Objective

The 30-hour Construction OSHA Outreach Training Program is intended to provide a variety of training to workers with some safety responsibility. Training should emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, control, and prevention, not OSHA standards. Instructional time must be a minimum of 30 hours.

Target Group

The OSHA Outreach Training Program for the Construction Industry teaches construction workers about their rights, employer responsibilities, and how to file a complaint as well as how to identify, abate, avoid, and prevent job related hazards.

Examination

The candidate will be required to score a minimum competency of 70% on a written exam.

Course Contents

The mandatory (14-hours minimum) topic requirements in this course are: - Introduction to OSHA - Construction Focus Four Hazards - Fall protection - Electrocution - Struck By - Caught-in or between - Personal protective and lifesaving equipment - Health hazards in construction (including hazard communication - Stairways, ladders and scaffolds The elective (12-hours minimum) topic requirements in this course are: - Concrete and masonry construction - Confined space entry - Cranes, derricks, hoists, elevators, and conveyors - Ergonomics - Evacuations - Fire protection and prevention - Materials handling, storage, use and disposal - Motor vehicles, mechanized equipment and marine operations: rollover Protective Structures and Overhead Protection; and Signs, Signals, and Barricades - Powered industrial vehicles - Safety and Health Programs - Scaffolds - Steel Erection - Tools - Hand and Power - Welding and Cutting - Foundations for Safety Leadership