Beginners to an enhanced Engineering surveying course plus extended qualifications
A training course for those changing careers to construction engineering surveying.
This course is aimed at those changing careers to construction engineering surveying. It will lead to achieving the ProQual Level 3 Diploma in Engineering Surveying qualification, which is required to obtain a CSCS gold engineer surveyor card.
Did you know you don't need a degree to work as an engineer at construction sites?
Did you know a university degree for setting out and site engineers is a complete waste of time and money?
Why go to a university and end up with debts of £60,000 +
when we can teach you all you need and a nationally and European-approved qualification for just £4295 including VAT
Our course is designed to take you from a beginner to an enhanced level in three to six months. Classes are offered for two blocks of 9 consecutive morning sessions from the first Saturday to the following Sunday of each month; during this period, you will learn how to use surveying equipment to a high degree of fluency for surveying and setting out on construction sites and land surveying. At the end of two months of training, you will return for a final seven-afternoon session to better understand the principles of setting out, surveying, traversing, leveling, and GNSS.
At the start of your second month of the course, you will be registered with the awarding body for the diploma qualification, which will enable you to apply for a red trainee card to work on construction sites. You have the option to seek a work placement and gain site practice before sitting for your final assessments to achieve your qualification as an engineer surveyor and apply for a gold CSCS card. Work placement is optional for the enhanced learners, but it is your responsibility to secure a placement.
Course fees:
Beginner to enhanced level: £4295 including VAT. It consists of two blocks of nine consecutive morning sessions over two months. Alternatively, you can attend every Saturday and two Sundays per month for three months.
After achieving your qualification, you can continue attending college for a further three months for one weekend per month to learn other subjects and maintain fluency in using surveying equipment.
What you will be learning
- Complete training on Total stations, including Robotic instruments, GNSS, Automatic, laser, and Digital levels.
- Full training on surveying and setting out methods and traversing, understanding local and global coordinate systems, converting from one system to another, and creating your own local coordinate systems when none exists.
- Establishing baselines for surveying and movement monitoring
- Checking and calibrating instruments.
- Site engineering topics, including quality assurance, site drawings, concreting, reinforcement drawings, bending schedules, road works, Steel, and RC frames.
- AutoCAD software and training
- First aid at Work
- Building information modelling, REVIT software
Learning topics above are intended to provide extra skills to overcome a lack of prior work experience and make you attractive to employers.
To book this course please pay by bank transfer or through our website
We offer a 5% discount on fees if paid in full in advance through bank transfer, as we are charged up to 3% for card transaction fees. Alternatively, learners can pay in three monthly instalments of just £1430.
Finchley College (business account)
Sort code: 09-01-27
Account no. 44018113
Please write your name as a reference
Alternatively, pay by card through the website, www.finchleycollege.com
For more information, please get in touch with us on 020 8143 8970, or email us at finchleycollege@yahoo.com
Beginners to enhanced, for those changing career to engineering
Please note that the timetable is subject to change
Classes are held monthly for two blocks of nine consecutive morning sessions, followed by a final seven afternoon sessions and an optional one weekend per month for a further three months.
An updated timetable will be forwarded upon registration.
Learners also have the option to attend on the first three weekends of each month only to avoid missing days from work and losing income.
Please see below some of our recent Trustpilot reviews
I recently completed the Engineering Surveying course at Finchley College, and it was a fantastic experience. The course was well-organized, very practical, and provided plenty of useful information.
I want to give special thanks to Reza, our teacher. He was brilliant, knowledgeable, and always professional. He explained everything clearly, made even the complex parts easy to understand and gave us real-world examples to help us learn. He was also very approachable and happy to answer any questions we had.
The college provided excellent equipment and hands-on training, which was very important for this type of course. The staff were also friendly and helpful whenever we needed support.
I would highly recommend Finchley College to anyone looking to study engineering surveying. It’s a great place to learn and improve your skills.Date of experience: 24 January 2025
What a pleasant experience.
Every part of this course is constructive and useful. Reza is highly knowledgeable, patient and most helpful. I would recommend Finchley College to anyone.
Date of experience: 04 November 2024
It's a really great college
It's a really great college. I'm doing there my ProQual NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Surveying.
The teachers are very professional and try their best to make you understand the subject. If student struggle in some areas teacher is always trying to put an extra effort to help him to learn or understand it better.
Apart from theory there are lots of practical exercises. You get full training and understanding of working with Leica Total station, dumpy, laser and digital levels, GNSS.
Also it is easy to get to - just a few minutes walk from Finchley Central Station.Date of experience: 08 October 2022
Pleased with the experience
I have recently been certified my ProQual Level 3 Diploma in Engineering Surveying at Finchley college. I am truly pleased with the experience and the help that has been provided by the team.
They are one of very few that qualify you for this certificate. If you're serious about your engineering career, Finchley college is where you start your journey.Date of experience: 05 August 2024
Just a really great course
I'm pleased with my experience at Finchley College. The tutors are excellent—knowledgeable, and genuinely passionate about surveying. I was fortunate to have 1-2-1 training which meant I got the best possible training. The course was a mix of theory and practical, which was super helpful.
Reza has a wealth of knowledge that has literally taken a lifetime to accumulate, and I am really grateful for the help and transfer of some of that knowledge.Date of experience: 06 April 2024
ProQual Level 3 Diploma in Engineering Surveying
I would like to share my experience and recommendations. Recently, I archived my engineering course with Finchley College in 2024 and completed my NVQ L3 Diploma in Surveying and Engineering.
Although I had been in engineering for the last ten years, I needed a formal qualification. I knew most of the things, but I still learned new techniques with the help of Reza and the college team. I am happy with the instructor and the team’s experience, knowledge, and friendliness. I highly recommend attending Finchley College for your training. I have taken other courses in the past, but Finchley College training is the best and will give you deep learning in every subject of engineering and surveying. After completing the course, you should be more confident to work on your own, and at the same time, completing the course, you will able to apply for a professional SCCS cold card, which no other training provider will give you this benefit.
Good luck to you and the training you may choose to take.
Best Wishes.
Alik @Land Surveyors Limited
land-surveyorsBest College for set-out Engineers
I came across Finchley College on their YouTube channel, where they've put free lecture videos. I decided to join the college and was met with friendly and knowledgeable staff. The program was flexible and adjusted for my learning needs. I was provided with online videos and ebooks, enough to cover all the aspects in order to become a set-out engineer. Arguably, I was offered more study material than the UNI I paid for way more. Having a professor so passionate about their work gave me the confidence to ask even the most trivial of questions to become a better engineer. All the students are welcome to drop by any time after graduation to ask questions that they may face in the field over their career as engineers, I can't remember any other school I've attended that welcomes past students like that. To me this is a big plus and thumbs up to Finchley College.
Date of experience: 24 January 2024