Global Ground Disturbance
Level 2 Safety Training

Global Ground Disturbance
$160.00

What is Global Ground Disturbance Training?

Ground Disturbance Training is required for anyone who excavates or disturbs ground deeper than 12”. However, even disturbing the top inch can be classified as a disturbance.

Ground Disturbance training is required for anyone who excavates or disturbs the ground. This course is certified by the Alberta Common Ground Alliance, and is recognized just like the Global Ground Disturbance Level II course. The online training format is superior, as it is much more visual than the classroom based course, and more convenient as it can be taken whenever you have time.

The Online Ground Disturbance course takes 3 hours to complete, and a certificate will be issued upon successful completion. Certification is valid for 3 years.


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Why is online Ground Disturbance for Supervisors Important?

Hitting an underground facility such as a gas, fiber optic, electrical, water or sewer can have serious consequence in terms of safety, damage to reputation and cost. Workers can be seriously injured or killed during a strike, and the cost can run into the millions of dollars. Many businesses simply have to close their doors, after a strike.

The majority of the time where a line strike occurs, the workers involved in the incident did not understand their responsibilities.

The cost of an underground facility hit can be astronomical. Hitting gas lines and electrical lines can seriously injure or even kill workers. Damaging a fiber optic cable can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per day. A line strike can seriously damage a company's reputation, or even cause bankruptcy.

The good news, is that workers who understand their responsibilities almost never cause line strikes.


What will I learn in Ground Disturbance training certified by the Alberta Common Ground Alliance?

This certification course is comprehensive and the following element will be covered:

Ground Disturbance Definitions

  • Words & terms related to ground disturbance
  • Regulations and penalties
  • Responsibilities of each party involved in a ground disturbance
  • Approvals to ground disturbance
  • Types of ground disturbance permits
  • Commonly used ground disturbance agreements
  • Circumstances that may impact the ground disturbance permits and agreements required
  • Alberta and Saskatchewan regulations regarding soil types, cutbacks, and sloping.
  • Reclamation
  • Tactics used to minimize environmental impacts
  • Systems for locating existing underground facilities
  • Procedures for tagging underground facilities
  • Exposure process for underground facilities
  • Responsibilities of backfill
  • Historical damage to underground facilities
  • Common causes of contacts with underground facilities
  • Potential consequences of interaction with underground facilities
  • Damage prevention strategies
  • How to prepare for a contact
  • What constitutes contact with an underground facility
  • procedures to follow if contact is made
  • The Online Ground Disturbance for Supervisors course takes 3 hours to complete, and a certificate will be
  • issued upon successful completion. Certification is valid for 3 years.
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