Stay informed and stay safe with JULIE’s free in-person and online training for professionals working near underground utility lines. Learn best practices, keep current on Illinois law, earn continuing education credits, and more.
JULIE’s Damage Prevention Managers are available at no cost for safety presentations at your facility or job site. Featuring vital information on safe digging in Illinois, damage prevention, the JULIE locate request process, common marking terms, and state law, presentations and construction site meetings can be tailored to meet the specific educational needs of your company or group, whether you’re excavators, underground utility line owners or the general public.
Our Damage Prevention Managers can also answer questions about JULIE policies, offer safe digging advice, and mediate discussions to help you avoid potential injuries and costly delays. Contact a Damage Prevention Manager prior to an upcoming job for help with planning and conducting your work.
Select training is approved for Drinking Water Certificate Renewal Credit by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. For questions regarding this service, please contact Vicki Meyer at 815-741-5962 or complete the form below.
JULIE offers a series of free online training courses that cover the key aspects of the 2025 Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act, including short 10-minute Law Modules.
Or, take a deep dive into the law by watching these videos:
Remote Ticket Entry (RTE) is a free, self-service program that JULIE offers to excavators working in Illinois who want to enter and submit their own locate requests. RTE is a web-based application that can be used with any Internet browser. A FREE 90-minute online training is required to use RTE.
To sharpen your RTE skills, JULIE has created a series of short videos illustrating ticket entry techniques and tools used during the ticket entry process. This library is intended to be a resource for all RTE users and Windows Media Player is necessary.
ENTERING A NEW TICKET – This video reviews the Ticket Entry Screen.
AERIAL OR ORTHO VIEW – This video demonstrates the aerial feature for entering locate requests.
CLEAR INVALID RED GRIDS – How to clip a work-area polygon that extends into a invalid (red) grid.
DISTANCE MEASURING TOOL – This video demonstrates the distance measuring tool.
ENTERING LAT/LONG COORDINATES – How to enter latitude and longitude or (GPS) coordinates of work site.
FIND STREET OR INTERSECTION TOOL – Learn how to use this search tool when entering your locate request.
HAND DRAW WORK-AREA POLYGONS – This video demonstrates how to hand draw your work-area polygon.
HOW TO EXTEND A JULIE LOCATE REQUEST – This video demonstrates the ins and outs of extending your locate request.
MISCELLANEOUS MAP TOOLS – Learn the use of the Place Tool in Ticket Entry.
PLACE DISPLAY TOOL – This video displays the Place Tool in Ticket Entry.
PRINTING YOUR JULIE TICKET – Learn how to print your JULIE Locate Request.
SIMILAR NAME SUGGESTIONS – This video illustrates helpful tools for finding your dig site.
USING THE SEG BUTTON – Learn how to use the SEG button to create a work-area polygon.
ZOOM IN AND OUT TOOL – This video demonstrates how to use the map manipulation tool.
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