Utility Infrastructure Awareness
Ontario's Only Utility Infrastructure Awareness Education Solution
Utility Infrastructure Awareness (UIA) has been designed to Educate Owners, Management and Field Staff on the complex utility locate process from beginning to end. It is important that everyone understands the risks and liability with excavation around buried utility infrastructure; KNOW Before You Dig so you can OWN Your Safety.
OWN Your Safety believes that using advance education tools along with industry proven best practises, will give organizations and workers the knowledge to stay safe and reduce utility infrastructure damages when excavating.
Utility Infrastructure Awareness (UIA) Education Covers
Risks Associated with Excavation Activities
Legislation, Guidelines and Best Practices
Consequences of Damaging Utility Infrastructure
Identifying Above Ground Utility Structures
Public Utility Locates
Private Utility Locates
Locate and Marking
Locate Technologies and Limitations
Subsurface Utility Engineering
Knowledge Test
UIA e-Learning Training
Course cost $100.00 + HST
UIA In-Class Training
Course cost $100.00 per participant + Trainer + HST