TRAINING STANDARDS

The ABCGA is the only Regional Partner in Canada that has a committee dedicated to developing training standards relating to damage prevention activities.

The Training Standards Committee objectives are:

• Maintain our Ground Disturbance 101 Standard, Ground Disturbance 201 Standard (Alberta), and Ground Disturbance 201 Standard (British Columbia) training standards programs
• Assist applicants through the endorsement process
• Review the latest industry best practices
• Collaborate with our regional partners to establish national training standards programs

Recently Endorsed Training Providers

• Effective Nov. 23, 2017 — Astec Safety Inc. have been endorsed to Ground Disturbance 201 Standard (Alberta) for online training.
• Effective Nov. 8, 2017 — Astec Safety Inc. have been endorsed to Ground Disturbance 201 Standard (Alberta) for classroom training.
  
• Effective Aug. 9, 2017 — Locate Management have been endorsed to Ground Disturbance 201 Standard (Alberta) for online training.
• Effective Aug. 9, 2017 — Global Training Centre have been endorsed to Ground Disturbance 201 Standard (Alberta) for classroom training.
  
• Effective July 4, 2017 — Danatec and Global Training have been endorsed to Ground Disturbance 201 Standard (Alberta) for online training.
  
• Effective June 21, 2017 — SafetyVantage have been endorsed to Ground Disturbance 201 Standard (Alberta) for online training.