The course continues the study of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and its impact on loss prevention at construction sites. Training covers a variety of construction safety and health hazards a worker may encounter at a construction site. Students are exposed to a variety of safety related topics including OSHA policies and the focus four (falls, electrocutions, caught between and struck-by). Additional topics include cranes, derricks, hoists, elevators, conveyors, ergonomics, excavations, fire protection and prevention, materials handling, storage, use and disposal, motor vehicles, mechanized equipment, rollover protective structures and overhead protection, signs, signals and barricades, powered industrial vehicles, safety and health programs, scaffolds, tools – hand and power, welding and cutting.

Prerequisite: None
Length: 10 nights