Engineering Surveying for beginners, graduates, assistant and junior engineers
Our Beginners to Advanced Engineering Surveying course is the perfect choice for those looking to kickstart or advance their career in construction engineering. We know it could be challenging to embark on a new job, but we will help you every step of the way to make it as easy as possible. We have trained over 1200 learners over the past 30 years and know how to train beginners.
By the end of this course, you should be able to set out and survey small—to medium-sized construction sites. We provide you with post-training support, where you can call, email, or visit the college with any issues at work and receive guidance on how to resolve them.
You can contact us for support anytime, regardless of when you studied with us. We provide lifetime support.
During your studies with us, we would like you to search for jobs, we will help you as much as we can by;
- Improve your CV
- Upload your CV to the CV library job site
- Inform you of any job vacancies
- Plenty of practice using real-life site drawings
- Provide low-cost post-training practice sessions to maintain fluency using surveying equipment
We can not guarantee jobs during or after the training but will support you throughout your studies.
Sign up now and start your journey toward success in engineering surveying.
Locations and duration:
London: 15 weekend sessions in the first three Saturdays and two Sundays of every month for three months or a block of nine consecutive days plus two weekends.
You will start by two months of morning sessions followed by one month of afternoon sessions to achieve your qualification.
Manchester: We offer this course on the 4th weekend of every month in Manchester, learners will attend the 4th Saturday and Sunday of each month for at least three months plus an option to hire a Total Station from us subject to a refundable deposit but free of charge for up to one month of practice at home.
Benefits
- Student discount card to use at thousands of shops and online
- Visit the college for one-morning per month for free practice with surveying equipment for three months.
- Free telephone and email post-training support
- References
What you will be learning
- Mathematics of surveying
- Measuring angles, distances, and heights
- Total stations, including robotics.
- Setting out methods
- Reading and understanding construction drawings
- As-built surveys
- Upload and download data to and from USB and Total stations.
- Understanding data types
- Creating control systems where none exists
- Converting local and global coordinate systems, including rotation of grids
- Traversing for creating local control systems and local site surveys
- Bowditch method of traversing
Fees: 2995 including VAT, we offer a 5% discount for learners paying in full in advance by bank transfer, as we are charged 3% for payments made by credit cards
For more information, please call Reza Nobakht on 020 8143 8970 or email us at
finchleycollege@yahoo.com
Beginners to advanced course
This course is aimed at beginners, junior and senior engineers or surveyors who need comprehensive training in the use of Total stations, GNSS, RC, and Steel frame construction methods and reading drawings with an introduction to robotic Total stations.
Morning and afternoon timetable
9.00 am to 2.00 pm
Day 1
Total Stations theory and practice
Day 2
Mathematics, global and local grids
Day 3
Setting out piles, walls and columns
Day 4
Setting out piles, walls and columns
Day 5
Setting out roads, arcs and ramps
Day 6
Traversing, establishing site controls
Day 7
GNSS, surveying and setting out
Day 8
Practice and assessments
Extra one day per month for an additional three months