AS5488 Subsurface Utility Engineering

Issued by Engineers Australia

The earner of this badge has completed the AS5488 Subsurface Utility Engineering EEA Online course delivered by Engineers Australia’s training provider, Engineering Education Australia. Earners of this badge can describe the field of subsurface utility engineering and how its principles can be used to provide better information to design engineers that can in turn significantly reduce construction delays (and costs) and improve safety.

Type Learning
Level Foundational
Time Hours
Cost Paid

Skills

Dial Before You Dig process
Engineering Design
Surveying
Underground Utilities

Earning Criteria

The latest release of AS5488 is a guide to how to best manage underground utilities. The course highlights the main sections of AS5488 and how they relate to being used on a project.

Standards

AS 5488.1:2019 Classification of subsurface utility information S (saiglobal.com)

Provides a framework for the classification of subsurface utility location and attributes information in terms of specified quality levels.