Training For Operatives In Buried Services Location To HSE and British Standards Institution Levels

There are so many underground utilities running just a few feet below the surface of the ground that the safest thing when considering any sort of excavation is to assume that there are some where you want to dig, unless you know for a fact that there are not.

Cable strikes of one description or another occur every day up and down the country. Many cause some minor inconvenience while a utility is repaired, but others cause serious injury and death. In fact, there are on average around 12 deaths a year as a result of striking utilities. Striking a water pipe is bad enough, but hitting a power cable or gas pipe is more than serious.

HSG47 is a guide produce by the Health and Safety Executive and is aimed at all those involved in commissioning, planning, managing, and carrying out work on or near underground services. It outlines the potential dangers of working near underground services and gives advice on how to reduce any direct risks to people's health and safety, as well as the indirect risks arising through damage to services. In addition, it explains the three basic elements of working safely, which are planning, locating and identifying buried utilities, and carrying out excavation safely. HSG47 training is available from a number of training companies.

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Features Of The RD8100 Underground Utilities Locator

Radiodetection manufactures a range of underground cable and pipe locators, the latest of which is the RD8100. This is their most advanced range of high precision cable locators and has been built on 40 years of experience. The RD8100 locators also offer optional GPS and usage logging which automatically generate data for customer reports or for in-house quality and safety audits in order to ensure best quality working practices. The locator includes features such as current direction and iLOC which combine with the Tx Transmitter range in order to provide highly accurate location even in tough conditions. 

Michael Faraday discovered the principles of electromagnetic induction in the early 19th century, and it is known that it was being used as early as 1910 in order to locate buried cables. While it is not necessary to understand the theory of electromagnetic induction in order to use the equipment correctly and successfully, nonetheless Radiodetection RD8100 training will help users to feel more confident about their work.

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