This course covers the best practices in crane and derrick operation using the OSHA Cranes and Derricks in Construction Rule as a guide. Course topics include hazards associated with crane assembly and disassembly, types of cranes, lifting concepts, rigging and wire rope, signaling, employee qualifications and training, and maintenance, repair, and inspection requirements.

Students will participate in workshops to reinforce concepts of safe crane operation. Upon course completion students will have the ability to identify the types of cranes and their components and attachments, determine safe operating conditions, and recognize common violations of OSHA Standards.

Minimum student contact hours: 22.5 CEU: 2.25

*Note: Location subject to change.

This course covers the safety and health hazards associated with permit-required confined space entry. Course topics include recognition of confined space hazards, identification of permit and non-permit required confined spaces, use of instrumentation to evaluate atmospheric hazards, ventilation techniques, development and implementation of a confined space program, proper signage, and training requirements. This course features workshops on permit entry classification, instrumentation, and program development.

Upon course completion students will have the ability to identify permit and non-permit required confined spaces, reference the OSHA Permit-Required Confined Spaces Standard, conduct atmospheric testing, and implement a permit-required confined space program.

Minimum student contact hours: 20 CEU: 2.0

*Note: Location subject to change.

This course covers safety and health management responsibilities. Participants will be able to implement a workplace Safety and Health Management Program (SHMP) according to OSHA's Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs and related guidance.

The course covers the fundamentals of occupational safety and health management program (SHMP), SHMP recordkeeping requirements, and how to assess workplace safety and health management program.

Minimum student contact hours: 18 CEU: 1.8

*Note: Location subject to change.

This course covers the OSHA Excavation Standard and safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching. Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of shored and unshored slopes and walls of excavations, introduction of various types of shoring (wood timbers and hydraulic), soil classification, and use of protective systems. Testing methods are demonstrated and students participate in workshops in the use of instruments such as penetrometers, torvane shears, and engineering rods.

Upon course completion students will have the ability to assess their employer's compliance with the OSHA Excavation Standard, utilize soil testing methods to classify soil types, determine protective systems for excavation operations, and training requirements.

Minimum student contact hours: 20 CEU: 2.0

*Note: Location subject to change.

This course covers the requirements for safe construction and use of scaffolding using OSHA's construction scaffold standards as a guide. Course topics include hazards associated with scaffold design, assembly, disassembly and use, types of scaffolds, determining scaffold capacity, employee qualifications and training and maintenance, repair and inspection requirements. Students will participate in workshops to reinforce concepts of safe scaffolding.

Upon course completion students will have the ability to identify the types of scaffolds and their components, determine safe assembly, use, and disassembly and recognize common violations of OSHA standards.

Minimum student contact hours: 22 CEU: 2.2

*Note: Location subject to change.

This course covers OSHA Electrical Standards and the hazards associated with electrical installations and equipment. Course topics include single- and three- phase systems, cord- and plug-connected and fixed equipment, grounding, ground fault circuit interrupters, and safety-related work practices. Emphasis is placed on electrical hazard recognition and OSHA Standards, policies, and procedures and applicable portions of the National Electrical Code (NEC).

Students will participate in workshops on the safe and correct use of electrical testing equipment. Upon course completion students will have the ability to understand the severity of electrical current on the human body, recognize and evaluate actual and potential electrical hazards and reference the applicable OSHA Standard, determine hazard abatement measures, and understand the proper use of electrical testing equipment.

Minimum student contact hours: 26 CEU: 2.6

*Note: Location subject to change.

This course covers the OSHA Fall Protection Standard for construction and an overview of fall protection methods. Course topics include principles of fall protection, components and limitations of fall arrest systems, and OSHA Standards and policies regarding fall protection.

Students will participate in workshops demonstrating the inspection and use of fall protection equipment, residential construction fall protection, training requirements, and developing a fall protection program. Upon course completion students will have the ability to assess compliance with the OSHA Fall Protection Standard, evaluate installed passive systems and fall arrest systems, and develop and implement fall protection plans.

Minimum student contact hours: 18 CEU: 1.8

*Note: Location subject to change.

Minimum student contact hours: 26 CEU: 2.6

*Note: Location subject to change.

OSHA Authorized Outreach Trainers for the Construction Industry are required to attend this course once every four years (4) to maintain their trainer status.

Prior to registration, students must provide a copy of their current Outreach Training Program trainer card or an official transcript showing successful completion of the OSHA #500 Trainer Course in OSHA Standards for Construction from their respective OSHA Training Institute Education Center, for verification of trainer status.

Minimum student contact hours: 18 CEU: 1.8

*Note: Location subject to change.

This course covers OSHA Standards, policies, and procedures in the construction industry. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA Construction Standards, construction safety and health principles, and special emphasis on those areas in construction which are most hazardous.

Upon course completion students will have the ability to define construction terms found in the OSHA Construction Standards, identify hazards which occur in the construction industry, locate and determine appropriate OSHA Construction Standards, policies, and procedures, and describe the use of the OSHA Construction Standards and regulations to supplement an ongoing safety and health program.

Minimum student contact hours: 26 CEU: 2.6

*Note: Location subject to change.

This course focuses on describing noise hazards in the workplace. The course includes; OSHA occupational noise exposure standards, properties of sound, noise-induced hearing loss, noise exposure control, selection and use of hearing protection, sound level surveys, noise dosimetry, and worker training. Classroom demonstrations of noise instrumentation and hearing protection devices are featured. The target audience is the employer or representative designated with the responsibility to develop a noise program. At the conclusion of this course, students will describe sound properties and their relationship to noise-induced hearing loss, hearing protection usage, and using a sound level meter.

Minimum student contact hours: 7.5 CEU: 0.75

*Note: Location subject to change.

This course covers the identification, evaluation, prevention, and control of fall hazards in the construction industry. The course focuses on falls to a lower level rather than falls to the same level resulting from slips and falls. Course topics include identifying, analyzing, and preventing fall hazards utilizing OSHA Fall Protection Standards. At the conclusion of the course, students will have an awareness level of identifying fall hazards and methods to control and abate the hazards.

Minimum student contact hours: 5.0 CEU: 0.5

*Note: Location subject to change.

This course provides the participant with pertinent information regarding OSHA requirements and guidelines for construction industry activities and operations. Topics include recognition of major safety and health hazards in the construction industry, prevention strategies, safety and health management systems, OSHA requirements and guidelines, and resources available. The course is an interactive training session focusing on class discussions and workshops. The course will help the participant know the major construction hazards and prevention strategies.

Minimum student contact hours: 12.0 CEU: 1.2

*Note: Location subject to change.

This course covers an introduction to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the OSH Act for owners and managers of small businesses.

Course topics include an introduction to OSHA, OSHA Standards, the inspection process, implementing a safety and health program, worker training requirements and assistance available to small businesses.

Upon course completion students will understand OSHA operations and procedures and how to work with OSHA to prevent or reduce injuries and illnesses in their workplace.

Minimum student contact hours: 3.5 CEU: 0.35

*Note: Location subject to change.

*Note: Location subject to change.

*Note: Location subject to change.

*Note: Location subject to change.

• OSHA - Hot topics and OSHA's compliance agenda current and FY 2025.
  Employer and employee rights and responsibilities under the OSH Act of 1970
  Presenter: OSHA Tampa Area Office Compliance Assistance Specialist - Olja Correa
• Whistleblower Protections under the OSH Act 1970:
  Section 11(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for exercising a variety of rights guaranteed under the OSH Act, such as filing a safety or health complaint with OSHA, raising a health and safety concern with their employers, participating in an OSHA inspection, or reporting a work-related injury or illness.
  Who is covered?
  How does it work?
  What to expect?
  Presenters: Whistleblower Investigators - Chris Covell, Luke Scully, and Stephanie Lafayette
  
• Wage and Hour - Overview of what the agency enforces, minimum wage, overtime, child labor, FMLA, nursing mothers, employee misclassification and record keeping.
  Presenters:Dept of Labor Compliance Assistance Specialist - Lourdes Bahr

*Note: Location subject to change.

Many workers in the landscaping and horticulture services industries are exposed to several hazards including noise, pesticides and chemicals, sprains, strains, eye injuries, heat stress, amputations, drownings, slips, trips, falls, electrocutions. This course will increase worker awareness and help identify hazards, and solutions to specific activities within the landscape and horticultural services industry.

Minimum student contact hours: 6.0 CEU: 0.6

*Note: Location subject to change.

• OSHA Worksite Inspections:

  What to expect - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducts inspections frequently across the United States. If you believe your workplace will be subject to an inspection, you should learn everything you can about the process to help it go smoothly. Understanding what you can expect during an OSHA inspection can lessen anxiety about the procedure and help create a safer workplace.
  Federal OSHA and State plans - how they differ, operate, and what you need to know.
  Presenter: OSHA Tampa Area Office Compliance Assistance Specialist - Olja Correa

• Whistleblower Protections under the OSH Act 1970:
  Section 11(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for exercising a variety of rights guaranteed under the OSH Act, such as filing a safety or health complaint with OSHA, raising a health and safety concern with their employers, participating in an OSHA inspection, or reporting a work-related injury or illness.
  Who is covered?
  How does it work?
  What to expect?
  Presenters: Whistleblower Investigators - Chris Covell, Luke Scully, and Stephanie Lafayette

*Note: Location subject to change.

Minimum student contact hours: 2 CEU: .2

*Note: Location subject to change.

*Note: Location subject to change.

*Note: Location subject to change.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Explain what heat stress is and why it is important.
• Recognize factors that may contribute to heat stress.
• describe what types of trades and professions are at risk of heat stress.
• Recognize controls and preventative measures that eliminate or reduce the impact of heat stress.
• Use available resources to identify the potential risk for heat stress.
• Apply basic knowledge of heat stress risk factors to screen scenarios for heat stress.
• Apply knowledge of heat stress controls and preventative measures to eliminate or reduce the impact of heat stress in various scenarios.
• Recognize first aid steps to be taken in the event of a heat-related illness.