The Key to Utility Detection: Radiodetection Training That Works

As a reputable supplier, Sygma Solutions Ltd is committed to offering the best training in the market. The functionality of the CAT highlights its significance as a crucial part of contemporary locational techniques in utility management and construction.

In terms of project outcomes, operational safety, and strategic resource allocation, utilising our CAT and Genny training leads to improved performance and substantial long-term benefits.

A Deep Dive into Radiodetection Equipment: Best Practices for Accurate Utility Location

As experts in excavation safety, we at Sygma Solutions Ltd. appreciate the paramount importance of precise utility location.  Hitting a hidden utility line can have catastrophic effects, from service outages and expensive repairs to severe injury and even death. That’s why we stress the utilisation of high-quality equipment and adherence to best practices in locating buried infrastructure. Radiodetection equipment is instrumental in this task, and one needs to have proper radiodetection training.

Sygma Solutions: Leading The Way In CAT And Genny Training

For many industries, accurate location of underground services and utilities is a critical component of their operations. Whether it’s for construction, maintenance, or excavation, knowing the exact location of underground pipes, cables, and other infrastructure can save time, money, and even lives. This is where Sygma Solutions comes in.

Avoiding Striking Underground Services Is Critical When Excavating

Industry insiders understand that it is critical to avoid striking any underground services when commencing any sort of work that involves digging into the soil, whether that is using a digger such as a JCB or just a fork and shovel. We know that there are at least 1.5 million km of services that run underground in the UK, and the unfortunate fact is that we also know that there are some 60,000 cable strikes a year. A “cable strike” is an overall term which covers any sort of utility, which may be cables, pipes, and so on. Indeed, there are some 60,000 cable strikes a year. Looked at another way, that is 165 every single day!

The Foremost UK Provider Of Training For The Location Of Underground Services

Sygma Solutions is the foremost UK provider of training in the use of the CAT and Genny and GPR for the location of underground services. Our CAT training courses leave nothing to chance and cover the use of the CAT and Genny in all modes. Most importantly, we go into detail about the limitations of the CAT and Genny, as it is critical to understand them in order to avoid making errors. There can be reasons why they might return an apparent negative result when in fact there is a service on the site, so it is essential to take that into account.

Our Courses Teach Everything You Need To Know About Underground Surveying

Whether it is your home or your business, there will be a lot of underground services running into it – water, electricity, telecoms, fibreoptics, possibly gas, and more, and there will also be sewage pipes and wastewater leaving it. All right, some telecoms still use old-fashioned telegraph poles, but most are underground. All this is fine and keeps our green and pleasant land just that – green and pleasant.

Training In The Use Of The RD8100 From Sygma Solutions

Undertaking any sort of groundwork comes with a set of risks, and those risks can vary according to where you are and how deep you need to dig. If you are out in the country in the middle of a field, the amount of risk is relatively low. One might think there is no risk, but there is always the possibility, however remote, that you could strike an underground cable of one sort or another. Why? Quite simply because a utility may have found that the shortest route from point A to point B is across the said field and that they have installed their cable, or whatever, there for that reason.

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There Can Be Many Issues When Trying To Locate Underground Services

When undertaking a survey for buried utilities, one of the most important things is to have STATS – site plans – available. Unfortunately, the CAT and Genny are not infallible, but the more information a surveyor has on site the better chance he/she has of investigating all the possibilities. For example, if there is no signal, no marker posts, and no access points, and the service is buried out of sight, there is no way of knowing that it is there. Having records, even thought they should not be relied upon on their own, can help to identify any services that might possibly be present.

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