Ground Disturbance Awareness

This course will teach you about ground disturbance, what it means, and how to identify the hazards. You will learn how to protect yourself, protect the workers around you and prevent damage to underground structures.

This course is designed for supervisors and anyone who is involved in/or needs a strong understanding of ground disturbance procedures.

By the end of the course, you will cover:

• Definition
• Code of Practice
• Regulations
• Hazards of Ground Disturbance
• Excavation cave-ins and engulfment
• Equipment movement and contact
• Exposure to falling loads
• Alarm and emergency communication
• Rescue and evacuation procedures
• Pre-job meeting
• Risk assessment
• BC One Call to identify buried facilities
• Competent person

• Self-paced e-learning course with animated and computerised voice-over slides, WorksafeBC and YouTube videos, and interactive quizzes
• About 2.5 hours of self-paced instruction
• Final Test: Your course completion certificate will not be released until you successfully complete the final test with an 80% passing grade. If you do not pass the final test with the required grade, you can continue to retest until you successfully pass.

• Internet connection is required.
• Headphones or otherwise quiet space recommended as course requires listening to a significant amount of audio
• Device Compatibility: accessible via smartphone, tablet, and desktop/laptop computer

E-Learning Courses are offered through our third-party e-learning platform. Once purchased the registrant will receive an email that includes:

• Instructions on accessing the course
• A unique course pin

Please take care to ensure that the course pin is being used for the intended course.

Online course orders and purchases are a final sale. Once your sale or order is placed, we cannot provide a refund or cancel your purchase. Please ensure that you are purchasing the correct training before placing your order or making your purchase.

This course is offered through the MyCORCompliance training provider e-learning platform.