METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENSURING WAGE AND HOUR COMPLIANCE IN LOCATE OPERATIONS
First Claim
1. An apparatus for controlling at least one piece of locating equipment used by a locate technician to perform a locate and/or marking operation to detect and/or mark a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility at a work site, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory to store processor-executable instructions; and
at least one processing unit communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the at least one processing unit;
A) generates at least one control signal to at least partially enable or disable the at least one piece of locating equipment based at least in part on;
a time clock status of the locate technician; and
/orwage and hour compliance information associated with the locate technician and/or the work site.
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Abstract
Control of locating equipment used by a locate technician to perform a locate and/or marking operation to detect and/or mark a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility at a work site (e.g., locate receivers, locate transmitters, marking devices and/or combined locate and marking devices) is based on time-keeping information associated with the technician and/or wage and hour compliance information. In one example, one or more control signals are generated to at least partially enable or disable one or more piece of locating equipment based at least in part on a time clock status of the locate technician (e.g., clocked-in or clocked-out), and/or wage and hour compliance information associated with the locate technician and/or the work site (e.g., relating to required breaks and/or maximum number of work hours).
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41 Claims
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1. An apparatus for controlling at least one piece of locating equipment used by a locate technician to perform a locate and/or marking operation to detect and/or mark a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility at a work site, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory to store processor-executable instructions; and at least one processing unit communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the at least one processing unit; A) generates at least one control signal to at least partially enable or disable the at least one piece of locating equipment based at least in part on; a time clock status of the locate technician; and
/orwage and hour compliance information associated with the locate technician and/or the work site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer-implemented method for controlling at least one piece of locating equipment used by a locate technician to perform a locate and/or marking operation to detect and/or mark a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility at a work site, the method comprising:
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A) monitoring a time clock status of the locate technician and/or wage and hour compliance information associated with the locate technician and/or the work site; and B) generating at least one control signal to at least partially enable or disable the at least one piece of locating equipment based at least in part on A). - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with processor-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processing unit, perform a method for controlling at least one piece of locating equipment used by a locate technician to perform a locate and/or marking operation to detect and/or mark a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility at a work site, the method comprising:
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A) monitoring a time clock status of the locate technician and/or wage and hour compliance information associated with the locate technician and/or the work site; and B) generating at least one control signal to at least partially enable or disable the at least one piece of locating equipment based at least in part on A).
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