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EUSR Endorsed Best Practice in Avoiding Underground Services (BPAUS)
BPAUS training helps teams plan excavation work safely, understand underground service risks, and reduce the chance of damage before work begins.
Meets the criteria set out in Section 3.7 Ground Penetration Designers.
Who Needs BPAUS Training
Designed for those involved before excavation begins
Industries We Work With
Construction and civil engineering
Utilities and infrastructure
Rail and transport
Highways and street works
Telecommunications
Local authorities and councils
Groundworks and excavation contractors
Engineering and design consultancies
Typical roles
Excavation
coordinators
Planners and schedulers
Project managers
Site managers and supervisors
Health and safety professionals
Permit issuers
Anyone involved in ground penetration planning
If your decisions affect excavation work near underground services, this training is relevant.
Why Staking University Training Matters
Better understanding leads to more accurate locating
Understand the risks early
Working close to underground services can create serious hazards. BPAUS helps delegates understand the risks before work is planned or scheduled.
Access the right information
Knowing how to find information that establishes the existence of underground services is essential. This course helps delegates understand what information is needed before work begins.
Prevent service damage
Damage to underground services can cause injury, disruption, delays, repair costs, and reputational damage. Better planning reduces the likelihood of avoidable incidents.
Improve design and planning decisions
BPAUS helps designers, planners, and schedulers make more informed decisions around excavation work and work adjacent to underground services.
Support industry best practice
The course meets the criteria set out in Safety, Health, Environment and Wellbeing, Code of Practice, Section 3.7 Ground Penetration Designers.
Strengthen accountability before site work begins
BPAUS training helps teams understand their responsibilities during the planning and design stages, reducing the chance of critical safety decisions being missed before excavation starts.
Help your team make safer decisions before site work begins.
Trusted To Keep The Biggest Names In Construction Safe On Site
Why Choose CSTA Global
Practical training built around safer excavation planning
Specialist underground service safety knowledge
CSTA Global has extensive experience helping organisations reduce the risk of utility strikes and improve safe working practices around underground services.
Built around best practice
The course is designed to support best practice in avoiding underground services and aligns with the criteria set out for Ground Penetration Designers.
Clear, practical delivery
We make the risks, responsibilities, and required information easier to understand, helping delegates apply the learning with confidence.
Supports safer decision making
Delegates leave with a stronger understanding of how planning choices can reduce the risk of service damage and personal injury.
Designed for real project responsibilities
BPAUS is focused on the people making decisions before work starts, including design, planning, scheduling, and permit-related roles.
Trusted industry training provider
CSTA Global is known for delivering specialist training across utility detection, avoidance, mapping, and safe excavation practices.
Our Acreditations
What You Will Learn
Practical knowledge for safer planning around underground services
The risks of working close to underground services
How to access information that establishes the existence of underground services
How to avoid damaging underground services during planned works
The consequences of personal injury following damage to services
Responsibilities linked to design, planning, and ground penetration activities
Best practice for planning and scheduling excavation works
The impact of damage to adjacent services, structures, plant, and equipment
How to support safer decision making before work begins
Common Problems We Help Solve
If this sounds familiar, we can help:
Excavation work being planned without enough underground service information
Designers or planners unsure what checks are required before work begins
Poor understanding of the risks linked to underground services
Repeated service damage caused by planning or information gaps
Confusion around responsibilities for ground penetration planning
Teams needing to meet Ground Penetration Designers criteria
We help teams make safer, more informed decisions before excavation work starts.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Reduce risk, protect your team, and ensure your projects run smoothly.
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