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Cable Location Training Handout

The A5 booklet Jim Ashcroft prints for courses, chapter by chapter. This is the Sygma way of doing it — the part nobody else has.

chapters
33
printed pages
32
words
3,758
figures
75
01

The knowledge half

What is down there, what it does when you hit it, and what has to happen before anyone opens the ground. Almost pure text.

  1. 3Introductionp3
  2. 4The Dangersp3
  3. 5Electricityp3
  4. 6Gas Pipesp3
  5. 7Water Pipes and Sewersp4
  6. 8Other Pipelinesp5
  7. 9Telecommunication Cablesp5
  8. 10Safe Systems of Workp5 · 6 fig
  9. 11Your Duties as a Clientp7
  10. 12Your Duties as a Designerp7
  11. 13Planning the Workp8
  12. 14Purpose of Permit to Workp8
  13. 15Purpose of a Site-Specific Risk Assessmentp8
  14. 16Obtaining Information on Servicesp8
  15. 17Use and Limitations of Plansp9
02

The practical half

The method itself. Every figure in the booklet lives in this half.

  1. 18Visual Check & Utility (STATs) Plansp10 · 11 fig
  2. 19Utility Plansp10 · 1 fig
  3. 20Pre-use Genny and CAT Checksp12 · 5 fig
  4. 21StrikeAlertp13
  5. 22Function Checkp13
  6. 23Direct Connection Using the Gennyp13 · 2 fig
  7. 24Locating Street Lighting Cablesp14 · 3 fig
  8. 25Locating Low Voltage (LV) Mains and Servicesp15 · 9 fig
  9. 26Signal Clamp Operationp17 · 4 fig
  10. 27Inductionp18 · 4 fig
  11. 28Blind Induction Sweepp19 · 6 fig
  12. 29Induction Signal Nullingp20 · 5 fig
  13. 30Passive Modesp21 · 2 fig
  14. 31Locating Techniquesp21 · 4 fig
  15. 32Depth Indicationp22 · 7 fig
  16. 33Notesp28 · 3 fig