underground power cable jointing and laying training services
Refresher Courses Cable Laying and Jointing
Refresher Course Topic Content Options
The following Topic examples are available for inclusion in training programs.
Suitable for Cable Jointers and Layers wishing to keep their skills in-check and those that have been absent from the Trade for a period of time.
Video of Cable Joints for work instruction available upon request.
- LV and HV Cable Jointing Methods
- Work Health and Safety (WHS) / Occupational Health and Safety and organisational workplace requirements.
- Using Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)
- Excavation and/or trench safety
- Cable Types and Sizes
- Cable Construction and Bending Radius
- Types and applications of PPE, including obtaining and inspecting PPE.
- Safe use, inspection and storage of plant, tools, and equipment
- Interpreting and using drawings, diagrams, and instructions
- Work plan and schedule and
- Materials required for work determined and obtained in accordance with work plan and workplace requirements
- Live Cable Jointer Awareness for Live Spotters
- Cable Laying Low Voltage and High Voltage methods and processes including:
- Hazard Assessment and Risk Control
- Dial Before You Dig BYD Process and understanding plans
- Basic Operating of Asset / Cable Locators and Generators
- Excavation and Trenching
- Horizontal Directional Drilling
- Conduit laying and sealing
- Cable alignments and depths
- Plant, tools, and equipment for cable laying
- Clearance from other underground cables and buried utilities
- Cable handling
- Cable laying methods
- Cable hauling methods
- Cable tensioning methods
- Cable protection methods
- Cable sealing
- Communication methods
- Bedding and backfilling trench
- Traffic and Pedestrian Management
- Confined Space
- Unplanned events and incident reporting
- Reinstatement of site
- Quality Checks / Inspections / Work Compliance