Foreman Cable Infrastructure (CKB-certified)

As a Cable Layer Foreman or Cable Infrastructure Foreman, you'll have more responsibilities than just technical work. You'll distribute the work, manage the workplace, and supervise colleagues. This requires more than just professional knowledge: you also need a strong leadership style. This 7-day CKB-accredited course will fully prepare you for this. In five days, you'll learn the basics of cable layering, followed by two days of leadership training in which you'll learn how to manage and communicate effectively.

The course is suitable for infrastructure technology employees who want to progress to a management role within the cable infrastructure team.

What will you learn during the training?

The course combines theory and practice. You will learn:

Cable layer (5 days):

  • Safety and work area
  • Working safely in and with contaminated soil
  • Working safely along the road
  • Working safely with cables and pipes (Klic and WIBON)
  • Measuring and staking out
  • Laying and pulling cables
  • Landowners, excavation work, backfilling and compaction
  • Leave work area
  • Attitude and behavior

Visible Leadership (2 days):

  • Choose between cooperating, directing and arranging
  • Applying leadership styles
  • Making performance agreements with your team
  • Communicating effectively as a manager
  • Basic skills for conducting good conversations

What do you get afterwards?
The course concludes with a theoretical and practical exam. If you pass this assessment, you will receive a certificate. This certificate is valid indefinitely.

Additional information

  • Do you already have a Cable Layer certificate? Then take the 2-day course. Visible Leadership to achieve the same result as the Cable Infrastructure foreman. Please indicate this when you apply.  
  • Afterwards you will be more confident as a manager because you:
    • know where to put your energy,
    • can choose a suitable management style for each employee,
    • you can make results-oriented agreements with your people,
    • are able to have a good discussion with various parties.

CKB-recognized 7 days Certificate (unlimited validity)

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