘as set out’ surveys 
• Understand prism constants and how they impact upon accuracies. 

This course is for delegates who require training in using the Leica Total Station. This includes engineers, construction managers and site managers.

Delegates must have basic spoken and written English skills.

Successful delegates will receive a Sunbelt Certificate of Attendance valid for 3 years.