Training

Due to the continued substantial growth in the construction industry the demand for skilled engineers has risen substantially. One of the many critical aspects is survey and setting out which in general only enjoys minimal coverage in college curriculum's.

We provide a range of courses in the various aspects of survey for the purpose of developing the individual’s skill.

The focus of these courses is the practical use of survey instruments as well as the associated setting out methods and checks.

Coastway are registered training providers for Engineers Ireland and currently provide training courses to several major construction contractors and leading consulting Engineers throughout Ireland.

We have recently obtained Construction Skillnet approval for a four day course and are in the process of obtaining Fás approval of the training.

In some instances we will be in a position to customise the training to suit your specific needs provided that sufficient staff are trained simultaneously.

Please find below an overview of the courses held at present. These courses are constantly being updated to incorporate feedback obtained from candidates attending previous courses.
Please Contact Us for the upcoming / future course dates!

Levelling & Lasers

The objective of this course is to provide the learner with all the theory and practical tools to ensure efficient and accurate levelling. The course content includes :

• Theory of levelling
• Operation of lasers in construction
• Efficiency of working with a laser
• Checking the calibration of a level
• Eradication or reduction of errors
• Practical field exercises all aspects

Basic Total Station

The purpose of this course is to provide students who have never used a total station with the necessary skills to be able to use the total station to perform basic functions including :

• Theory & principles of total station
• Total station field checks
• Setting orientation and why it is required
• Surveying and recording points
• Basic setting out of points
• Reduction of errors and care of total stations

Intermediate Total Station

The goal of this course is to reinforce the skill and principal of the basic total station course and build on these with additional concepts and skills :

• Total station setup
• Calibration check on instrument
• Survey control and applications
• Practical exercise in survey control
• Interpretation & processing of results

Setting Out

It is the intention that this course provides the learner with practical experience of engineering setting out :

• Overview of setting out
• Theory & methodology
• Practical exercise setting out

GPS & CAD

This course is designed to meet the needs of someone who has little or no knowledge of GPS. It introduces the concepts and theory to the learner :

• Principles of GPS
• Overview of CAD
• Interaction between GPS and CAD
• Practical exercise using GPS and CAD

Coastway take several surveyors and engineers every year on work experience placements from third level colleges in Ireland and have recently offered several of the placement graduates full time positions within the company.

Coastway are now providing survey services in the UK and mainland Europe on large infrastructure projects.