These conflicts have caused many seriously harmful and fatal accidents to workers, resulting in criminal prosecutions and financial penalties imposed by the courts on individual workers, employers and principals. The resulting disruption to services continues to cause considerable inconvenience and costs to affected service users such as ratepayers, commercial enterprises, hospital and emergency facilities.This course incorporates the new OSH guide for Safety with Underground Services. In addition, this course offers a systematic approach to location, identification and protection of underground utility services.
Who should attend
Employees and self employed: forepersons, supervisors, inspectors, safety officers and work team members engaged in operations which involve potential conflict with underground services, such as excavation, trenching, poling, piling and thrusting. Principals, employers, and persons in charge of a place of work: Road Controlling Authorities, contractors/sub-contractors.
Changes for new learners
WITT and this programme are part of Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology .
