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A "Hands On" High Tech Learning Program Like No Other...

 

The ACES Int'l / Utility Training Academy Certified Utility Locator Technician Program is designed to professionally train and certify individuals in every aspect of the very latest underground utility location and marking techniques

Certified Utility Locator Technician services are in constant demand.  You will learn to use high tech underground facilities sensing equipment like Video Pipe Inspection Cameras, Acoustic Locators, Ferromagnetic Locators and Highly Advanced Electromagnetic Locators.  It's a rewarding career vital to protecting our nation's critical infrastructures from damage.  Immediate job placement program is available for those that have the qualifications and the "hands on" skills you will learn in this course.  Graduates employed in this field advance to become an ACES Int'l Certified Damage Prevention Specialist™ (a professional designation). 

 

 

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ACES Int'l / Utility Training Academy

Certified Utility Locator Technician™ Program

 

ACES Int'l and Utility Training Academy represent a partnership between real world Industry Certification Program providers, "hands on" training schools, employers, colleges, tech centers and all institutions of higher learning.  The ACES Int'l Certified Utility Locator Technician™ certification course is a 40 hour "cutting edge" program designed to professionally train and certify individuals in every aspect of the very latest underground utility location and marking techniques.  Once certified as an ACES Int'l Certified Utility Locator Technician™, you'll be ready to enter into one of the most exciting high tech careers in the world. 

 

Certified Utility Locator Technicians locate and mark underground utilities ("facilities") for telephone and internet providers, cabling system providers, electric services providers, natural gas providers, liquid pipeline providers, water and sanitary sewage providers, excavators, contractors and subcontractors.  Before any excavation or digging can take place... underground facilities must be located and marked... it's not only the law... it's vital to protecting our nation's critical infrastructures!

"It's the ultimate "hands on" course for utility locating.  Nothing can prepare you better for a career in this high tech field."  Bob Nighswonger, Utility Training Academy 

The need for ACES Int'l Certified Utility Locator Technicians that can help to prevent damage to facilities and safeguard our nation's critical infrastructures has reached a dangerous shortage level in the industry.  ACES Int'l Certified Utility Locator Technicians are fully qualified for entry level positions as underground facilities locators for:  telephone and internet providers, cabling system providers, electric services providers, natural gas providers, liquid pipeline providers, water and sanitary sewage providers, excavators, contractors and subcontractors.  "Hands on" training includes locating all types of underground facilities, so you'll be ready to enter a challenging and exciting career as a "Guardian" of potentially hazardous underground utilities.

"Hands on" training is provided by experienced utility locators... it's like having your own private tutor!   ACES Int'l utility locating "hands on" training instructors are carefully screened and selected.  They are professionals at what they do and work individually with you until you acquire all of the "hands on" skills needed to ensure your success.  "Hands on" skills testing is an original ACES Int'l requirement for certification that ensures that each individual can demonstrate his or her abilities according to current utility locating laws, Industry Best Practices and current Industry Standards.  There is no better way that proves your skills as a Certified Utility Locator Technician™.

You will learn all of the latest utility location techniques, marking procedures, required documentation procedures and receive all of the "hands on" skills necessary to become an ACES Int'l Certified Utility Locator Technician™.  Your knowledge of locating theory and the "hands on" skills you will learn when you complete this course will help to start you into a very rewarding high tech career.  This course is offered exclusively through ACES Int'l, Utility Training Academy and affiliated Member Training Institutions.

Utility Locator Secrets and Tips

 

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11/15/2007
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