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(Class starts at 8:00 A.M.)

As a first responder to the site of the reported gas odor, your responsibility is to make the premises safe until a trained service person can respond.

 $125.00 (6 Hours)  

• Check for the presence of a gas-in-air mixture inside and outside buildings
• Check the free air for the presence of carbon monoxide (CO)
• Perform as a first responder to an emergency involving natural gas

(Class starts at 8:00 A.M.)

Soil excavation is require to build and maintain pipelines for transporting natural gas and other structures.  In the process of excavation the soil may become unstable creating conditions that may result in cave-ins.

 $125.00  

An important consideration when working around gas facilities is the possibility of accidental ignition and the extinguishing of gas fires that might be ignited.  To complete this module you will be required to demonstrate knowledge of the task, preventing accidental ignition.recognize and react to abnormal operating conditions.

 $125.00   6 hrs

Georgia Utility Training Academy
GAS REGISTRATION
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Detecting the presence of natural gas is an important operation performed by workers in the natural gas industry.

• Identify factors basic to patrol and leakage surveys on gas pipeline facilities
• Perform patrol and leakage surveys of gas distribution systems
• Perform patrol and leakage surveys of gas transmission piping facilities

Georgia Utility Training Academy
GAS REGISTRATION
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Natural gas facilities use effective and practical methods to evaluate and monitor cathodically protected pipelines.  These methods may vary depending on the type and location of facilities. It is essential for natural gas employees to understand the basic concepts of monitoring these protected pipelines.

Objective:  Install test leads to monitor and control external corrosion

Georgia Utility Training Academy
GAS REGISTRATION
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The pipeline coating is the most integral part of a cathodic protective system.  Without the proper use of pipeline coatings, a cost effective corrosion control program cannot be maintained.  In this class you will learn how to inspect and repair pipeline coatings.

• Inspect coatings and coating application on steel pipe
• Apply or repair pipeline coating

Georgia Utility Training Academy
GAS REGISTRATION
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When making contact with customers, company personnel in the field or in the office must exemplify professional and courteous behavior that generates confidence in the company.

• Identify basic customer service guidelines
• Identify effective customer service communication methods

Georgia Utility Training Academy
GAS REGISTRATION
Please fill out the from below to register.  Classes will begin at 8:30 A.M

All persons involved in activities related to the distribution and services of natural gas are accepting a role that is critical to its safe and efficient use.  Therefore, it is important that you acquire a basic knowledge of the properties of natural gas and acceptable work practices when responding to a customer-reported smell of gas.

The procedures and operations done by you as a worker in the natural gas industry are more safely performed with a knowledge of the physical, chemical, and combustion properties of fuel gases.

Objectives:

• Identify the physical and chemical properties of fuel gases
• Identify the combustion properties of natural gas

Georgia Utility Training Academy
GAS REGISTRATION
Please fill out the from below to register.  Classes will begin at 8:30 A.M

It is essential that establishing procedures and processes be followed to protect excavation and private citizens from injury and to guard the integrity of buried pipelines and other underground facilities.