We Make Safe Safer.

Leading Industry Safety

We are CERTLOC Global, a not-for-profit Certified Locator Institute pioneering world-leading training and certification solutions.

Our approach is to prioritise safety through practical, consistent, and high-quality locating practices that help prevent injury, property damage, project delays, and costly errors.

We are committed to ensuring every CERTLOC Certified Locator provides peace-of-mind to those working around underground assets.

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Our Vision

To be the trusted global benchmark for underground asset location competency, enabling safer ground disturbance and reducing the risk of utility strikes.

Our Mission

To improve safety outcomes in ground disturbance by defining, assessing, and certifying competency in underground asset location.

We deliver structured training and independent certification that enable individuals and organisations to locate assets accurately, apply consistent practices and reduce the risk of utility strikes.

Leading Locator Legacy

Formerly known as DBYD Certification LTD, we have been a leading safety advocate in the underground asset industry since 2015.

Our ambition is to raise the industry safety standard by revolutionising Locator certification with more accountable, responsible and effective practices.

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CERTLOC LTD is ISO 9001 certified

CERTLOC is proud to have achieved ISO 9001 Certification of quality management system standards for the provision of the Certified Locator, Certified Locating Organisation Program, the delivery of the Pre-Excavation Management Course and Skills Development Program.

Meet the team

Robert Row

CEO
With over 30 years of experience in the construction and training industries, Rob is a seasoned Senior Executive. His career includes serving as National CEO of the Civil Contractors Federation Australia and holding prominent roles such as National Chair and State President for Group Training Australia, and Director of Construction Skills Queensland. Rob is a recognised authority in utility damage prevention, having spoken at major conferences worldwide. Currently, as CEO of CERTLOC Ltd, Rob leads initiatives to enhance utility damage prevention through Locator Certification. Holding an MBA and being a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, Rob is dedicated to advancing industry skills and safety.

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What our clients are saying

  • I have been in the industry for 20-odd years. I attended the 1-Day Underground Asset Location Program. What a great course. I have done heaps of courses, and this is the best one I’ve ever attended. Why didn’t I know about this course ages ago? I’ve been to courses where you’re rushed through. It’s a tick-and-flick exercise. Not this course. I would say to anyone go to the course and you’re going to learn.

    Natmarc Industries

    Michael Elton - Pit & Pipe Installer

  • Thank for the valuable presentation and course material in the Pre-Excavation Management around Utilities Course. This is our 3rd management course and I have always enjoyed Adrian’s knowledge and guidance in teaching our workers who are involved in excavation work how to safely locate and identify underground utilities, preventing damage, injuries, and costly repairs. It was great to see all of Mainland Civil Queensland Site Supervisors, QLD Operations Manager and Project/Site Engineers partake in a very well-presented management course.

    Mainland Civil

    HSEQ & Systems Manager QLD

  • Adrian’s knowledge of legislative obligations and techniques and procedures for working safely around sub surface utilities was exceptional. The Pre-Excavation Management course content was practical with real examples of what can go wrong if adequate preplanning is not implemented. Great course,  highly recommend it.

    ADCO Constructions Pty Ltd

    HSE Manager

  • I just wanted to write and say thank you Gabby for your time onsite yesterday. Initially I was reserved about the time taken away from working, but the team gave great feedback and stated that they received more value yesterday than they have in any locating course done over the years.

    Schokman

    Shane Schokman

  • It is so good to finally have someone understand the training they are giving. From people with lots of experience to no experience, Gabby has the ability to interact, engage and cater to all levels of competency. I can’t speak highly enough of the training. A lot of training courses are tick and flick, but not this course. It is brilliant. It’s a credit to CERTLOC and I would recommend you to anyone. The way the training was done and the knowledge on the Trainer’s part was second to none.

    Ventia

    Steve Maguire - Field Supervisor

  • I’m not going to do any locating. I come in after all the locating is done. I found it quite interesting. Gabby was good at explaining things to me. She is a fantastic Trainer. You can attend courses and switch off, but she made it engaging. Gabby is really good at her job. For a guy who doesn’t really know how to locate, she took the extra time to teach me. Gabby was top class.

    Ventia

    Pat Sweeney - Supervisor

  • I found the locator training conducted by Steve Wood to be very effective and an improvement on the training previously conducted for the issue of my RIICCM202E Identify, Locate and Protect Underground Services. The effectiveness of the training was more evident and the explanations were better understood for application in the field. I would recommend this training to all operators as it was well delivered and provided real situations in its simulations to identify changes in services which were not well covered in other training I had completed. The training materials are also an effective reference and can be easily searched due to significant pictures and diagrams to show relevant scenarios.

    ServiceStream

    Joe Kosic - HSEQ Business Partner ACT & Region

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