AUTOMATIC ASSESSMENT OF A PRODUCTIVITY AND/OR A COMPETENCE OF A LOCATE TECHNICIAN WITH RESPECT TO A LOCATE AND MARKING OPERATION

摘要

A technique for assessing productivity and/or competence of a locatetechnician withrespect to a locate and marking operation. An underground facility and aphysical locatemark are digitally represented to generate an electronic visual representationof the locate andmarking operation. An approximate actual length of the physical locate mark isdeterminedusing a determined length of the electronic visual representation. Theproductivity and/or thecompetence are automatically assessed using the approximate actual length ofthe at least onephysical locate mark, and a duration of time associated with the creation ofthe at least onephysical locate mark.