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Undertake CAT Course to Create a Safe Work Environment
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
Underground cables, pipes and wires can be anywhere, even in places that you least expect it to be. Thanks to rapid urbanisation, there is a constant need to install new cables and wires for buried ...
Cable Avoidance Training - Is It Really Needed?
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
Contractors or engineers undertaking any kind of construction or excavation work should understand the significance of taking the necessary steps to avert striking buried utility services. Underground cables and pipes can be found anywhere, even ...
Things You Need to Know About Utility Mapping
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
In the world of surveying, there is an endless way to describe a buried utility survey. From PAS 128, mapping survey, GPR (ground penetrating radar) survey, underground services surveys to location survey and detection, there ...
How to Reduce Damage to Buried Cables and Pipes?
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
Excavating or digging holes in the ground is a primary part of construction, as well as, of the maintenance and installation of underground utility services. Unfortunately, every time that a hole is dug there is ...
What are the Uses of the CAT & Genny?
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
The cable avoidance tool or CAT is used in locating buried cables or pipes on excavation, groundwork and construction sites. The CAT helps in identifying and detecting buried services so that they can be avoided ...
Cable Avoidance Training is Crucial and Here’s Why
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
All those associated with excavation or digging work must take proper precautions so that striking of buried or hidden utility services can be avoided. Underground pipes and cables can be anywhere, and therefore, you simply ...
Things You Need to Know About EUSR HSG47 CAT & Genny Training
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
EUSR or Energy and Utility Skills Register is an independent skills platform that provides recognised standards for the utility industry. This platform is run by Energy and Utility Skills, which is the sector skills body ...
How Can You Prevent Utility Strikes?
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
For the utility sector, cable or underground service avoidance is a great challenge. Cable strikes result in a significant number of injuries and death per year. Basically, the damage is caused when a cable is ...
What is the Importance of Cable Avoidance Training?
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
If you are a contractor involved with any type of excavation work, you should be aware of the importance of taking necessary precautions in order to prevent striking of any type of underground utility services. ...
Cable Avoidance Tool and Genny Training for Workplace Safety
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
Underground utilities are an important part of the infrastructure delivering services across the country. These services are essential, and by burying them underground, service providers want to avoid service disruptions through vandalism, extreme weather, and ...
Things to Know About the CAT & Genny Training Course
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
It is estimated that over 4 million excavations take place across the UK each year. Most of the excavations take place without a thorough examination of existing underground assets. This results in the accidental striking ...
The Problems Faced By Contractors Who Need To Penetrate the Ground
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
It is a fact of life that many contractors need to dig down into the ground for a variety of different purposes. It may be to install the foundations for a building, it could be ...
CAT & Genny - Everything You Need to Know for a Successful Career.
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
Those of you hoping to have a successful career in the utility detection sector need to know about the latest technologies and range of cable avoidance equipment. CAT & Genny training is crucial in understanding ...
The Hazards Faced By Contractors Undertaking Any Type Of Excavation.
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
There are many hazards associated with carrying out any sort of excavation work. The simple fact is that wherever you are there are very likely to be underground services nearby carrying electricity, gas, water, sewage, ...
The Problems Facing Contractors Undertaking Excavation Works
By Peter Ashcroft · 4 years ago
Every year in the UK there are some 60,000 cases of contractors striking underground cables, water pipes, gas pipes, telecoms, fibre-optic cables, and more. That works out to around 230 every working day of the ...
An In-Depth Look at the EUSR
By Peter Ashcroft · 5 years ago
The Energy & Utility Skills Register (EUSR) is the online register of training and skills for the energy and utilities sectors. Individuals that have undertaken training and/or assessment on EUSR schemes or programmes have these ...
Contractors Undertaking Any Sort of Excavation Must Use Caution
By Peter Ashcroft · 5 years ago
Contractors who undertake any type of work which involves digging or excavation of any sort must always take every precaution to avoid striking any type of buried services. The problem is that these can be ...
The Things That Must Be Considered Before Undertaking Excavation
By Peter Ashcroft · 5 years ago
When undertaking any form of excavation, it is necessary to consider whether there may be underground services on the site which is to be excavated or close by. This is for two major reasons, one ...
The Problems Involved in Undertaking Any Sort of Groundwork
By Peter Ashcroft · 5 years ago
Any contractor undertaking any sort of excavation work has to take into account the fact that there may very well be underground pipes and cables in exactly the place where the excavation is to take ...
The Many Risks Associated With Any Kind of Excavation Work
By Peter Ashcroft · 5 years ago
Undertaking any sort of excavation work can be highly dangerous if proper precautions are not taken. There are all sorts of underground services running sometimes only a foot or 18" below the surface, and the ...