Day 1

• (6 hour  training + 1 hour break)
• Introduction to the course
• What’s in the box
• 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
• Set jobs into the total station and input work data
• Understand prism constants and how they impact upon accuracies
• Measure the horizontal distance and level differences between points using the tie-distance function