Hydrovac operator placing a bonding mat beside excavation equipment

Bonding & Grounding
Hydrovac Operations

Equipotential work zone training for hydrovac and daylighting crews

Equipotential everywhere

Hydrovac crews excavate inches away from energized infrastructure. Give them the steps to position mats, bond working components, and create equipotential zones before they daylight or expose utilities.

Course Overview

Plan smart.
Dig confidently.

Protect your Hydrovac and daylighting crew by teaching them hazard identification, bonding, and incident response through scenarios from real field work. This course helps keep every boot, boom, and hose at the same potential before any excavation begins.

Safe.
Efficient.
Field-tested.

Strip away theory and focus on the step-by-step setup: establishing a plan, verifying equipment continuity, positioning mats and applying bonds before exposing utilities.

  • Complex hazards in plain language
  • No special facilitators or hardware required
  • Current hydrovac incident learnings
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    Equipotential Bonding and Grounding: Electric Utility Workers

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    The electric utility industry experiences many challenges with accidental energization of power lines, exposing workers to significant hazards. Effective training on equipotential bonding and grounding methods shouldn't be one of your challenges. You need trained operators who will be able to manage shock hazards for any situation. The course will provide a strong foundation of equipotential bonding and grounding using real-life scenarios and straight-forward explanations and interactions to tackle any job. The material draws upon extensive field and engineering experience to provide you with practical knowledge for effective hazard management.

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    Why So Many Trust This Program

    1. Makes technical topics simple and easy to understand
    2. Establishes fundamentals that can be applied to any situation
    3. Content is updated to reflect field application experiences
    4. Instructor-led and Field Skill Checks/Competency Verification available

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Why contractors and utilities pick this course

Our hydrovac program is built with engineers and front-line operators so it lines up with safe work requirements. Crews learn how to respond if there is an accidental energization or line contact.

  • Approved for Fortis Alberta hydrovac work
  • Based on practical field investigations
  • Empowers supervisors to verify competency
  • Live and customized delivery options available
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Supervisor reviewing hydrovac job plan

Reduce downtime from training logistics

Deliver the course online, assign it in minutes, and monitor completion from one dashboard. Crews can refresh bonding fundamentals before every high-risk daylighting job.

Superintendents know each operator can recognize energization, deploy mats, and execute emergency procedures without interrupting production.

Course Outline

Improve safety culture and operational efficiency with our interactive course on Equipotential Bonding for Hydrovac Operators. Designed for teams working near underground and overhead high-voltage power lines, this training equips learners with practical knowledge to identify electrical hazards and apply safe excavation techniques.

You will learn

  • Identify high voltage hazards before exposing lines
  • Install bonds and mats to maintain equipotential
  • Respond when energization or faults occur

Course details

  • Duration: 2–3 hours
  • Printable certificate and job aids
  • Scenario-based exercises for hydrovac crews

Course Information

SKU
1018
Language
English en
Created
2021-01-26T23:37:25.000Z
Completion Time
PT1H30M 1 hour, 30 minutes
Author
DETAC CORPORATION →
Certification
Yes
Digital Badge
Yes
Certificate Expiry
3 years
Offered From
Online
Mobile-friendly
Yes

Ready to start daylighting?

Keep crews safe around energized lines with hydrovac bonding practices proven in the field.