WSQ Detect & Locate Underground Power Cables (sFw)
Training Provider: SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF POWER AND GAS PTE. LTD.
Course Reference: TGS-2025060658
S$750
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About This Course
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Acquire skills in underground cable detection
• Apply the recommended procedures to identify cables and prevent cable damages during earth works.
What You'll Learn
• Obtain power cable route information for the proposed worksite
• Ascertain the details of the proposed projects and the civil engineering activities that will be carried out at the proposed sites
• Determine the boundary of proposed works without leaving any crucial areas undetected
• Conduct site survey to determine the presence and position of existing power cables and accessories in the worksite
• Apply the power cable locating techniques to correctly trace and mark all buried power cables crossing the excavation area in the worksite
• Recommend manual trial holes digging to contractors
• Recommend the diversion of underground power cables where appropriate
• Conduct site briefing to all personnel involved in the excavation work
• Produce and provide a power cable detection drawing
• Notify relevant authority on any electrical power cable or equipment damaged within the vicinity of the earthworks
• Ascertain the details of the proposed projects and the civil engineering activities that will be carried out at the proposed sites
• Determine the boundary of proposed works without leaving any crucial areas undetected
• Conduct site survey to determine the presence and position of existing power cables and accessories in the worksite
• Apply the power cable locating techniques to correctly trace and mark all buried power cables crossing the excavation area in the worksite
• Recommend manual trial holes digging to contractors
• Recommend the diversion of underground power cables where appropriate
• Conduct site briefing to all personnel involved in the excavation work
• Produce and provide a power cable detection drawing
• Notify relevant authority on any electrical power cable or equipment damaged within the vicinity of the earthworks
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisite
Able to distinguish the industry standard cables and apply basic electricity theory (e.g. Principles of EMF)
Proficient in reading and interpreting line drawings, electrical drawings and circuitries
Knowledgeable in local environment in relation to earthworks
Able to listen, read, speak and write in English equivalent to Employability Skills System Level 8 proficiency
Able to manipulate numbers equivalent to Employability Skills System Level 7 proficiency
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