Course Objectives

After completing the course, the learner will be able to:

• Explain the importance of OSHA in providing a safe and healthful workplace to workers covered by OSHA;
• Understand the employer’s efforts in ensuring worker safety and health;
• Understand the inspection requirements as recommended by OSHA;
• Recognize and prevent scaffolding hazards;
• Recognize the hazards of working in and around excavations and trenches;
• Recognize the safety and health controls and preventive measures required when using hand and power tools at construction sites;
• Identify, describe, protect against, and recognize employer’s requirements to protect workers from fall hazards, including slipping and tripping hazards;
• Identify electrical and electrocution hazards and understand how to prevent them;
• Identify, describe, protect against, and recognize employer’s requirements to protect workers from struck-by, caught-in, or caught-between hazards at construction sites;
• Comprehend safety measures for noise exposure;
• Understand how to use ladders correctly and safely to avoid being injured;
• Explain what a confined space is and the hazards of working in a confined space; and
• Identify and prevent the health hazards of exposure to asbestos, lead, and silica.