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.
This is all well and good but can lead to some difficult problems when something goes wrong, needs repairing, or updating, because then it is necessary to dig down to deal with whatever the issue is. Part of the problem is that if you are, say, a water engineer who needs to fix a burst pipe, how do you know what else is running alongside it, underneath it, over the top of it, and so on? It is so easy to strike and damage something else if you don’t know it is there.
This is why it is essential to undertake all possible precautions before ever beginning to dig – anywhere. It is estimated by the Institute of Civil Engineers that there are some 1.5 million kilometres of underground services in the UK, and that is only an estimate. Nobody knows for sure. What that means is that underground services can literally be anywhere.
Quite obviously, one needs to obtain any plans that are available from the local utility suppliers in the area, but you can never fully rely on them. They can be out of date, inaccurate, and in many cases unavailable anyway. But they can provide some sort of a guide.
Having done that, the next thing to do is to undertake an on-site survey using the latest tools that are available – the CAT and Genny, and other tools such as the Mala Radiodetection RD8100.
These tools are extremely sophisticated and so if you are going to use them you need to take a CAT course that we provide at Sygma Solutions. Our CAT course covers everything that you need to know about using the CAT and Genny for an underground survey, including the fact that they do have certain limitations, as it is vital to know what these are.
We also provide Radiodetection training for the Mala RD8100. This is another very useful tool, but as with the others, you need Radiodetection training in order to fully understand and appreciate how everything functions before you can be confident when carrying out a survey in real life.
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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
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1 Day Mala GPR Module 2 – Post processing
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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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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
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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
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GPS Course & Total Station Introduction
This is a 2 day dedicated GPS course with an introduction to Total Station
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