Identify, locate and protect underground services
Course code: RIICCM202E
At a Glance
- Course code: RIICCM202E
- Duration: 1 day
- Start: 20-06-2025 ~ 20-06-2025
- Training Location: Rockingham
- Qualification Level Name: Certificate II
Overview
This course is a 1 day course .
The course is conducted at our state of the art training center at 9 Beale Way Rockingham WA.
For group bookings you can contact our admin team on (08) 9528-8888
This course can be conducted onsite using your locating machines or ours.
Construction Training Funding is available for eligible students.
This competency involves the ability to identify, locate and protect underground services such as electricity, gas, water, sewer, telecommunications and cable services. It also includes the ability to assess the risks associated with working near these services and implement appropriate control measures to ensure worker safety, as well as the safety of the public and the environment.
Overall, this competency is essential for anyone involved in excavation, demolition or construction work, as well as those responsible for managing and maintaining underground services. It is important to ensure that underground services are identified, located and protected to prevent accidents, damage to infrastructure and disruption to essential services.
Outline
To achieve this competency, individuals must be able to:
1. Identify underground services – This involves knowledge of the different types of underground services, their location and markings, and the types of equipment and tools used to identify them.
2. Locate underground services – This involves the use of various techniques to locate underground services, including the use of maps, plans, ground penetrating radar, electromagnetic locators and sonar equipment.
3. Protect underground services – This involves knowledge of the risks associated with working near underground services and the appropriate control measures that should be implemented to ensure safe work practices. These include conducting a risk assessment, obtaining relevant permits, implementing safe excavation practices, and properly marking and protecting the services.
4. Communicate with stakeholders – This involves communicating with other workers, clients, local authorities and utility providers to ensure everyone is aware of the location of underground services and the risks associated with working near them.