OSHA General Industry 30 Hour Course

Start Date: June 4, 2013
Price: $695.00

30-Hour Construction Industry Outreach Training Program – Designated Training Topics. The 30-hour Construction 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. The topic requirements are as follows:

Mandatory – 15 hours

Introduction to OSHA – 2 hours

• OSHA has required training content for this module.
• Covers workers’ rights, employer responsibilities and how to file a complaint. It includes helpful worker safety and health resources. It also provides a sample weekly fatality and catastrophe report, a material data safety sheet and the OSHA Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (OSHA Form 300).
• Materials include an Instructor Guide, PowerPoint slides, student handouts, and participatory activities.

Managing Safety and Health – 2 hours.

May include Injury and Illness Prevention Programs, job site inspections, accident prevention programs, management commitment and employee involvement, worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control, accident investigations, how to conduct safety meetings, and supervisory communication.

OSHA Focus Four Hazards – 6 hours

Because most construction fatalities are caused by fall hazards, falls must be covered for a minimum of one hour and 15 minutes. The other focus four hazards must be covered for a minimum of one-half hour each. A trainer may spend up to 10 hours on this topic.

• Falls (minimum one hour and 15 minutes)
• Electrocution
• Struck-By (e.g., falling objects, trucks, cranes)
• Caught-In or Between (e.g., trench hazards, equipment)

Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment – 2 hours

 

Health Hazards in Construction – 2 hours

May teach noise, hazard communication, and crystalline silica or any other construction health hazard.

Stairways and Ladders – 1 hour

 

Elective – 12 hours

Must present at least 12 hours of training on the following topics. At least 6 of the following topics must be presented. The minimum length of any topic is one-half hour

• Concrete and Masonry Construction
• Confined Space Entry
• Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Elevators, & Conveyors
• Ergonomics
• Excavations
• 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

Optional – 3 hours

Teach other construction industry hazards or policies and/or expand on the mandatory or elective topics. The minimum length of any topic is one-half hour.

Class configurations

Min student to Instructor ratio: 3 to 1
Max student to Instructor ratio: 39 to 1
Successful completion (Issuance of 10 or 30-hour course completion card)
Written evaluation: Focus 4 Topics require an exam at the conclusion of each topic. Each exam is 10 questions long (80% passing rate required).
Performance evaluation: None.
Recognized qualification period: Does not expire, but is recommended to be retaken every 5 years.
Recommended time to complete: 7.5 hours on day 1 of training and 2.5 hours on day 2 of training for the 10 hour course. 7.5 hours of training on days 1 through 4.

Address:
Health & Safety Sciences
3202 Winchester Avenue
Ashland, KY
41101