CAT and Genny Course in Durham, County Durham (Classroom)
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CAT & Genny Course in Durham, County Durham
This course gives company personnel the opportunity to understand how cable avoidance tools work, provides practice in locating and identifying underground services that pose a potential hazard, and explains how safe digging practices form part of a safe system of work.
What You'll Gain
At the end of the course delegates will:
- understand the main health and safety legislation requirements relating to the use of service avoidance tools
- understand the hazards associated with underground services
- be familiar with the various principles of operation of cable avoidance tools, and their limitations
- understand the necessity for planning underground service surveys
- know the correct survey methods and the appropriate marking methods
- know what the safe digging practices are and how to implement them
- understand the need for the appropriate emergency procedures
What Does the CAT & Genny Course Include?
Course Duration
1 Day
Course Location
This course is delivered in a classroom in Durham, County Durham, DH1 1TH
Accreditation
CITB
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Training Venue
This course is delivered at a physical training venue in Durham, County Durham, DH1 1TH. Full joining instructions, including the exact address and arrival time, are sent by Envico once your booking is confirmed.
After completing the course, learners can order their certificate directly from the provider.
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- Add delegate names to the form
- Choose appropriate number of delegates and 'Add to Cart'
- At checkout choose to pay by invoice later or debit/credit card.
You will receive a confirmation email with your order details and your course login details will follow within one business working day.
Please note that course bookings can not be processed outside of normal working hours, over weekends or on bank holidays and will be processed the next business working day.
We are Northern Counties Safety Group, an accredited health and safety training provider based in Durham. Established in 1972, we have spent over fifty years providing safety advice and training across the North East, and today support more than 80 member companies with advisory services alongside our open training programme.
We are accredited training providers for CITB, IATP and PASMA, and our courses run from our purpose-built training centre in Durham, which includes an air-conditioned classroom and an indoor scaffold inspection facility. Our programme covers a full range of health and safety subjects, from Manual Handling through to Temporary Works Coordination, along with first aid and asbestos awareness training.
Alongside training we provide technical services including scaffold design, noise and vibration assessments, face fit testing, portable appliance testing and display screen equipment assessments.
Envico Limited is an independent intermediary working in association with NCSG. Envico is not accredited by or associated with examination bodies or institutions in any way. All courses advertised on this website are advertised and delivered by independent and established accredited or approved training providers.

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- Your place on the course with NCSG
- Course materials and assessment
- Certificate for successful delegates
- Joining instructions sent before the course
- VAT invoice for your accounts
- Free renewal reminders on your training dashboard
Venue
Durham, County Durham, DH1 1TH
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| Venue | Next date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Morson Nexus | 18 Nov 2026 | £175 + VAT | |
| Romford Skyward Training | 4 Nov 2026 | £110 + VAT | |
| Durham (this course) NCSG | 10 Dec 2026 | £70 + VAT | |
| Wigan Morson Nexus | 11 Nov 2026 | £175 + VAT | |
| Liverpool Morson Nexus | 3 Dec 2026 | £175 + VAT | |
| Farnham CISTC | 18 Nov 2026 | £150 + VAT | |
| Wellingborough Safeteam Training Group | 17 Nov 2026 | £175 + VAT | |
| Aylesbury Safeteam Training Group | 1 Dec 2026 | £150 + VAT | |
| Birmingham PGL Midlands | 13 January 2027 | £95 + VAT | |
| Walsall PGL Midlands | 26 February 2027 | £95 + VAT | |
| Sutton Coldfield PGL Midlands | 16 December 2026 | £95 + VAT | |
| Birmingham Webbs Training Services | 12 Nov 2026 | £148 + VAT | |
| Leicester Webbs Training Services | 01 Dec 2026 | £148 + VAT | |
| Milton Keynes Webbs Training Services | 18 Nov 2026 | £148 + VAT | |
| Canning Town Morson Nexus | Dates coming soon | £185 + VAT | |
| Leigh Morson Nexus | 6 Nov 2026 | £175 + VAT | |
| Leeds Morson Nexus | 19 Nov 2026 | £175 + VAT | |
| Tamworth Morson Nexus | Dates coming soon | £175 + VAT | |
| Doncaster Morson Nexus | 11 Nov 2026 | £175 + VAT | |
| North Shields Carney Consultancy | Dates coming soon | £60 + VAT |
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