Course Overview

This training course provides essential knowledge and practical skills for operating a Trimble Total Station with Trimble Access for general site setting out tasks. While no prior experience with Trimble Access is required, a background in surveying or setting out is advantageous. The course features an initial classroom briefing followed by hands-on outdoor fieldwork exercises. This is a 1-day course.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Perform a Resection station setup
Verify position accuracy using a Control Point
Select appropriate Trimble Target types and tracking modes
Create and manage Projects and Jobs
Import setting out design data from CSV, DXF, and TTM file formats
Execute setting out for points, polylines, and surfaces
Install pegs and profile board markers
Apply offset techniques for setting out tasks
Manipulate CAD drawings, including exploding elements and creating nodes
Measure surface points and compute volume calculations
Generate professional setting out reports

Course Structure

Introduction Session

Overview of Trimble Access and data types
Station setup methods
Fieldwork data and task preview
Loading design data onto the controller via USB
Introduction to targets, poles, search options, and function keys

Total Station Setup

Performing a Resection setup
Checking onto a Control Station

Setting Out Points

Setting out building pad corners
Setting out pad corner offsets from a keyed-in line
Precisely setting out brickwork corners
Checking dimensions between brickwork corners
Reporting site levels
Setting out manhole positions
Establishing profile boards for drainage runs

Setting Out Lines from CAD Files

Placing pins along a kerb string face
Positioning pins at the back and top of a kerb
Setting out gully centers

Surfaces & Volumes

Setting out surfaces
Computing Cut/Fill volumes
Calculating stockpile volumes

Office-Based Activities

Generating setting out reports
Course assessment
Learning references and supplementary materials

Target Audience

This course is designed for professionals responsible for site setting out tasks using Trimble Access, including site engineers and survey engineers. While no prior experience with Trimble equipment is necessary, familiarity with surveying or setting out practices is beneficial.

Tools and Software

Trimble Total Station: Trimble S5 or S7 Robotic Total Station
Field Software: Trimble Access
Field Controller: Trimble TSC5

By the end of this course, participants will be proficient in performing essential setting out tasks using Trimble Access. Course materials and additional learning resources will be provided through the KOREC Geoschool learning platform.

Trimble Access: Setting Out Essentials | Liverpool