Online Training
Line Locating and Marking
Made in 2025, this course introduces the fundamentals of utility line locating and marking. Learners will explore underground facilities such as electrical lines, gas pipelines, water systems, and communication cables. The training covers locating methods, safety procedures, hazard awareness, and emergency response. Practical examples and review quizzes are included to help learners understand how to safely detect, document, and work around buried utilities before ground disturbance begins
What You'll Learn
- Understanding underground facilities
- Ownership, roles, and responsibilities
- Excavation requirements and one-call centers
- Locates, markings, and documentation
- Utility locating methods (passive, active, radar, electronic markers)
- Equipment basics and use
- Challenges, troubleshooting, and conflict resolution
- Safety and personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Working outdoors safely
- Safe excavation practices, tolerance zones, and hydrovac use
- Emergency procedures and response plans
- Post-incident investigations and reporting
About This Course
Underground facilities make modern life possible—delivering electricity, water, gas, and communications to homes and businesses. Because these systems are hidden, every excavation project, from small landscaping jobs to major construction, carries the risk of striking a buried line. Even minor damage can cause costly delays, environmental harm, or serious injury.
This course provides an essential introduction to utility line locating and marking. Learners will gain practical knowledge of the tools, techniques, and responsibilities involved in identifying underground facilities before digging. The course also emphasizes the legal requirements, industry best practices, and emergency response procedures needed to work safely and avoid damaging critical infrastructure.
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Recognize the types and purposes of underground facilities and infrastructure
- Understand the process of utility location and the importance of locate protocols
- Identify hazards associated with excavation and ground disturbance
- Compare the responsibilities of excavators, locators, utility owners, and one-call centers
- List required safety equipment and PPE for locating work
- Describe different locating methods (passive, active, radar, electronic markers, etc.)
- Explain troubleshooting steps when facing conflicts or equipment issues
- Follow emergency and damage prevention procedures
- Apply safe excavation practices, including tolerance zones and hand exposure
- Recognize how to prevent incidents and ensure compliance with provincial/territorial requirements
Course Requirements
- Estimated Duration
- This course runs for approximately 60 minutes.
- Pass Requirements
- To pass this course, students must achieve a minimum grade of 80%. The course may be taken up to 3 times without a passing grade.
- Certificate
- Once the student has successfully passed the course, a certificate of completion will be available for download.
- Registration Fee
- $39.99 CAD
Frequently asked questions about online training
Common questions about enrollment, completion, and certificates.
What are the benefits of online training?
Benefits of online training include:
- Cost effective: no hotels, travel, meals and less time away from the workplace.
- Convenient: courses can be completed wherever you have access to a computer and internet access.
- Self paced: students can pause at any time and continue where they left off.
- Consistent: video/slide format ensures the course is the same every time.
- Easy verification: online access to training and certification records for students and managers.
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Is there a time limit for online courses?
Everyone learns at a different pace and everyone retains information differently. When you take a course online, you go at your own speed. If you get to a certain point and don’t fully understand the material, you can pause and go back for a review. On the other hand, if everything makes perfect sense, you can go straight through the entire course right to the test.
How does virtual proctoring/testing with webcam monitoring work?
When you start your test, you will be monitored via your webcam. If you disappear from the screen or appear to be consulting another device or other material, you will be disqualified from the course. The company responsible for virtual proctoring is Integrity Advocate. You can find out more about how their system works here.
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