Setting out and site surveying course
Ideal for learners progressing from the fundamentals of the surveying course, as well as graduates, to improve their chances of employment. 
 
Surveying is an exciting, rewarding, and secure profession, there is a great demand for competent engineers and surveyors. This course is your gateway to the world of engineering and surveying, preparing you to work as an engineer or surveyor.
 
Graduate employment market:
 
The market is very good, and the employer seeks competent graduates able to work immediately using surveying equipment. Take a look at the CV library and search for site engineer or setting out engineers, and you can see pay rates of from £120 to £400 per day.
 
You could be earning between £1000 to £1500 per week within a year from now.
 
It has always been tough for graduates; we know it because we have gone through the same process many years ago ourselves. We know the difficulties of securing employment for a graduate.
 
Employers pay high rates to agencies and rightly expect value for money. Although recruitment agencies advertise for graduates, they are very reluctant to employ one who graduated a few years ago and has little or no ability to use Total Stations and other surveying instruments. It is especially worse for overseas graduates.
 
At the interview, they will ask probing questions to assess your suitability. Our course will provide you with extensive training and support to help you succeed at job interviews. 
 
The chances are that if you studied surveying at university, it would have been many years ago, and you have forgotten most, if not all, of what you learnt. Universities don't do justice to their students; most of them have too many students in the class and too few instruments for you to practice. Teachers are not practicing engineers and are out of date with what goes on site.
 
Finchley College's setting out and surveying course will offer you intensive 5 to 10 afternoon sessions of practice with Total stations.  You can get yourself an up-to-date unit certificate in setting out and GNSS. Although this is not a full qualification, it will give the employer confidence that you are competent with the use of surveying instruments.
 
Please note that this is not a remote or online course but a face-to-face course taught by experienced engineers.
 
 
Key learning topics:
 
Total station programs
Mathematics of surveying
Stakeout and surveying
Reference line, arc, and plane
Setting out techniques
Setting out piles, columns, walls, roads, drainage, and groundwork
Surveying
GNSS for surveying and setting out
Learn to read construction drawings
 
At the end of this course, you should be able to work as a junior setting out engineer
 
Timetable:
Afternoon sessions from 12.00 to 3.00 pm
5 Days: Fee: £795 plus VAT (£955), weekdays only
10 Days: £1195 plus VAT (£1435), weekdays or weekends
 
Locations:
London: Courses are offered for two weeks every other month or at weekends for two months (the first 2 Saturdays and 3 Sundays every month for two months)
 
Manchester: 
The third week of every month for two months
 
You will learn to use two-man Total Stations in the first week and robotic Total Stations in the second week of the course.
 
Payment options: 
 
To book this course, please pay by bank transfer and write your name as a reference
 
Finchley College (this is a business account)
Sort code: 09-01-27
Account no. 44018113
Alternatively, pay online, www.finchleycollege.com
 
For more information please call Reza Nobakht on 020 8143 8970
 
Email: finchleycollege@yahoo.com