The ProQual Level 2 Award in Utility Avoidance and the Location of Buried Services in Construction is a qualification designed for site managers, supervisors, and excavation operatives to enhance their understanding of avoiding underground services. It focuses on the safe and effective use of Cable Avoidance Tools (CATs) and Signal Generators (Genny) to locate and avoid potentially dangerous buried service
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Description
ey aspects of the qualification:
- Target audience: Site managers, supervisors, and excavation operatives.
- Objective: To provide knowledge and practical skills for avoiding damage to underground services during construction activities.
- Content:
- Safe use of CAT and Genny equipment.
- Understanding and interpreting buried service plans.
- Practical application of equipment in various modes.
- Compliance with relevant legislation and guidance, such as HSG47.
- Identifying and locating problem services like street lighting.
- Safe use of CAT and Genny equipment.
- Assessment: May include written multiple-choice assessments and practical demonstrations of equipment use.
- Awarding organization: ProQual.
- Regulatory body: Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual).
