Buried Services Supervisor

Our Buried Services Supervisor course will prepare those organisations, or persons responsible, to implement a greater Safe System Of Work (SSOW) to improve overall planning and supervision when working around buried services and reduce the likelihood of striking or damaging services during works.

The course adopts a Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) style approach to enhance overall understanding and implementation. PDCA is a universally recognised ISO Safety Management System methodology, endorsed by the HSE, HSG 65.

With over 60,000 service strikes on average per year, the consequences of hitting buried services can be vast including death and injury, as well as the expensive associated costs. No ground investigation can be 100% accurate, however implementing good working practices, better training, and specific supervision coupled with the correct planning application will help drive down issues and improve on-site behaviours.

Who Will Benefit From Attending

Persons responsible for planning and coordinating buried service detection, supervising safe working practices, and user competence at site level. This course is also ideal for Organizations that are striking services and would like to explore further ways of reducing the likelihood and strive for that zero-strike annual target. In addition, various clients (Tier One) embed service strike reduction into their supply chain engagement activities, of which this course will assist in developing and raising the standards within this area of works and satisfy the mandatory training for HSG47 if specified by your client.

Course Details

DURATION: 6hrs Approx.

DELIVERY METHODS: Open course only at B’ham or Walsall.

CERTIFICATION: Upon successful completion, delegates will receive a Buried Services Supervisor certificate of competence.

Course Content

This engaging course will cover the following areas:

PLAN (Planning the works, analyzing data and standards):

• Legislation and guidance
• Service disruptions and cost
• Strike causation/lagging data
• General planning and SSOW
• Intro to PAS 128 & 256
• Pre – Construction Information (PCI)
• Detection methods available
• Training standards
• Supporting organizations
• Roles & responsibilities defined

DO (Delivering and organizing):

• Assessing Risk. Method Statement & Construction Phase Plan (CPP) Considerations.
• Pre-user competence checks
• Pre-dig team site briefs
• Toolbox talk and daily briefs
• Desktop recce – Stats/Plans/CAD/CUD
• Walking the ground – furniture, markers
• Pre-Tool Inspection & Pre Testing
• Cable Advice Tool Use & Search patterns
• Ground Marking and methods
• Exclusion zones and protection
• Safe digging practices and Excavation requirement
• Other excavation considerations (Vac, Lance, etc..)
• PPE & Equipment

CHECK (Measure and review performance, check and evaluate data, and/or accidents):

• Permit systems and permit register auditing
• Data extraction and examples
• Investigation principles
• Senior team strike review
• Reinstatement and marking
• Equipment and PUWER

ACT (Act on lessons learnt):

• Lessons learned and review
• Data sharing – Internal
• HSE and RIDDOR
• Innovation and ‘other ways’

What Will You Gain

• Greater knowledge and confidence when supervising buried services.
• Access to a SharePoint of materials, toolbox talks, resources, and more.