Construction Safety Courses

• Contractor Safety Management – The Toolbox
• Electrical Safety – Competent Person Training
• Excavation - Competent Person Training
• Fall Protection - Competent Person Training
• Hazwoper 24-Hour Hazmat – Technical Level Training
• Hazwoper Compliance – Training Your First Responder
• OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety
• OSHA 30-Hour Construction Safety
• Scaffolding - Competent Person Training
• Workplace Traffic Control – The Basics

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Contractor Safety Management – The Toolbox (1.4 CEUs)

This course shows participants how to implement the basic tools of a contractor safety program. Attendees practice the key elements of a safety program through classroom workshops.

Recommended attendees

Construction foremen, superintendents and engineers, safety professionals, construction managers, plant engineers, construction inspectors and any other personnel responsible for workplace safety.

Benefits

• Avoid, recognize and correct safety program flaws that reduce your program's effectiveness and increase the risk of injury
• Lower the cost of compliance by learning how to implement safety throughout your organization

Topics covered

• Safety program fundamentals
• OSHA safety program guidelines
• "Who's responsible for safety?" — Implementing safety throughout your entire organization.
• Accident investigation workshop.
• "Safety doesn't happen by accident" — Job hazard analysis techniques that work.
• OSHA recordkeeping requirements
• Safety training requirements
• Competent person duties and responsibilities
• "Bottom line safety" – Workers’ compensation insurance, medical management, experience modifiers and incident rates

Required equipment

Calculator

Course cost

$400

Electrical Safety – Competent Person Training (1.4 CEUs)

This course shows participants how to inspect a construction site's temporary wiring for compliance with OSHA and National Electric Code requirements. Attendees learn how to recognize electrical hazards through classroom learning and hands-on electrical equipment inspection. Participants also learn how to use electrical test equipment to test and troubleshoot electrical systems.

Recommended attendees

Construction foremen, superintendents and engineers, safety professionals, construction managers, plan engineers, construction inspectors and any other personnel responsible for workplace safety

Benefits

• Avoid, recognize and correct electrical hazards that could lead to accident or injury
• Lower the cost of compliance by learning to plan safety into electrical installations
• Receive a competent person training certification card

Topics covered

• Common electrical hazards and related accidents
• Hands-on inspection of electrical equipment and use of electrical test equipment
• OSHA electrical safety requirements
• National Electric Code safety requirements
• Competent person duties and responsibilities
• Electrical load calculations
• Electrical safety training requirements

Required Equipment

Hard hat, safety glasses, work gloves and calculator.

Course cost

$400

Evacuation – Competent Person Training(1.4 CEUs)

This course shows participants how to inspect trenches and excavations to recognize excavation hazards that could cause accidents or injuries. Attendees learn how to conduct soil analysis with job site soil samples and choose adequate cave-in protection.

Recommended attendees

Construction foremen, superintendents and engineers, safety professionals, construction managers, plant engineers, construction inspectors and any other personnel responsible for workplace safety.

Benefits

• Avoid, recognize and correct excavation hazards that could lead to accident or injury
• Lower the cost of compliance by learning to plan safety into excavation work
• Receive a competent person training certification card.

Topics covered

• Common excavation hazards and related accidents
• Soil classification techniques and hands-on practice
• Cave-in protection requirements
• Shoring and sloping tables
• Trench box technology and requirements
• Competent person duties and responsibilities

Course cost

$195

Fall Protection – Competent Person Training (1.4 CEUs)

This course shows participants how to inspect fall protection equipment and to recognize safety requirements for fall protection systems. Attendees will learn how to recognize fall hazards and evaluate fall protection methods through classroom learning, equipment demonstrations and hands-on equipment inspection.

Recommended attendees

Construction foremen, superintendents and engineers, safety professionals, construction managers, plant engineers, construction inspectors and any other personnel responsible for workplace safety.

Benefits

• Avoid, recognize and correct fall hazards that could lead to accident or injury
• Lower the cost of compliance by learning to plan safety into elevated work
• Receive a competent person training certification card

Topics covered

• Common fall hazards and related accidents
• Review of fall protection requirements for all construction work
• Hands-on inspection of fall protection equipment
• Fall protection equipment demonstration
• Fall protection training requirements and certifications
• Fall protection planning and design
• Competent person duties and responsibilities

Required Equipment

Hard hat, safety glasses, work gloves and calculator.

Course cost

$400

Hazwoper 24-Hour Hazmat – Technical Level Training (2.1 CEUs - 18 stat)

This training program allows you to comply with OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response [HAZWOPER; 1910.120(q)] standard requiring employers to train employees who are responsible for responding to and handling chemical spills or releases. The course provides both theory and hands-on training based on likely spills expected in the industrial sector.

Recommended attendees

Personnel required to receive documented training to the 24-hour Hazmat Technician Level under the HAZWOPER standard. (The course fulfills the legal training requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120 (q)(6)(iii).) Participants may include emergency response team members at industrial or commercial locations, managers responsible for emergency planning and response, safety and environmental professionals involved in chemical management and emergency response, and those responsible for writing or consolidating chemical emergency plans

Benefits

Provides emergency response team members with the knowledge to identify and respond to hazardous material emergencies and the skills they need to stop leaks, confine or contain chemical spills or releases, neutralize and clean up spills and properly dispose of spill residues.

Topics covered

• Identification of hazardous materials and Hazmat terminology
• Understanding potential outcomes associated with hazardous materials emergencies
• Recognition and identification of hazardous materials in an emergency
• U. S. DOT and other marking and labeling systems
• Basic hazard and risk assessment techniques
• Introduction to advanced risk assessment techniques
• Basic risk assessment workshop
• Sensors and use of field survey instruments
• Exercises in the use of field survey instruments
• Selection and use of personal protective equipment
• Selection and use of respiratory protection
• Spill control and containment operations
• Decontamination procedures
• Standard operating procedures and termination procedures

Course cost

$600

Hazwoper Compliance – Training Your First Responder (.07 CEUs)

This course is designed to provide training tips, techniques and programs for supervisors or managers who must train employees under the statute. OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) standard 1910.120 requires employers to train employees who are responsible for identifying or handling chemical spills. For facilities without designated hazmat teams, employees may need to be trained at the first responder-awareness or operations level.

Recommended attendees

Professionals responsible for training or developing training programs for employees who may witness a hazardous materials spill, and/or respond to spills with defensive actions, including corporate and facility safety managers, corporate and facility environmental managers, and corporate and facility human resource managers.

Benefits

• Enables trainers to provide a valuable training program in-house
• Provides participants with a written program outline for the first responder-operations level training
• Avoid over- or under-training employees by using targeted programs and cross-training

Topics covered

• Key elements and impact of the HAZWOPER regulation
• Who to train at your facility; cross-training to reduce training burden
• Producing and presenting the first responder-operations level training

Course cost

$195

OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety (1.4 CEUs)

This course shows participants the basic safety requirements for the construction industry, including scaffolds, ladders, fall protection, excavations, cranes and personal protective equipment. Attendees will be shown how to recognize basic construction hazards through classroom learning and hands-on inspections conducted throughout the course.

Recommended attendees

Construction foremen, superintendents and engineers, safety professionals, construction managers, plant engineers, construction inspectors and any other personnel responsible for workplace safety.

Benefits

• Avoid, recognize and correct construction hazards that could lead to accident or injury
• Lower the cost of compliance by learning to plan safety into construction activities
• Receive an OSHA 10-hour course certification card

Topics covered

• OSHA administration and OSHA standards
• Students receive a copy of current OSHA standards and learn how to interpret them
• Hands-on inspection of scaffolds, ladders, fall protection equipment, rigging hardware, hand tools and personal protective equipment
• Electrical safety fundamentals
• Health hazards and personal protective equipment
• Ladders, scaffolding and fall protection
• Competent person duties and responsibilities
• Employee training requirements

Required Equipment

Hard hat, safety glasses and work gloves.

Course cost

$400

OSHA 30-Hour Construction Safety (3 CEUs)

This course shows participants the safety requirements for most construction activities including scaffolds, rigging, electrical, ladders, fall protection, excavations, cranes, hazard communication and personal protective equipment. Attendees will learn how to recognize basic construction hazards through classroom learning and hands-on inspections conducted throughout the course.

Recommended attendees

Construction foremen, superintendents and engineers, safety professionals, construction managers, plant engineers, construction inspectors and any other personnel responsible for workplace safety.

Benefits

• Avoid, recognize and correct construction hazards that could lead to accident or injury
• Lower the cost of compliance by learning to plan safety into construction activities
• Receive an OSHA 30-hour course certification card

Topics covered

• OSHA administration and OSHA standards
• Students receive a copy of current OSHA standards and learn how to interpret them
• Hands-on inspection of scaffolds, ladders, fall protection equipment, rigging hardware, hand tools and personal protective equipment
• OSHA recordkeeping requirements
• Electrical safety fundamentals and electrical test equipment
• Health hazards and personal protective equipment
• Ladders, scaffolding and fall protection
• Crane load chart interpretation
• Implement protection requirements
• Competent person duties and responsibilities
• Employee training requirements

Required Equipment

Hard hat, safety glasses and work gloves.

Course cost

$850

Scaffolding – Competent Person Training (1.4 CEUs)

This course shows participants how to inspect basic supported scaffolds including fabricated frame, tube and coupler, systems and mobile scaffolds. Attendees will be shown how to recognize scaffold hazards through classroom learning and hands-on scaffold erection and inspection.

Recommended attendees

Construction foremen, superintendents and engineers, safety professionals, construction managers, plant engineers, construction inspectors, and any other personnel responsible for workplace safety.

Benefits

• Avoid, recognize and correct scaffold hazards that could lead to accident or injury
• Lower the cost of compliance by learning to plan safety into scaffold work
• Receive a competent person training certification card

Topics covered

• Common scaffold hazards and related accidents
• Hands-on inspection of scaffold components, planks, platforms and erected scaffold
• Hands-on scaffold erection
• Fall protection, access and scaffold use safety requirements
• Fall protection requirements for scaffold erection
• Competent person duties and responsibilities
• Scaffold load calculations
• Scaffolding training requirements

Required Equipment

Hard hat, safety glasses, work gloves and calculator.

Course cost

$400

Workplace Traffic Control – The Basics (1.4 CEUs)

This course shows participants how to set up and inspect basic work place traffic controls to protect site crews and safely direct traffic around work areas. Attendees will learn how to recognize traffic control scenarios and hazards through classroom learning and hands-on traffic control inspection.

Recommended attendees

Construction foremen, superintendents and engineers, safety professionals, construction managers, plant engineers, construction inspectors, and any other personnel responsible for workplace safety.

Benefits

• Avoid, recognize and correct work place traffic hazards that could lead to accident or injury
• Lower the cost of compliance by learning to plan safe and efficient traffic control measures

Topics covered

• Common workplace traffic hazards and related accidents
• Hands-on inspection of traffic control systems
• Traffic scenario recognition
• Application of traffic control requirements to varied work site conditions, focusing on urban and suburban scenarios
• State traffic safety requirements
• Flagger safety and training requirements
• Traffic taper length and site distance calculations

Required Equipment

Hard hat, safety glasses, work gloves and calculator.

Course cost

$295