Education Sessions
Colorado 811 Exactix Ticket System Training
This session is tailored for current users of Web Ticket Entry who wish to seamlessly transition to the new ticketing system. Participants will be guided through the steps to submit, manage, and monitor dig tickets using enhanced features that boost efficiency and precision. The session includes a live demonstration, hands-on examples, and an interactive Q&A to ensure you depart with practical knowledge and confidence in the updated platform.
Subsurface Utility Engineering Panel: The Top 10 SUE Mistakes and How to Prevent Them
This expert-led panel will bring together leading professionals from the subsurface utility engineering (SUE) industry to discuss the top 10 most common mistakes encountered in the field. Attendees will gain valuable insights into real-world challenges, common pitfalls, and proven strategies for avoiding errors that can impact project success and safety. Designed for both new and experienced practitioners, the session will include practical guidance, interactive discussion, and Q&A with the panel to empower participants with actionable knowledge for improving SUE practices.
811 Data & Trends: Year in Review
Discover the latest trends in Colorado's excavation industry with our data-driven session, highlighting key insights from Colorado 811 tickets. This session will explore how the analysis of these locate request tickets (along with national data) reveals both currently and emerging trends, offering valuable knowledge that can shape the future of your projects.
Cover your Ass(ets): Practical Tools to Prevent Damage and Handle Investigations
This interactive session reveals how proactive steps can protect you, your crew, and your bottom-line during excavation projects. Learn how to prevent costly utility damages, stay safe on the job, and confidently handle the unexpected with tools and tips from 811. Walk away equipped to reduce risk, improve safety, and ensure compliance while keeping your operations running smoothly.
Job Site First Aid: Emergency Response Skills
This session is tailored to equip construction professionals with essential first aid skills for job site emergencies. Participants will learn practical techniques for addressing common construction injuries—including cuts, severe bleeding, crush injuries, and impalements—as well as how to perform CPR. The training emphasizes real-world scenarios and hands-on practice, ensuring attendees are prepared to respond confidently and effectively to medical incidents on construction sites.
Member Training: Using the New Colorado 811 Ticketing System
This training is designed specifically for member utilities who receive and process 811 tickets. We will provide an in-depth overview of the key changes for members in the new Exactix ticketing system, highlighting updated ticket formats, enhanced features, and important process updates. The session will also include an open Q&A to address any questions you may have, ensuring you leave feeling confident and prepared to keep your operations running smoothly when the new system launches.
Positive Response: Updates & Best Practices
Positive Response is a vital communication process that plays a critical role in job site safety and regulatory compliance. This session will highlight why Positive Response is essential to preventing damages and hazards, introduce the upcoming changes with our new ticketing platform—including improved status reporting and enhanced workflow tools—and provide practical tips and tricks to help you submit effective Positive Responses and maintain compliance.
Modern Tools & Techniques for Utility Locating
Join experts from Frontier Precision for an engaging education session covering the essentials of utility locating and geospatial mapping for excavators. Learn best practices for water, gas, electric, fiber, and 811 workflows, experience next-generation virtual reality training tools, and discover how to integrate underground asset data into GIS maps using Radiodetection line locators, Trimble, and Juniper System GNSS technology. This session is great for professionals seeking hands-on demonstrations and the latest advancements in underground utility detection and mapping.
Understanding the PUC’s Role: Damage Prevention and Reporting Essentials
Join Colorado’s PUC Pipeline Safety Program Chief for an insightful session covering the essentials of regulatory jurisdiction, what to expect during on-site visits from PSP inspectors, and the protocols for hit line reporting. This session will help attendees understand compliance expectations and best practices to ensure smooth interactions with regulatory authorities.
Subsurface Utility Engineering in Colorado: Navigating Hazards, Laws, and Best Practices
This session explores the most common challenges faced when choosing Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) providers in Colorado, including real-world incidents that led to stricter regulations and the introduction of the CO SUE Law. Attendees will gain insight into SUE principles, quality levels, and industry best practices, as well as learn to identify unreliable SUE practices and prevent workplace hazards. The session also covers effective restoration and protection techniques for test holes, featuring personal experiences and practical safety recommendations to ensure project success and worker safety.
