Cable strikes can be fatal for the operatives working at the site, the service users, and the service providers. A little professional CAT training can put an end to all possible hazards. Sygma Solutions has been devoted to providing interested people just that for years. With proper training, we have succeeded in operatives and utility engineers to avoid cable strike risks.
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The ProQual Level 2 Award in Utility Avoidance and the Location of Buried Services in Construction is aimed at site managers, supervisors, and excavation operatives in order that they have an understanding of the avoidance of danger from striking underground services. The awarding body is the ProQual Awarding Body which comes under the regulating body which is Ofqaul (the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation).
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When undertaking any type of digging on a construction project, or for that matter any other project, one has always to remember that, in the UK, and pretty much everywhere else, all of the utility services that we need run underground. From one point of view that is great because it means that the landscape is not cluttered up with cables and pipes running all over the place because they are out of sight.
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Sygma Solutions is the foremost UK provider of training in the use of the CAT and Genny and GPR for the location of underground services. Our CAT training courses leave nothing to chance and cover the use of the CAT and Genny in all modes. Most importantly, we go into detail about the limitations of the CAT and Genny, as it is critical to understand them in order to avoid making errors. There can be reasons why they might return an apparent negative result when in fact there is a service on the site, so it is essential to take that into account.
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Whether it is your home or your business, there will be a lot of underground services running into it – water, electricity, telecoms, fibreoptics, possibly gas, and more, and there will also be sewage pipes and wastewater leaving it. All right, some telecoms still use old-fashioned telegraph poles, but most are underground. All this is fine and keeps our green and pleasant land just that – green and pleasant.
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When it comes to the necessity for construction businesses, utility providers, landscape contractors, and many more, who need to carry out any form of excavation work, it is vital that they carry out a thorough survey of the land on which they are going to dig.
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Most people who have a home with a back garden, and perhaps a front garden as well, don’t give a moment’s thought when it comes to digging in their veg plot, or uprooting a shrub to replace it with something else. They just go ahead and get on with it. In most cases, that is fine, but there can always be an issue about striking utilities, nearly all of which run underground.
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There are quite a number of manufacturers that produce cable avoidance tools, some of which are great, some of which are “OK”, and some you wouldn’t give to your worst enemy. If you are working in the sector of location of underground services, it is essential to be able to distinguish between a top quality and reliable cable avoidance tool and a budget model with limited functionality.
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At Sygma Solutions we are regarded as the foremost provider of training in the location and identification of underground services in the UK. Our team has over 100 years of combined experience in the use of the CAT and Genny, and GPR – Ground penetrating Radar – in particular the Mala series of locators. Indeed, we are the sole UK distributor of the Mala Easy Locator and we have them for sale and for hire. We also undertake all calibration work on the Easy Locator.
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HSG47 is the guide issued by the Health and Safety Executive for people who have to plan, manage, or carry out work on or near underground services. This applies to people who work for water supply companies, gas supply, telecoms, electricity, and others, and, of course, construction companies who are working on a project of a new building or buildings because the very first task is to dig down into the earth in order to build the foundations.
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PAS128 Utility Mapping Training Modules mapped to CICES competencies
– 2 days
Module 1 – Pas 128 Level D &C training to include level 3 assessment – CICES GEUS01 A-D
– 3 Days
Module 2 – PAS128 Level B Training – can include Level 4 assessment – CICES GUES01 E-I
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2 Day Advanced EM Course (RD8100/8200 & VIVAX)
In depth course covering electromagnetic locators, theory and intensive practical on our real world training site.
Cost: £295 per person
Location: Sygma Solutions training centre, Wigan
5th – 6th September 2024
Location: Sygma Solutions training centre, Wigan
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1 Day Mala GPR Module 1 – Theory & Practical
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1 Day Mala GPR Module 2 – Post processing
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2 Day GPR – All Manufacturers
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5 Day TSA & ICES Approved 5 Day Utility Mapping Course
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Location: Worcester
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1 Day Public Genny & CAT Course
Cost: £175 plus VAT
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Level 3 Utility Mapping Qualification – All Online
Cost: £275 PLUS REG FEE
Location: Online
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Level 5 Diploma Utility Mapping Qualification – Online Workbooks – followed by assessment
Cost £1100 PLUS REG FEE
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Open level 5 assessment dates at Sygma Solutions, Wigan
Level 5 Diploma Utility Mapping Qualification – in 5 days
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Location: Sygma Solutions training centre, Wigan
2nd – 6th September 2024
Sygma PAS 128 Utility Surveyor Training Including Proqual Level 3 Utility Mapping and Surveying
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Location: Sygma Solutions training centre, Wigan
12th – 16th August 2024 Limited Availability
14th – 18th October 2024
25th – 29th November 2024
16th – 20th December 2024
Level 3 Utility Mapping and Surveying Public Course
12th – 13th August Limited Availability
14th – 15th October 2024
25th – 26th November 2024
16th – 17th December 2024
Location: Sygma Solutions training centre, Wigan
GPS Course & Total Station Introduction
This is a 2 day dedicated GPS course with an introduction to Total Station
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