SOLAS / QQI 2 Days Location of Underground Services

The aim of this course is to provide the participants with the required knowledge and skills to carry out the location and avoidance of underground services when involved with excavation works. This is a safe system of work looking at the different steps that should be taken prior and during excavation for locating underground services such as (Bord Gais Pipes, Electrical cables low/medium/high voltage, Water and Sewer pipes, telecommunication cables-fibre optic and others-cable TV etc.  

• Introduction: Problems with Location – Safety Discussion-COP on underground services-SSWP.
• Consequences of Damage to and with Underground Services.
• Where can you expect to find Underground Services.

• Planned/ Emergency. (Procedures to be followed) ·
• Locating with C.A.T. & Genny.
• Operating the C.A.T. & Genny.
• Locator detects three different signals: v Power Mode v Radio Mode v Applied Signal.
• Locating Techniques- Pinpointing – Searching- Tracing- Cable Direction
• Search using Grid Pattern.
• Genny Transmitter- Principles of Operation · Applying a Signal by: Induction, Direct Connection/Clamping,
• Active Search.
• Layer Digging.
• Practical Assessment.
• Written Assessment.