Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare for locating services.
- Determine work site boundaries and task requirements from plans, specifications and instructions.
- Use available information sources for the location of underground services and consider the presence of undocumented services.
- Select and check appropriate pipe and cable locating equipment.
- Assess hazards associated with underground services and plan preventive measures.
- Operate pipe and cable locating equipment.
- Mark work site boundaries and set up work-site according to organisational and statutory requirements.
- Operate pipe and cable locating equipment according to manufacturer's specifications and guidelines.
- Interpret spurious signals or interference with pipe and cable locating equipment and make appropriate compensation.
- Identify and remedy malfunctions of locating instruments.
- Mark the approximate location of services on the surface of the work site according to organisational and statutory requirements.
- Obtain confirmation of services' locations prior to excavation, according to organisational and statutory requirements.
- Maintain locating equipment.