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Excavation and Ground Disturbance
Working safely below ground level: locating buried services, preventing collapse, controlling access and managing water, spoil and plant around the edge. Covers permits, support systems, inspection regimes and the rescue problem unique to trenches.
Taught by Icompetent Solutions
- Modules
- 7
- Lessons
- 30
- Duration
- 5h 49m
- Level
- Intermediate
- Quizzes
- 7 graded
- Enrolled
- 1
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Course content
7 modules · 30 lessons · 5h 49m
What counts as an excavation, the main hazards, who does what, how a dig is planned and permitted, and how soils behave.
- What Counts as Excavation and Why It KillsPreview11 min
- Roles and the Ground Disturbance Permit11 min
- Planning the Dig: Risk Assessment and Method Statement12 min
- Soil Types and How They Behave12 min
- Excavation control quiz8 questions · pass 70%
Topics covered
Control of Work
Excavation
Buried Services
Trench Collapse
Shoring
Ground Disturbance
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