The 30-hour OSHA Outreach courses provide training on an expanded list of safety topics associated with workplace hazards, including the recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of workplace hazards.
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Description
The OSHA 30 hour outreach training course for construction is designed to help foremen, supervisors, superintendents, competent persons, safety staff, safety committee members, and others with responsibility for workplace safety get up to speed on the basic OSHA health and safety regulations affecting construction workplaces.
OSHA 30 hour construction training course also provides students with an overview of how the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) functions.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites required to take the OSHA 30-hour construction course.
Topics Covered
Course topics include:
- Specific steps and requirements needed to complete the OSHA 30-Hour Outreach Training Program
- Introduction to OSHA
- Workers’ rights and employer responsibilities
- Health and safety program requirements
- Compliant reporting and record-keeping
- How to file a complaint
- The role of a Competent Person
- Focus Four Hazards (fall hazards, electrocution hazards, caught-in or –between hazards, struck-by hazards)
- Materials handling safety, including activities causing MSD and RMD injuries and illnesses
- Cranes and rigging
- Motor vehicle, mechanized equipment, and marine hazards
- Motorized mobile platforms
- Excavations
- Work zone traffic control
- Forklift hazards
- Identifying major construction health hazards
- Hand and power tool hazards
- Concrete and masonry hazards
- Major steel erection hazards
- Welding and cutting hazards
- Confined space hazards
- Arc flash hazards
- Hazard mitigation
- Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures
- How to select and use personal protective equipment (PPE)
- The roles of management and the workforce in promoting a positive safety culture
What is included
This Course includes an official Department of Labor OSHA 30 Card.
OSHA 30 cards never expire. However, workers may be required to repeat the course again as required by their employer, state or local jurisdiction. Some employers, for example, require workers to retake the course every five years.
Target Audience
Construction foremen, supervisors, and safety directors, or anyone who works in construction and requires additional training beyond the basics.
