CAT and Genny training

Davis Access delivers professional CAT & Genny training courses from our Bristol training centre and onsite across the UK. This essential construction and utility safety course is designed for operatives, supervisors and contractors involved in excavation work, helping improve awareness of underground services, cable avoidance procedures, utility detection equipment and safe digging practices to reduce the risk of underground strikes and site accidents

Cable Avoidances Tool (CAT) & Signal Generator (Genny)

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This CAT and Genny training course covers locating underground services, such as electricity and gas, during excavation work is not only essential to the health and safety of operatives working on an excavation, it is also vital to prevent costly disruptions during construction and civil engineering projects.

As a result, it is important that those working on the roads, no matter if they are an Operative or a Supervisor, are fully trained in using a Cable Avoidance Tool (CAT) along with a signal generator (Genny).

These two pieces of equipment work together to actively locate signals being omitted from pipes or cables that are hidden underground.

Entry requirements: Delegates must have good understanding of English at basic level.

What’s covered?

In this CAT and Genny training classroom and practical course, you will learn about a range of subjects are covered including:

• An introduction to cable avoidance tools (CAT) and signal generators (Gennys)
• Detecting underground pipes and cables
• Drawing comprehensive plans to locate services
• Health and safety legislation and HSG 47 guidance
• How to operate cable avoidance tools safely and effectively
• Identifying service plans (electricity, gas, telecoms and water)
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Recognising damaged and undamaged services
• Using ground-penetrating radar to locate underground services
• Various types of utility services
• Working in or near underground services

Is this the right course for me?

Operators, supervisors, managers evacuating a worksite or surveying an area that may have underground pipes and hidden cables, you need to have a good understanding the dangers and required safety procedures.

At the end of the CAT and Genny training course, you will have an understanding of:

• Demonstrate which PPE is required and why
• Easily locate underground services on a plan
• Explain safety procedures for evacuating or ground working
• Follow HSG 47 guidance for Avoiding Danger from Underground Services
• Identify damaged cables, pipes and services
• Locate a range of underground services
• Operate a CAT and Genny safely and effectively
• Understand the dangers of working near underground services
• Update plans with details of underground services detected

Course details

• Aimed at: operators, supervisors, managers working in construction, groundwork or maintenance using cable avoidance tools (CAT) & signal generators (Gennys).
• Duration: 0.5 day
• Maximum class size: 8
• Qualification length: 3 years
• E-Learning available: No
• On-site training available: Yes

Assessment details

The qualification is assessed through a theory assessment paper which the learner must successfully pass. Once completed the delegate will be awarded the CAT and Genny training qualification.

On successfully completing this course, you’ll receive a Davis Access CAT and Genny training PDF certificate.