Training Programme on Three Certificate Courses

Program Overview

We successfully conducted a tailor-made training programme comprising three Certificate Courses in response to a request from Mr. Namal Pathiranage, Project Associate, CDLG Project – North Central Province, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).This programme was specifically designed for Engineers and Technical Officers (30 participants) attached to the North Central Provincial Council, with the objective of enhancing their technical and professional competencies in key subject areas identified by the client.

Certificate Courses Offered

  1. Certificate Course on Landscaping
  2. Certificate Course on AUTODESK Revit
  3. Certificate Course on Geographical Information System

The training programme was structured to address practical applications and current industry practices, ensuring that participants gained relevant knowledge and hands-on experience aligned with their professional responsibilities.The training programme was structured to address practical applications and current industry practices, ensuring that participants gained relevant knowledge and hands-on experience aligned with their professional responsibilities.

Resource Panel

  • Prof. C. Beneragama –Professor, Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture , University of Peradeniya
  • Dr. Hemali Nandalal – Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering ,Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya
  • R. H. M. Channa Malintha Senarathne -BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying , Autodesk Integration Specialist & Autodesk Certified Instructor

Course Contents

This training programme is designed to cover the following major topics suggested by the client.

Tailor-Made Certificate course on AUTODESK Revit

    • Introduction to Building Information Modeling (BIM) Concepts and Revit Architecture
    • Create Walls, Doors, Windows and modifying them to suite current project. Usage of library items, create new library items and customization of the UI.
    • Adding New Levels, Column Grids and multi-story buildings.
    • Creating & modifying Floors, Walls, Curtain Walls, Stairs, Railings, Roofs & Ceilings
    • Applying annotations, Alignments & Constraints
    • Generate Plan, Section, Elevation, Callouts, 3D Views, and Controlling Visibility of Objects to match view requirements.
    • Detailing and Drafting Views & Editing them, Annotation & Detailing Tools
    • Generating Door, Windows, Walls Schedules etc.
    • Preparation of paper sheets for Print outs and create & Edit title sheet.
    • Linking & Inserting of Revit, AutoCAD and other drawing objects to Revit Project
    • Conceptual Design & convert them to floors, Walls etc. to generate detailed design.
    • Creating new Families & modifying them.
    • Rendering the Model with different views and render settings. Or export to other software for better rendering.
    • Sun path & Shadow analysis and Walkthroughs
    • Assessments: Continuous assessments and 3-hour paper

Tailor-Made Certificate course on Geographical information system

  • Introduction to GIS and its applications
  • Software and hardware requirements for GIS
  • Data input
  • Introduction to Coordinate Systems
  • Map Projection
  • Geo-referencing
  • GIS Database Creation (GIS Functions)
  • Input of geospatial data – Digitizing etc.)
  • GIS Analysis (Single Layer/ Multi-Layer Analysis, DEM generation, 3-D Analysis etc.)
  • Map output generation
  • Overview of Remote Sensing & its applications
  • Introduction to Global Positioning Systems (GPS) & Applications –   Application of GIS in various disciplines
  • Case Studies ,   Assessment: 3-hour paper
  • Tailor-Made Certificate course on Land Scaping

Discussions/Lectures

  • Introduction and history of landscaping
  • Elements and Principles of Landscape Designing
  • Nursery Management for Landscape Gardening
  • Propagation of plants used in Landscaping
  • Plant nutrient management in landscape gardening
  • Establishment and maintenance of trees
  • Preparation of Flower beds and hedges / Topiary
  • Establishment and maintenance of lawns
  • Planting of Trees, Shrubs and Ground covers in the
  • site/Preparing of soil mixture.
  • Designing hard landscape features
  • Pest and disease control in plants used in landscaping
  • Landscape maintenance / Tools, equipment and
  • Machineries used in maintenance
  • Landscape Design Concepts – planning sustainable cities

Practical’s

  • Identification of soft and hard landscape materials
  • Propagation of plants used in landscaping
  • Identification of fertilizers and compost making
  • Tree planting and pruning
  • Hedge pruning and topiary pruning
  • Preparation of flower beds
  • Architectural drawings – Introduction
    • Individual Presentation Viva
    • Examination – 3-hour paper
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