What is SA022 Safe Location and Avoidance training?
The SA022 – Safe Location and Avoidance 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.
This accreditation ensures that delegates are suitably trained and accredited to the National Occupational Standard (NOS) when locating and avoiding underground services.
Who is SA022 – Safe Location and Avoidance training for?
This accreditation is aimed at those who need to safely locate and avoid underground services such as gas, electricity, mains water, sewage and telecommunications as part of their job.
SA022 Safe Location and Avoidance - Key Information
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1-Day course
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Smart Awards Training accredited to the National Occupational Standard (NOS)
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Know how to safely locate and avoid underground services such as gas, electricity, mains water, sewage and telecommunications
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No formal entry requirements to start the course
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Written assessment composed of multiple-choice questions
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Smart Awards Certificate valid for 3 years
Safe Location and Avoidance Training Learning Objectives
- The purpose of safe location and avoidance
- Understand service drawings
- Plan for safe location and avoidance
- Identify, detect and mark out underground services
- Methods of safe excavation of underground services
Streetworks
Please be aware the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA) requires at least one person on site to hold a Street Works card to work on the highway.
This Smart Awards accreditation is based on a pre-requisite that any work on the highway requires appropriate Street Works accreditation to be held by an individual working on site, and that this individual is qualified to check that the planned provision of footways, traffic lanes and safety zones determined by the site survey meets with the requirements of the site location and approved procedures and practices required by the NRSWA 1991.
Some companies’ policies may vary where more than one person on site is required to hold a valid Street Works card.
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SA022 Safe Location and Avoidance Course Content
You will be assessed, via your theory and practical assessments, on the following criteria:
Understand the purpose of safe location and avoidance of underground services
- Outline safe working practices and safe environment practices
- Outline the range and use of PPE
- Explain the reasons excavation takes place and state typical locations and depths of the usual range of underground supply apparatus
- State the principles of operation and method of use of electronic detection equipment
- Sate contractor responsibilities when working on or near underground services
- Explain the different types of emergency situations that can occur
- Outline the type of hazard associated with different supplies and actions to take in the case of damage to the supplies
Understand service drawings and plan for safe location and avoidance of underground services
- Carry out risk assessment on location area
- Interpret provided documents for different services
- Record the position of buried apparatus and services on utility plans
- Select and use the correct safety equipment and PPE
- Inspect and prepare tools and equipment to complete the activity
- Select and confirm calibration of the equipment
Be able to identify, detect and mark out underground services
- Conduct systems checks in accordance with operation
- Determine the content and sequence of tasks needed to complete work activity
- Plan and carry out work in line with work procedures and safety regulations
- Demonstrate methods of visually locating and identifying underground supply apparatus, including markers, signs and features, and the use of existing records
- Use cable avoidance tools to locate buried apparatus and services in accordance with work instructions and equipment specifications
- Use operational modes to carry out sweep searches of identified area using location equipment
- Use operational modes to pinpoint service using location equipment
- Use operational modes to trace service using location equipment
- Mark out service location using measures appropriate to location
- Confirm location results prior to excavation
Understand methods of safe excavation of underground services
- Describe safety considerations when excavating
- Explain methods of safe exposure of services when excavating
- Describe methods of identifying exposed services and their limitations
- Describe reporting procedures for location of unexpected services
- Identify potential service indicators that may be found during excavation
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Assessment and Certification
The course includes both a practical and a theory assessment.
- Practical Assessment – you will be assessed throughout the course by your trainer as you complete practical tasks
- A short theory test, which is composed of multiple-choice questions (you will need to achieve a pass mark of 80% to complete this course)
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.
Entry Requirements
This qualification has no formal entry requirements and is open to anyone aged 16 or over. Smart Awards will not restrict access on the grounds of prior academic attainment, age, employment, geographic location or any other grounds.
There are no barriers that restrict access or progression, thereby promoting equality. It is expected, however, that learners will have a level of literacy adequate to cope with both the theory and practical assessments.
Courses That Relate to SA022
See below courses that complement location and avoidance training. This includes courses for excavating and reinstating the highway (required training by the NRSW Act):
NRSWA Operative Course
The NRSWA Operative course is a 5 day course that includes several units covering a range of street work site activities.
NRSWA Supervisor Course
The NRSWA Supervisor course is a 5 day course that includes several units covering the monitoring of a range of street work site activities
NRSWA O1 Signing, Lighting and Guarding
If you are undertaking works that obstruct the highway, you are required to set up signing, lighting and guarding to the standards set out in the NRSW Act (NRSWA).
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