SA022 Smart Awards – Safe Location and Avoidance

Who should attend:

This qualification is for excavation and street works operatives to give them an understanding of how to avoid danger from underground services, and the importance of clearing an area prior to and during an excavation.

Course Aim:

The SA022 – Track and Locate Underground Services course provides learners with the knowledge and skills of planning, safely locating and avoiding underground services.

This includes training on physical identification methods of underground services (e.g. site visual surveys and interpreting any drawings) and also using cable avoidance tools and accessories to detect, trance and mark clearly where services have been found, preventing risk of harm to people on site and damage to the services.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the purpose of safe location and avoidance of underground services
• Understand service drawings required when preparing to work on or near underground services
• Be able to plan for safe location and avoidance of underground services
• Be able to identify, detect and mark out underground services
• Understand methods of safe excavation of underground services

Training Method/Assessment:

This course includes both a theory and practical assessment.

Certification:

This Smart Awards certificate is valid for 3 years, you will then need to complete the course again or attend a refresher course if available, to renew your qualification.