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Optical Surveying for Earthworks: Sharpen Your Eyes!

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Teacher: Tom WardA Permaculture Advanced Certificate Course facilitated by Tom Ward.Optical Surveying for Earthworks will practice using surveying tools that are not digital or electric. No battery devices. We will mostly use telescope-like devices and other hand tools such as A-frames, sight levels, pocket transits, builders levels and various vertical measurement rods as well as horizontal measuring tapes and walking wheels to learn swale, terrace, ditch and pond layout, pond profile cross-section drawing, keyline and trail system locating, solar assessment, ditch and wiggle water way layout, small cabin orientation and pad layout, staking and note taking, compass and map reading.Bring compasses, levels, rods, pencils, a clip board, 1/4 inch graph paper pad, engineers rule or wooden ruler, 100 meter/foot tapes and walking wheels. I have much of this but if you have any of these tools bring them and you will have more practice with your own tools. We will check the accuracy of levels by back and fore shots. A surveying vest with pockets galore would be great. There will be wood stakes but more is always good, especially tall sturdy ones. Wax lumber crayons will be preferred. Plastic tape or spray paint is discouraged.This is an advanced certificate course for Permaculture Design Course graduates. Others can have the certificate held until they have a PDC certificate. Open to all who have a working knowledge of Permaculture.We will start Fridays 10 AM at the first parking lot just up the drive of Wolf Gulch Farm, 7000 Little Applegate Road, Jacksonville, Oregon. Which is at milepost 8. We will be done Sundays by 5PM.Bring your own food, we will potluck dinners. I encourage participants to show up Thursday evening to set up camp. This is a campground with composting toilet. Swimming will be available in the farm pond nearby. We will put up solar shower bags. Definitely bring a big hat, long pants and long sleeve shirts. There may be some ticks (but no lime’s disease cluster here). Poison oak will be luscious and gorgeous (ours is not super potent to most folks). Our stream and spring water is alkaline. You could bring extra drinking water. We will have mineral rich well water to drink at the camp.Cost: $400 - $450 (sliding scale). Drop me a note: POBox 1282, Ashland, Oregon 97520, send an e-mail to tomward@mind.net or leave a message on 541 890-1384 to register. Bring cash or check made to Tom Ward. I am hoping that we will have 8 to 12 people.
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