CAT & GENNY - Cable Avoidance

CAT & Genny is a health & safety training course designed to give operatives and supervisors knowledge of how to conduct cable avoidance operations to locate underground services.

Throughout the course, delegates must demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of what they have learned. At the end of the course, delegates must complete a 20-questions multiple-choice assessment.

• Damaged cables can cost a business thousands of pounds.
• Improper use can cause disastrous, even life-threatening results.

• Work in line with guidance from HSG 47 for avoiding danger from underground services
• Safely use of a cable detector/pipe detector
• Identify and read gas/electricity/water/telecom service plans
• Identify damaged and undamaged underground services using ground-penetrating radar
• Understand utility services
• Locate services using cable avoidance tools
• Complete plans showing the services you have detected
• Show knowledge of the required PPE

The CAT & Genny Operator Course (Essentials) is intended for those who operate, supervise or manage the use of Cable Avoidance Tools and Signal Generators in the workplace to avoid the dangers of underground services. There are no prerequisites for this course, although an understanding of underground services, utility plans and cable avoidance tools are an advantage.