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New York 811 Excavation Training & Education Program

MANDATORY LAW CHANGE (Senate Bill S.6756 and Assembly Bill 9985)

On November 5, 2018, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Senate Bill S.6756 and Assembly Bill 9985 into Law with the intent to greatly reduce the number of excavation related accidents thereby providing greater public safety and protection. The amendment to NYS Code Rule 753 will require any municipality or operator that engages in excavation work to require its excavators to complete a training and education program from their local One Call Notification Center. Learn more about the law change here.

Under this newly enacted law, receiving New York 811 Excavator Training & Education Program will constitute compliance with the law. This training will be available at no cost to the excavator or organization. Online training will be available December 1, 2018 at no cost to the participant. This new law went into effect on May 4, 2019.

To request on site training, please contact New York 811 at 631-778-8111 
or email: [email protected]

New York 811 Youth Education Program

Kids love digging, so it’s never too soon to teach them about Calling 811! Educational tools and resources are available for our next generation of diggers to start learning today.

Empowering the Next Generation: New York 811's Mission to Educate Children About Safe Digging

New York 811 is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting underground utility lines and the safety of people who dig near them. New York 811 has developed kid-freindly educational tools and in-school presentations to educate the future of safe digging.  

The presentations are free for educators (K-12), Boy/Girl Scout troops or 4-H leaders or parents to download and use in teaching children about safe digging. Or get in touch with us to have an official New York 811 Representative give a safe digging presentation to your students.

New York State Continuing Education

Kids love digging, so it’s never too soon to teach them about Calling 811! Educational tools and resources are available for our next generation of diggers to start learning today.

The New York State Education Department Office of Professionals has approved New York 811 Incorporated as an Approved Sponsor to offer continuing education credit/hours to professional Engineers & Landscapers, Architects, Landscape Architects, and Waste Water Treatment Plant Operators who are already licensed or certified in New York State.

These continuing education credit/hours are required to be accumulated by these professionals in order for them to renew their licenses every 3 to 5 years.

Professional FieldEducational Credits
Engineers and Land Surveyors3.75
Architects3.5
Landscape Architects3.5
Waste Water Treatment Plant Operator3.25

Classes are now available and at no cost to you.
For education information about New York 811, call 631-778-8111.

New York 811

Non-Compliance Reporting Form

If you witness an alleged Code 753 violation, please fill in as much information as possible and submit to New York 811. Upon submission, New York 811 will forward your allegation to the NYS PSC. Additionally, New York 811 will forward this Non-Compliance Form to the Company committing the alleged infraction (less your contact information).

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