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 need for a safety culture at the worksite;
• Understand the employer’s efforts in ensuring worker safety and health;
• Understand the inspection requirements as recommended by OSHA;
• Prepare recordkeeping in alignment with OSHA’s standards;
• Comprehend the process of job hazard analysis;
• Understand the safe use of heavy vehicles and loads;
• 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 electrical, hand, and power tools and equipment common to 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;
• Understand how to use ladders and stairways correctly and safely to avoid being injured;
• Recognize the health and safety concerns related to welding, cutting, and brazing activities;
• Understand the proper material handling, storage, and stacking processes that must be implemented;
• Understand crane and rigging safety practices;
• Identify preventive measures for ensuring fire safety;
• Comprehend some of the key elements of a hazard communication program;
• Understand the elements of preparing an emergency action plan.
• Understand what a confined space is and the hazards working in a confined space.
• Identify and prevent the health hazards of exposure to asbestos and respirable crystalline silica.
• Explain the hazards and protective measures associated with steel erection.
• Comprehend the role and responsibilities of a supervisor at a construction site.
• Recognize the importance of receiving and giving feedback, and reporting on hazards.