Chris Little Training Services Ltd

All survey and setting out training courses are designed and run by a qualified Further Education lecturer who has 14 years experience of developing and teaching BTEC National (OND/ONC) and Higher National (HND) courses at College and University level.

Our trainer's industrial experience includes many years as a land surveyor working in the UK and Overseas, involving topographic surveys, building surveys and setting out; and eight years technical / software support, and running training courses for Sokkia.

Whilst at Sokkia he specialised in high-technology solutions in surveying and Construction; Total Stations, GPS, Mapping and Data Transfer Software.

Over the years he has gained considerable experience in specialist Industrial Measurement and Alignment, involving the use of theodolites and steel tapes, precise levels and the 3-D high precision (sub-millimetre) Sokkia Monmos system. He has worked on projects in the nuclear, rail locomotive and carriage repair, and the off-shore steel fabrication industries.

Chris Little Training Services Ltd works in conjunction with the main survey instrument manufacturers and suppliers (take a look at the Partnership webpage), as well as a number of other professionals working in specialist areas of surveying -- Laser Scanning, BIM (Building Information Modelling).

Course for Site Engineers
All the courses listed below can be adapted and tailored to an individual's or a company's specific requirements, including changing the course elements, or combining elements from different course.

• CLTS/SE1 Levelling & Setting Out of Heights [2 Day Course]
• CLTS/SE2 Theodolite Setting Out and Alignment [1 Day Course]
• CLTS/SE3 Introduction to use of Total Stations (EDM) [1 Day Course]
• CLTS/SE4 Site Surveying and Setting Out for Engineers Phase 1 [2 Day Course]
• CLTS/SE5 Digital Data Transfer: Total Stations / PCs [1 Day Course]
• CLTS/SE6 Site Surveying and Setting Out for Engineers [5 Day Course]
• CLTS/SE7 Site Surveying and Setting Out for Engineers Phase 2 [2 Day course]
• CLTS/SE8 Total Stations (EDM) Familiarisation [1 Day Course]
• CLTS/SE9 Advanced Survey Technology Awareness Course [2 Day Course]
• CLTS/SE10 Horizontal and Vertical alignment of Structures [1 Day Course]

Courses for Surveyors

• CLTS/S1 Levelling [2 Day Course]

The course is designed for people who need to be able to height or check the height points in the landscape or around buildings/structures.


• CLTS/S2 Introduction to use of Total Stations (EDM) [2 Day Course]

The course is designed for those professionals or others who are involved in surveying sites or buildings for development, archaeology or any other reasons.


• CLTS/S3 Site Surveying [5 Day Course]

The course is designed those who may have graduated from university with limited surveying knowledge and little practical experience. It is also relevant to other professionals/consultants who require basic survey and mapping knowledge and skills.


• CLTS/S4 Total Stations (EDM) Data Exchange [1 Day Course]

The course is designed for those professionals or others who are involved in surveying sites or buildings and then need to export data from their measuring device to various computer programs using different data formats


• CLTS/S5 Topocad Mapping Software Training [1 Day to 3 Day Courses]

The courses are designed for those professionals or others who have purchase Topocad mapping software and need to learn how to use the software for downloading survey data to produce survey drawings for plotting or export to CAD packages.

Specialist Courses

• CLTS/SP1 GPS/GNSS Awareness [1 Day Course]

The course is designed for professionals and any others who need to be able to understand how GPS/GNSS systems work and how they can be used in the Surveying, Construction, Utility and GIS Industries. Little or no previous experience is required, but some basic understanding of the need to position points for data collection.


• CLTS/SP2 High-Precison Industrial Measurement [1 Day Course]

The course is designed for surveyors and engineers who need to measure structures or objects with sub-millimetre accuracy for alignment, fabrication and/or repair. Some previous experience of precise measurement is useful, but not essential.


• CLTS/SP3 Introduction to Building Information Modelling [1 Day Course]

The course is designed for professionals and any others (Directors, senior managers and decision makers) who need to understand what BIM is, and how it works. Little or no previous experience is required.