GS6 - Overhead Power Lines Safety Training

£125.00

This GS6 Overhead Power Lines Safety Training course is designed for anyone working near live overhead power lines, where severe risks such as electrocution, serious injuries, and fatalities can occur. The course provides essential safety awareness for operatives, supervisors, and contractors working in construction, utilities, forestry, and civil engineering environments. Delegates will also gain an understanding of safe working practices and the importance of liaising with asset owners when planning and carrying out work near overhead power lines.

ACT delivers GS6 Overhead Power Lines Safety Training from our Dingwall training centre and at customer locations across the Highlands, Inverness, Aberdeen, Fort William and throughout Scotland.

This GS6 Overhead Power Lines Safety Training course is designed for anyone working near live overhead power lines, where severe risks such as electrocution, serious injuries, and fatalities can occur. The course provides essential safety awareness for operatives, supervisors, and contractors working in construction, utilities, forestry, and civil engineering environments. Delegates will also gain an understanding of safe working practices and the importance of liaising with asset owners when planning and carrying out work near overhead power lines.

ACT delivers GS6 Overhead Power Lines Safety Training from our Dingwall training centre and at customer locations across the Highlands, Inverness, Aberdeen, Fort William and throughout Scotland.

Course Duration: 1/2 Day

Maximum Delegates: 12

Delivery Method: Classroom Based Theory and Practical

  • Legal Overview

  • Liaising with asset owners

  • Risk assessment

  • Hazard and exclusion zones

  • Tipping zones

  • Felling of trees

  • Goalposts and warning signs

  • Hazards of contact with electricity

  • Arcing and electric fields