At Sygma Solutions our mission is to teach operatives everything – and we mean EVERYTHING – that they need to know about cable avoidance when undertaking any kind of excavation work, and about the cable avoidance tools that are used. This includes their limitations, and they do have certain limitations. If you are not aware of them, it can lead to drawing the wrong conclusions about the location of underground services.
For example, when using the CAT and Genny – especially the latest models – you will be able to locate the depth of buried services. Or will you?
You could very easily get a reading which shows that the area that you are about to excavate has no buried services in it. Yet it could have. There is a limit to how deeply a service may be located, so when you search for it at ground level, which you obviously do, to begin with, you may get a negative result. This could lead an operative to believe that there are no services there and start to dig immediately.
The trick with this is to dig down carefully for about a foot – all excavation should be undertaken cautiously – and then REPEAT the search. You might now find that although you got a negative reading on the surface of the ground there is actually a service, or services running there. If you don’t check after each foot or so that you dig down, you could have a cable strike that could cause injury, or in some cases could be fatal. After all, there are at least 1.5 million kilometers of underground services in the UK, so they can be anywhere.
They can even be out in a field full of sheep which is probably the last place you would expect to find them, but it may be that this is simply the shortest route between two villages so that is where the utility company laid them.
You should never put implicit trust in the utility companies’ plans, or STATS, either. By all means, check them out, but don’t rely on them. Only use them as a guide, because many STATS are not accurate.
These are just a couple of the reasons why the courses that we run at Sygma Solutions go into so much more depth than many other courses that we have seen. We want your operatives to be safe at all times which is why we go to every length to ensure that nothing is left out.
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PAS128 Utility Mapping Training Modules mapped to CICES competencies
– 2 days
Module 1 – Pas 128 Level D &C training to include level 3 assessment – CICES GEUS01 A-D
– 3 Days
Module 2 – PAS128 Level B Training – can include Level 4 assessment – CICES GUES01 E-I
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2 Day Advanced EM Course (RD8100/8200 & VIVAX)
In depth course covering electromagnetic locators, theory and intensive practical on our real world training site.
Cost: £295 per person
Location: Sygma Solutions training centre, Wigan
30th – 31st May 2024
23rd – 24th July 2024
5th – 6th September 2024
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1 Day Mala GPR Module 1 – Theory & Practical
Cost: FOC
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1 Day Mala GPR Module 2 – Post processing
Cost: FOC
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2 Day GPR – All Manufacturers
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5 Day TSA & ICES Approved 5 Day Utility Mapping Course
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Location: Worcester
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1 Day Public Genny & CAT Course – Can include ProQual Level 2 Qualification as an option
Cost: £175 plus VAT
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Level 3 Utility Mapping Qualification – All Online
Cost: £275 PLUS REG FEE
Location: Online
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Level 5 Diploma Utility Mapping Qualification – Online Workbooks – followed by assessment
Cost £1100 PLUS REG FEE
Location: Sygma Solutions training centre or your site
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Open level 5 assessment dates at Sygma Solutions, Wigan
Level 5 Diploma Utility Mapping Qualification – in 5 days
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Location: Sygma Solutions training centre, Wigan
Dates:
3rd – 7th June 2024
1st – 5th July 2024
Sygma PAS 128 Utility Surveyor Training Including Proqual Level 3 Utility Mapping and Surveying
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Location: Sygma Solutions training centre, Wigan
15th – 19th April 2024 Limited spaces available
20th – 24th May 2024
10th – 14th June 2024
8th – 12th July 2024
Level 3 Utility Mapping and Surveying Public Course
24th – 25th June 2024
1st – 2nd July 2024
24th – 25th September 2024
Location: Sygma Solutions training centre, Wigan
GPS Course & Total Station Introduction
This is a 2 day dedicated GPS course with an introduction to Total Station
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