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 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.

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: 0.8

*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 federal and public sector employees with pertinent information regarding OSHA requirements and guidelines applicable to 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 discussion and workshops. Upon course completion students will have an awareness level of the major construction hazards and prevention strategies.

Minimum student contact hours: 12 CEU: 1.2

*Note: Location subject to change.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Identify the differing types and fundamentals of how forklifts work
• Describe applicable OSHA standards regulating forklifts
• Identify the basic forklift operating rules and safe work practices
• Understand how to read the forklift data plate
• Perform basic load calculations based on sample data plates
• Recognize how workplace conditions can affect safe operation
• Identify the OSHA requirements for forklift operator training and retraining

Minimum student contact hours: 4.0 CEU: 0.4

*Note: Location subject to change.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Identify the different types of tools along their correct uses
• Recognize the hazards and controls unique to each type of tool
• Describe applicable OSHA standards regulating the use of tools
• Identify the proper type of switch and guard required on different power tools
• Recognize the proper PPE for the use of power tools
• Identity tools that produce crystalline silica and describe the requirements for dust control
• Describe the importance of following manufacturers' instructions
• Recognize the importance of proper ergonomics while using hand and power tools

Minimum student contact hours: 4 CEU: 0.4

*Note: Location subject to change.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Identify common types of rigging equipment and hardware
• Identify the major components of cranes and derricks
• Recognize common causes and prevention of rigging accidents
• Describe applicable OSHA 1926 and ASME standards regulating rigging equipment
• Recognize the proper inspection protocols for rigging equipment in accordance with OSHA, ASME, and the manufacturer's requirements
• Identify sling hitch configurations and equipment capacities
• Perform basic sling angle calculations
• Have a basic understanding of how to read a crane load chart

Minimum student contact hours: 7.5 CEU: 0.8

*Note: Location subject to change.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Identify types and major components of suspended scaffold systems
• Recognize common causes and prevention of scaffold accidents
• Describe applicable OSHA 1926 standards regulating suspended scaffolds
• Identify general principles of fall protection for suspended scaffolds
• Identify proper scaffold user-safe work practices
• Understand Hoist, platform, and rigging equipment practices
• Understand maximum intended loads and capacities for scaffold equipment
• Identify proper suspended scaffold inspection procedures

Minimum student contact hours: 7.5 CEU: 0.8

*Note: Location subject to change.