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Courses run from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Course dates listed above are subject to change. Please contact the ACSA for course availability.

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ACSA Courses

6005 Safe Trenching, Excavation and Ground Disturbance (1 day)

Description: This one-day course is designed for those individuals who are planning, supervising or doing the work. Safety of the workforce is the primary goal.

Course Objectives:
To supply quality education and advice to operators, supervisors and management in helping to plan for safe trenching and excavating where worker entry is required.

Course Content:

Ground Disturbances

Call Before you Dig -- Guidelines for Safe Excavations

Legislation -- Due Diligence and how it affects you

Soil Terminology/Classifications

Hazard Assessements and Controls

Overhead Power lines -- construction safe limits

Confined Space Entry and Code of Practice

Shoring systems

Enviromental protection

Emergency response planning
Summary:
After completing the course, you should be able to:

Recognize the hazards associated with trenching and excavating and how to control them by Administrative, Engineering or personal protective measures

Know how to contact Alberta One Call and other Utility line owners for locates

Be able to refer to the applicable legislation regarding trenching and excavating

Know what type of protective structure (shoring) will work to protect your workers

Know how to determine if the excavation/trench is a confined space and what precautions to take

Be able to recognize soil changes in trenches/excavation
Safety in trenching and excavating can be accomplished with proper hazard assessment and control, planning and by communicating to workers the hazards associated with the work to be undertaken

Prerequisites: None

Members	Associate Members	Non-members
$50.00	$50.00	$50.00

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Region

Course Dates

Calgary

Sep 09	Sep 15	Sep 29	Oct 02	Oct 07
Oct 21	Oct 24	Nov 04	Nov 17	Dec 01
Dec 15

Edmonton

Sep 17	Oct 07	Oct 20	Oct 23	Nov 05
Nov 19	Nov 28	Dec 05

Fort McMurray

Oct 17

Nov 25

Grande Prairie

Oct 21

Lethbridge

Sep 24

Lloydminster

Sep 25

Medicine Hat

Oct 08

Red Deer

Dec 11