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Excavation, Trenching and Underground Services Awareness

Name: Excavation, Trenching and Underground Services Awareness
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A practical, visual awareness course on the hazards of excavation and trenching work in Australia. Learn why trenches collapse without warning, what causes them to fail, how benching, battering, shoring and shielding protect workers, how to avoid striking buried services using Before You Dig Australia and the WHS Regulation duties for high risk excavation work, as paced slides with diagrams, a real site decision scenario, quick self-checks and jurisdiction detail.

Also relevant for: Asbestos and Demolition, Construction and Trades, Plumbing and Gas

About 40 minutes100% online, self-pacedSix months of access

What You Will Learn

Recognise why excavation and trenching work is high-risk, including the speed and crushing force of ground collapse
Identify the main causes of trench collapse and describe benching, battering, shoring and shielding at an awareness level
Explain how to avoid striking underground services using Before You Dig Australia, locating, potholing and careful hand-digging
Outline the model WHS Regulation duties for excavation work, including when a Safe Work Method Statement is required for high risk construction work
Choose safer responses to common excavation hazards including spoil management, access, atmosphere and emergency response

Course Content

Final Assessment: 10 questions, 80% pass mark, retakes available

Who This Course Is For

Labourers, plant operators, apprentices, site supervisors, utility and civil workers and anyone who works on or around excavations and trenches and needs a solid awareness of the hazards and the law.

Written by Kam Askari, Managing Director of Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Lead Auditor. MBA, Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, MAICD. Checked against the sources listed below.

Sources and Legal References

Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.

Accreditation: This is a non-accredited awareness course. It builds awareness of excavation, trenching and underground-services hazards but does not make anyone competent to plan, design, supervise or carry out excavation work and it is not a licence or a unit of competency. It does not replace a construction induction ('white card'), the risk-management and safe-digging duties in the model WHS Regulations or the use of a qualified service locator and a competent person or geotechnical engineer for shoring and ground-stability decisions.