The OSHA 30-Hour Construction course provides a proven path to receiving an OSHA student completion card from the Department of Labor (DOL)/Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Outreach Training Program. With a convenient online course, construction workers, managers, employers, and related personnel receive the training in job site hazards, protection, and safety culture needed to avoid workplace accidents, injuries, and deaths.
NOTICE: If you are in the state of NY and are looking to meet the requirements for your SST certification, you will need to register for the OSHA 30 Voice Authentication version to complete your training.
The OSHA 30-Hour Construction course prepares workers, managers, and employers to recognize, avoid, abate, and prevent health and safety hazards commonly encountered on construction worksites. 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