Preparing to identify, locate and protect underground services
- Obtaining, interpreting and confirming work requirements
- Accessing, interpreting and applying Australian standards and documentation required for identifying, locating and protecting underground services and confirming work activity is compliant
- Identifying hazards and environmental issues, assessing the risks and implementing control measures in line with workplace policies
- Identifying and adhering to traffic signage requirements
- Selecting equipment and tools required for service locating works and checking for faults and reporting or rectifying within scope of own role
- Identifying and applying environmental protection requirements for task
- Obtaining and preparing information for search requirements from national referral service prior to making contact with the service provider
- Contacting and obtaining service and utility location details and identifying specific requirements of service and utility owners
Identifying and locating underground services
- Identifying hazards and environmental issues, assessing risks, implementing control measures and confirming safe working environment
- Determining location, alignment direction, level and grade of services and utilities from plans and location details
- Complying with specific requirements of service and utility owners
- Using visual and physical means to inspect site for services and utilities prior to commencing construction
- Using required service locating equipment to detect and determining position of underground services and, in consultation with operator undertaking construction work, which assets are affected by planned works
- Marking out positions of underground services and utilities as required
- Generating reports of underground service location
Protecting underground services
- Advising operators undertaking construction of requirements for asset and utility protection according to service and utility owners requirements
- Establishing clearance distances and isolating work as required according to safety requirements
- Moving, relocating as necessary, protecting and supporting services and utilities from construction process according to safety requirements and in conjunction with service and utility owners as required
- Advising non-destructive and manual excavation as required
- Confirming restoration of infrastructure assets and backfilling according to safety, and service and utility owners’ requirements, and advising road authority once work is completed as required
- Recording and reporting to asset owners and supervisory staff any damage to services and utilities during activity
Conducting housekeeping activities
- Clearing work area and disposing of and recycling materials as required
- Cleaning, checking and maintaining condition of equipment, and reporting issues as required or address within scope of own role
- Managing and reporting hazards as required
- Finalising and processing written records as required according to workplace procedures
