Sygma Solutions Is The Leading Cable Avoidance Training Company In The UK

Sygma Solutions is the leading provider of cable avoidance training in the UK. Our courses are based on the first-hand experience in the field. We have cable locator manufacturing experience which means that we understand the equipment inside out: we know how it works, why it works, and what it can – and equally importantly cannot – do.

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Now approved by CICES

Sygma Solutions Ltd is very pleased to announce that our popular 5 Day Utility Mapping Training course has now been approved by CICES. This means anyone attending the course will be given free student membership to CICES followed by free affiliate membership until March 2019 on course completion.

Our utility mapping course is the only course in the industry approved by both the TSA (The Survey Association) and CICES and in addition offers the option of the Proqual Level 3 Utility Mapping and Surveying qualification.

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CAT 4 And Genny 4 Training from Sygma Solutions

When you are a contractor engaged in any sort of excavation – which most contractors are, unless you are just a painter and decorator – the most important thing that you can do is to avoid hitting any underground utilities when you dig. If you don’t know exactly what is under the ground, at best you might hit a water pipe which will make you wet. At worst you will hit an electricity cable which can easily kill, or a gas pipe which can cause a huge explosion and do the same.

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CAT And Genny Training From Sygma Solutions

When contractors are undertaking any sort of work that involves penetrating the ground there is the ever-present risk of striking an underground utility. This could be electricity, gas, water, telecoms, fibre optics, and more. The Health and Safety Executive produces a pdf entitled “Avoiding Danger From

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CATSCAN Training For Cable Avoidance Is Critical

It is a fact that there are far too many cable strikes by operatives engaged in groundwork throughout the UK. One cable strike is one too many, but according to one widely reported set of figures there are approximately 4 million excavations in the UK every year resulting in some 60,000 cable strikes! To be fair, the source of the figures is unknown, but it is not thought to include all works or annual variations.
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2018 – PUBLIC CAT AND GENNY TRAINING

Due to demand, we have now available a couple of public training courses open to individuals on Cat and Genny training at our premises in Wigan. Prices are £95 plus VAT per person.
You can add onto this the Proqual Level 2 Award in Utility Avoidance and the Location of Buried Services in Construction (provided you can prove you have previous experience of Cat and Genny training) for an additional registration fee of £35.

The upcoming courses are:
20th July
17th August

Please contact enquiries@sygma-solutions.com for availability

2018 – Sygma Solutions Ltd have relocated!

Sygma Solutions Ltd have outgrown their previous premises and from 1st July 2018 will be located at Hindley Business Centre, Platt Lane, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3PA

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2018 Free MALA courses

Sygma Solutions Ltd is the exclusive UK distributor of the Malå Easy Locator and we hold FREE OF CHARGE – FULLY CERTIFIED training on this system and post processing for new and existing customers. The training sessions are delivered by Malå using our training facility in Wigan. The sessions are aimed at introducing customers to the system but also for existing customers to make full use of the features of the machines.

The next available courses are:
13th August – Module 1 Malå Easy Locator
14th August – Module 2 Post Processing only

5th September – Module 1 Malå Easy Locator
6th September – Module 2 Post Processing only

Due to demand places are limited to 2 per company.
Please contact enquiries@sygma-solutions.com for current availability

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Mala Easy Locator gets “Easier” to hire!

Sygma Solutions are the official distributors for the Mala Easy Locator System.

We realise that many users may prefer to hire the Easy Locator, for short term or even long term projects and remember that this system is Network Rail Approved. We have therefore decided to offer discounted hire rates for the Easy Locator system.

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Underground Utility Location Training

It cannot be stressed enough that any contractor undertaking any sort of groundwork must take every precaution regarding the location and avoidance of underground utilities. Apart from the damage to the utilities, the corresponding delay in continuing the work, the loss of income to the contractor, and the damage to its’ reputation, the main consideration is that a cable strike can be downright dangerous to the worker.
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