This one-day program is designed for an individual that may be supervising a Ground Disturbance, or performing a Ground Disturbance, or issuing and receiving Ground Disturbance permits. Whether you are at work or digging in your own backyard there may be hazards below the ground; this course helps to prepare you for a safe dig.
Course Content includes the following:
- Introduction to Damage Prevention Daily
- Damage Prevention and Ground Disturbance Stakeholders
- Definitions, What is a Ground Disturbance; What is a Buried Facility
- Other Definitions; What is an Incident, What is a Near Miss
- Consequences of Damage
- National and Provincial Regulations
- Why Do Hits Occur
- Steps of a Ground Disturbance
- Pre-Job Planning
- Codes of Practice
- Emergency Response Plans
- Role of the Ground Disturbance Supervisor
- Searching the Area
- Conducting the Search
- Sources for Searching
- Notification
- Locating & Marking
- Ground Disturbance Execution
- Ground Disturbance Completion
- Back-fill inspections
- Contacting an underground facility
- This course is assessed to the ABCGA 201 Ground Disturbance Standard.
- Certification is valid for three years:
- Level II Certification: Students that write a closed book exam and achieve 80 percent or higher will be awarded the Ground Disturbance Supervisory Level II Certification.
- Level I Certification: Students that complete the course but opt out of the exam or achieve less then 80 percent will be awarded a Level I Ground Disturbance Awareness Certification.
