Welcome to Utility Training Academy.

For over 17 years, UTA has been one of the nations leading providers of line locating and damage prevention training. Contact Utility Training Academy Toll Free: (888) 882-8777

We provide public and private training classes for line locating and underground utility and pipeline damage prevention. Our in person hands on classes include a good dose of classroom topped with hands on field training. Courses are designed to build a strong foundation of knowledge on how the equipment works and also address the difficult challenges of finding and tracing the pathway of buried pipes, cables and wires. We help provide the critical knowledge and skills needed to locate, mark and protect these unseen and often dangerous lines.
One of the nations leading provider of Utility Locator Skills Enhancement Training Providers

We provide non-vendor specific training.

We provide skills enhancement training on any and all line detection equipment.  Bring your equipment to class for advise on getting the best results for that brand and model. 

A Few Reviews

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Excellent Training for All Experience Levels 5 STARS!

MICHELLE FLOWERS

This class should be a requirement for all locators and Damage Prevention professionals. The most educational presentation on the topic to date I've completed.

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This class should be a requirement for all locators and Damage Prevention professionals. The most educational presentation on the topic to date I've completed.

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Should have done this way sooner

James Dudley

tons of information.... really should have had this before i started. i appreciated the ability to speak one on one with the instructor

tons of information.... really should have had this before i started. i appreciated the ability to speak one on one with the instructor

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Professional and User Friendly

Brandon McPeck

I have been taking Bobs Underground Utility course for several years, both the main course and refreshers. Bob is a great instructor and his knowledge base i...

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I have been taking Bobs Underground Utility course for several years, both the main course and refreshers. Bob is a great instructor and his knowledge base is unmatched.

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Great Course, Great Information

Brian Gates

Bob is a super knowledgeable guy and he clearly has a passion for helping others in his industry. I took this course as an intro for myself to doing utility ...

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Bob is a super knowledgeable guy and he clearly has a passion for helping others in his industry. I took this course as an intro for myself to doing utility locating and reading the markings and interpreting the equipment for my own professional development. I am not a professional locator, but often excavate for work, have located myself when I couldn't get a company to do it, and am looking at more underground construction in the future. So this was an awesome source of information and I am no doubt going to be safer and better informed about best practices going forward.

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Wonderful information for all experience levels!

Crystal Bennett

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Utility Locator Skills Enchancement Courses

Joyce Nelsen

Very Good for new people and refresher for experienced locators. Lots of good info.

Very Good for new people and refresher for experienced locators. Lots of good info.

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Title is accurate for the class

Michael Kyrylczuk

Test goes over Locator skills needed and provides solid info on what you can see in the field.

Test goes over Locator skills needed and provides solid info on what you can see in the field.

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Utility Locator Skills Enhancement Courses

Brian Adams

For online UG locator training, it went well. Bob Nighswonger did a great job delivering the information necessary as continued improvement learning. Good wo...

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For online UG locator training, it went well. Bob Nighswonger did a great job delivering the information necessary as continued improvement learning. Good work.

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Great course!

Jared Phillips

Very informative. Good balance of theory and practice. Bob kept it entertaining as well.

Very informative. Good balance of theory and practice. Bob kept it entertaining as well.

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CCWD utility locator training

Ryan Lindsey

Great class

Great class

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Top notch

Josh Smith

For having to do a locate class online. It was done very well and for the most part kept me engaged.

For having to do a locate class online. It was done very well and for the most part kept me engaged.

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great review

Lamont Steele

absolutely informational and informative

absolutely informational and informative

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Private Locator Skills Enhancement Training

SCHEDULE A CLASS AT YOUR LOCATION FOR 1 TO 20 PARTICIPANTS

UTA classes at UTA The University of Texas at Arlington's Public Works Institute. 

  • The University of Texas at Arlington’s Public Works Institute (PWI) offers a comprehensive range of training courses, including those for underground utility and pipeline locating. Their offerings include the Subsurface Utility Locating & Marking Workshop (UTL101), which is a one-day course providing a mix of classroom training and hands-on field instruction. There’s also an Advanced Utility Locator Training (UTL102) spanning two days for deeper insights and practical experience.  UTA also offers Private Pipeline Locating and Damage Prevention training that specifically addresses the locating issues in our up-stream and midstream transmission pipelines.  

To schedule a private class contact: 

TO SCHEDULE A CLASS CONTACT:
The Public Works Institute
886-906-9190
[email protected]

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