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SA001 Overhead Safety 3-Day Course This qualification covers three modules: Overhead Safety, Pole checking and Joint user Poles. It provides learners with the knowledge and skills to make them aware of the hazards and potential risks involved in working safely on ladders and wooden poles in a telecommunications environment.

This is an awareness ONLY course and can be delivered in person or online, it does not include climbing or any practical element. This course provides learners with the knowledge and skills of the hazards and potential risks involved in working safely on ladders and wooden poles in a telecommunications environment.

This accreditation covers Gas Testing and Cover Lifting. It provides learners with the knowledge and skills to identify the hazards and potential risks involved in working safely on or in proximity to underground structures and operational buildings.

This course covers one module: Safe Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment. It provides learners with the skills and knowledge of selection and use of adequate and suitable Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) in the workplace, in order to comply with the law. This course covers one module: Safe Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment.

1/2 day course in the safe use of abrasive wheels including stihl saw

A half-day course in the principles and practices of safe manual handling

This accreditation ensures that individuals working in the civils aspects of network construction and maintenance are suitably trained and understand the dangers of working in this environment.

This accreditation provides learners with an essential foundation in relevant matters of asbestos awareness. It is suitable for candidates who already work in the construction or utilities industries or candidates looking to work in construction or the utilities.

This accreditation assesses a learner’s ability to work effectively in a construction utility environment. Learners will be able to demonstrate safe methods for locating and clearing blockages in the telecoms utility pipe networks when working on utilities infrastructure.

The purpose of this accreditation is to provide learners with the necessary information to understand and demonstrate the requirements for duct laying and slewing in the telecoms utility pipe networks

This course covers core drilling into telecommunications jointing chambers in accordance with industry standards.

This accreditation covers the requirements for working safely in single and multi-occupancy dwellings including buildings in accordance with industry standards and practices

The SA022 – Track and Locate Underground Services course provides learners with the knowledge and skills of planning, safely locating and avoiding underground services.

This course is designed to teach the Tetra Safety system which is required by anyone climbing poles o ladders on the Openreach Network, Virgin Media, EE, City Fibre and more