Proper Training In The Use Of The CAT And Genny Is Essential

Between 2012 and 2017 the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) received 6,746 reports of incidents concerning damage to pipelines and the escape of flammable substances liable to cause harm. Remember that this is only concerning strikes of pipelines with flammable substances. It is just one figure out of many other strikes of underground services because there are water pipes, electricity cables, telecoms, fibreoptics, sewage pipes, and more.

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Strategies and Best Practices for Cable Avoidance

A number of organisations and construction firms have provided guidance on cable avoidance and electrical safety, which is suitable for a wide range of applications.

Today, there’s no excuse for improper cable detection and avoidance practices to be followed. And the dangers of incompetency are more than clear from the thousands of accidents that occur each year, sometimes resulting in fatalities in the worst cases.

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Stay Safe with Online Cable Avoidance Training During Covid-19

Online learning has become increasingly common in the age of Covid-19. While the specific lockdowns and restrictions will hopefully abate with time, the impact on behaviour and societal fears will still persist and people will continue to appreciate the freedom to study remotely, from anywhere.

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Challenges Faced by the Cable Avoidance Industry

An underground service strike can lead to injury or loss of life, while the financial consequences can also be substantial.

To help minimise this risk, the cable avoidance industry has evolved over the years with new technology and processes to improve how underground cables are detected.

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The Many Reasons Why You Need A Cable-Avoidance Course

What is the most dangerous part of constructing a new building? Is it the height? Is it the design? Is it the floor? Is it the roofing system? Is it the electrics? Anything else?

Well, all of those things are vitally important, of course. And a lot more besides. But we believe that the most dangerous part of constructing a building starts right at the bottom. That is not on the earth surface itself, but below the surface.

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The Importance Of Training For Utility Detection Equipment And Surveying

Causing damage to underground services during the course of a project can have severe repercussions. Not the least of these is the risk of injury – which can be serious and is sometimes fatal – but it can cause delays to the project, environmental damage, and incur considerable costs. It can also severely harm the reputation of the contractor concerned. All of these are very sound reasons for following the guidelines of the HSE in its publication HSG47 (Third edition) published in 2014 which is entirely concerned with the avoidance of striking underground services. One of its’ key points is that underground services are widespread and that you should assume they are present unless you have been shown otherwise.

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Why Is EUSR The Best Training Program for Cable Avoidance?

The EUSR cable avoidance program is recognised throughout the UK utility sector. It is an independent skills platform which provides recognised standards across the sector and several programs aimed at improving the competency and skills of individual operatives. It provides the nation with a highly qualified pool of individuals to support various utility projects across the country.

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How Do Cable Locators Work? – Key Principles of Buried Utility Detection

If you know anything about the utility industry, you’ll know that undertaking any excavation will inevitably bring site workers into close proximity to underground utilities, including electricity, gas, water and telecommunication works.

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How To Reduce The Risks of Cable Avoidance

Each year, thousands of accidental cable strikes are recorded in the UK. And there are also many that never make it into official data. As well as causing disruptions to various construction or excavation projects, these incidents pose a huge risk to people’s safety and can lead to a number of serious injuries, and even fatalities.

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Conducting Underground Surveys Is Vital For Any Contractor Who Needs To Carry Out Digging

One of the biggest problems that contractors face when carrying out any work below ground level is accidentally making contact with underground services. The simple fact is that underground services can exist anywhere, even in the most unlikely places. It is fairly obvious that they will exist in streets and roads with buildings, because we all need water, electricity, telecoms, and sewage pipes, and in some cases gas, and these services have to be provided to all buildings.

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