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8:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Fundamentals of Underground Utility Locating Theory and Applications Hands-on Training (TCH 04-101502-30) Ocean County
4/30/20248:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Event Description
Presented by the New Jersey Water Association and Eastcom Associates
Course objective: To teach the basic theory behind electromagnetic locating, understand the different functions and options offered by today’s instruments, and learn how to maximize its use in the field. The course is oriented toward everyday applications.
Who will benefit from this course? Water and wastewater operators, technicians, engineers, supervisors, foremen and others involved in locating underground utilities will benefit by learning how locators work, and why they behave in certain ways in real world applications. The course consists of 2.5 hours classroom presentation plus 30 minutes hands-on use of equipment (indoors or outdoors depending on weather).
Instructor:
Gus Salles, Eastcom Associates – 24 years in the locating industry. Spent 16 years at Radiodetection Corp. (’92 to ’08) providing sales support and technical training for utility locating equipment, water leak detection, cable fault finding, pipeline inspection. Extensive travel to Latin America in the ‘90s to develop the utility locating market for Radiodetection.
3 years at Eastcom Associates, Inc. Responsible for marketing, tech support, and sales to the water and sewer industry in NJ, and CATV throughout Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
Electro-Mechanical Engineer from Univ. of Buenos Aires - 1981
Accreditation:
3.0 Training Contact Hours for NJ-Licensed Water/Wastewater Operators. TCH Course Number 04-101502-30
3.0 Hours toward license renewal for NJ Certified Public Works Managers: DLGS-NJWA-87 # (3.0 Technical)
Date and Location:
April 30, 2024: Barnegat Fire Company. 11 Birdsall Street, Barnegat (Ocean County)
Download Agenda (PDF)
Course objective: To teach the basic theory behind electromagnetic locating, understand the different functions and options offered by today’s instruments, and learn how to maximize its use in the field. The course is oriented toward everyday applications.
Who will benefit from this course? Water and wastewater operators, technicians, engineers, supervisors, foremen and others involved in locating underground utilities will benefit by learning how locators work, and why they behave in certain ways in real world applications. The course consists of 2.5 hours classroom presentation plus 30 minutes hands-on use of equipment (indoors or outdoors depending on weather).
Instructor:
Gus Salles, Eastcom Associates – 24 years in the locating industry. Spent 16 years at Radiodetection Corp. (’92 to ’08) providing sales support and technical training for utility locating equipment, water leak detection, cable fault finding, pipeline inspection. Extensive travel to Latin America in the ‘90s to develop the utility locating market for Radiodetection.
3 years at Eastcom Associates, Inc. Responsible for marketing, tech support, and sales to the water and sewer industry in NJ, and CATV throughout Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
Electro-Mechanical Engineer from Univ. of Buenos Aires - 1981
Accreditation:
3.0 Training Contact Hours for NJ-Licensed Water/Wastewater Operators. TCH Course Number 04-101502-30
3.0 Hours toward license renewal for NJ Certified Public Works Managers: DLGS-NJWA-87 # (3.0 Technical)
Date and Location:
April 30, 2024: Barnegat Fire Company. 11 Birdsall Street, Barnegat (Ocean County)
Download Agenda (PDF)