2-Day Theory & Practical Health & Safety Training Course
Practical, industry-focused HSG47 training for groundworkers, construction teams, utilities, highways, caravan parks, historic estates, facilities teams and anyone involved in excavation, digging or breaking ground.
Learn how to plan safe excavations, read utility drawings, locate buried services and use CAT & Genny equipment confidently before work begins.
Safe Excavation Training Based on HSE HSG47 Guidance
The SJB Smart Electricals HSG47 Avoiding Danger from Underground Services course helps delegates understand the risks created by buried services and the practical steps needed to reduce the chance of cable strikes, gas strikes, service damage, injury, downtime and costly disruption.
The course follows the key principles of safe excavation: planning the work, locating and identifying underground services, and using safe excavation methods.
- 2-day practical course
- CAT & Genny hands-on training
- Utility drawings and service plans
- Safe digging and emergency procedures
- On-site or scheduled course options
Training for High-Risk Groundworks, Construction and Maintenance Environments
This HSG47 course is suitable for any organisation whose staff plan, supervise or carry out excavation, groundworks, trenching, repairs, maintenance or site works.
What Delegates Will Learn
Plan the Work
Understand legal duties, risk assessments, permit-to-dig systems, utility plans, site surveys and safe systems of work.
Locate Services
Learn how to use CAT and Genny equipment in power, radio and Genny modes to locate and trace buried services.
Excavate Safely
Apply safe digging methods, trial holes, hand excavation techniques, exclusion zones and emergency procedures.
Theory, Planning and Demonstration
- Health and safety legislation
- HSE HSG47 guidance
- Electricity, gas, water, telecoms and fibre services
- Planning safe excavations
- Permit-to-dig systems
- Reading utility drawings and service records
- CAT & Genny theory, modes and limitations
- Equipment checks and familiarisation
Practical CAT & Genny Training
- Power mode, radio mode and Genny mode
- Direct connection, clamp and induction methods
- Service tracing and route identification
- Marking underground services
- Complete practical site survey
- Safe excavation and trial holes
- Utility strike emergency scenarios
- Practical and knowledge assessment
HSG47 Underground Services + GS6 Overhead Power Lines in 2 Days
For teams working around both buried utilities and overhead electrical lines, SJB Smart Electricals can deliver a focused combined HSG47 and GS6 course across two days.
This combined option is designed to be efficient and practical. Rather than repeating the same classroom content twice, we remove duplicated sections covering health and safety law, electrical regulations, risk assessment and safe systems of work.
Delegates still cover the key safety principles of both subjects, but in a smarter structure that gives your team practical knowledge of electrical hazards above and below ground.
Ask About the 2-Day Combined Offer
Why Add GS6 to HSG47?
Many sites have underground services and overhead electrical hazards in the same work area. Combining HSG47 and GS6 helps teams plan safer work from the ground up.
HSG47 Underground Services
- Utility drawings and service records
- CAT & Genny practical use
- Buried cable and service location
- Safe digging techniques
- Utility strike emergency response
GS6 Overhead Power Lines
- Overhead line hazard awareness
- Exclusion zones and safe clearances
- Goalposts, barriers and warning signage
- Working with plant and machinery
- Emergency response after accidental contact
Practical Assessment and Course Certificate
Delegates are assessed through practical exercises and a knowledge assessment. Successful delegates receive certification confirming completion of the HSG47 Avoiding Danger from Underground Services course.
Where the combined course is selected, certification can include both HSG47 underground services awareness and GS6 overhead power line safety awareness.
- Practical CAT & Genny assessment
- Utility location exercise
- Safe excavation exercise
- GS6 overhead hazard assessment where included
- Multiple-choice knowledge assessment
Book HSG47 or Combined HSG47 & GS6 Training
Speak to SJB Smart Electricals Training & Consultancy about practical electrical safety training for your team, delivered on-site across the UK or through scheduled course dates.
Or call 07555 857752