Online Courses

Lifting and Back Injury Prevention for General Industry Online Course Description: Back pain is among the most common reasons for visits to the doctor. For some, this issue can develop from failing to lift heavy objects properly over time. To help all general industry workers prevent back pain and serious injuries, we offer a back-injury prevention training course called Lifting and Back Injury Prevention for General Industry. This online intermediate-level course covers important information regarding best practices for lifting and moving heavy items, leading to enhanced overall safety on any job site.

Intended Audience: This back-injury prevention training course is intended for general industry employees, as well as employers and managers who are responsible for workplace safety and health in accordance with OSHA regulations. It is especially relevant for professionals working in the following sectors:

• Hospitality
• Manufacturing
• Property management
• Retail services
• Trade and transportation
• Warehousing and distribution

Learning Aids: With Lifting and Back Injury Prevention for General Industry, students will cover everything employees, and employers should know before moving, handling, and storing materials.

Course Topics

• An overview of back disorders and how they are avoidable with exercise, weight control, and posture
• How to prevent injury utilizing pre-lift considerations, precautions, and proper lift techniques
• Legal requirements for ensuring safety to the highest possible standard in the workplace
• Accepted safe work practices for lifting and back injury prevention, including the correct body mechanics
• How to recognize potential hazards associated with lifting objects and materials
• Standards mandated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Where to find additional resources on back care, lifting, and general ergonomics

Features and Benefits: After completing Lifting and Back Injury Prevention for General Industry, course participants will understand the safety practices needed to avoid painful, potentially permanent back injuries. All participants will learn proper lifting techniques, hazard recognition, and where to find more information on related course topics.

Upon successful completion of the course, each student has the ability to access and print your Completion Certificate at any time, 24/7.

Course Length: 30 Minutes

Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.

Pricing: $35.00

Managing Mold Issues for Fixed Site Facilities Online Course Description: Managing Mold Issues for Building Construction Management is an advanced online safety course composed of three primary modules: Mold Information and Training, Mold Design and Materials and Mold Maintenance Procedures. These three modules are part of the Mold Action Plan training series developed by the attendees of the Mold Action Plan in Construction conference. This course will assist in managing mold in the construction maintenance process, specifically:

Intended Audience: Managing Mold Issues for Building Construction Management is designed for contractors, building owners and their representatives who have the responsibility to perform mold inspections according to OSHA regulations.

• Building Construction Managers
• Building Construction Contractors
• Building Owners and Their Representatives

Learning Aids: This online safety course will familiarize you with the mold and moisture dilemma. Learn how to identify mold in various phases of construction and how to manage water and mold events. Learn how to find the right consultants and experts in the mold prevention process. You will be encouraged to have a plan that details the types of training and observations that are needed for mold prevention. You will also learn the basic guidelines for mold maintenance including how to create a mold maintenance checklist as a reference for performing inspections. This Mold safety course also teaches ways to foster a healthy work environment by informing the building owner, building management company and contractors of ways to conduct mold maintenance safety.

Course Topics

• Mold Information and Training
  • Overview of Managing Mold Issues
  • Pre-Construction and Design
  • Construction Phase
  • Post Construction Phase
  • Managing a Water Event
  • Water Damage Guidelines
  • Mold Remediation
  • Finished Remediation and Cleanup
  • Checklist for Mold Remediation
  • Mold Prevention Plan
• Mold Design and Materials
  • Consultations and Experts
  • Testing and In-House Observation
  • Mock-Ups
  • Early Start Up Mechanical Systems
• Mold Maintenance Procedures
  • Maryland IAQ Task Force
  • Construction Mold Maintenance Committee
  • Maintenance Checklist

Features and Benefits: By taking Mold Issues for Building Construction Managers online safety course, you will learn what mold is, the potential hazards involved and how to avoid mold ligation. Following the successful completion of the Mold Information and Training module, you will:

• Be able to promote mold safety in the workplace
• Understand water damage and mold remediation guidelines
• Be able to recognize, evaluate, and control mold and moisture
• Know the training needed for contractors, employees and owners involved in the mold prevention process

You will be also be presented with techniques that can be applied during the design stage for preventing mold growth. By following the considerations in the Mold Design and Materials module, you will:

• Know the importance of matching a consultant’s ability to the complexity of the project
• Be able to determine the guidelines for performing in-house testing and/or observation
• Understand that mock-ups are the exception, not the rule, for most construction work

This course will also inform you of the importance of developing an effective operations and maintenance program for mold and indoor air quality issues. By following the guidelines in the Mold Maintenance Procedures module, you will:

• Be able to prevent mold by inspecting various locations of a building for evidence of mold
• Know how to maintain a checklist of inspections as reference material for the owner, builder and tenant
• Know to check mechanical systems and appliances for mold
• Know to check for mold on exterior finishes
• Know appropriate mold response actions

Upon successful completion of the course, each student has the ability to access and print your Completion Certificate at any time, 24/7.

Course Length:  1 Hour-30 Minutes

Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.

Pricing: $45.00

Materials Handling for Construction Online Course Description: In this intermediate online safety course, we will review Materials Handling safety according to OSHA standards. This Materials Handling course focuses on prevention of injury by adhering to the regulations for safe use and maintenance, rigging of equipment and proper disposal methods for debris and other construction-related waste materials. It also includes manual and mechanical material handling, hand powered tools and equipment safety.

Intended Audience: Materials handling training is designed for construction workers and managers who are responsible for the safety of their job site according to OSHA regulations.

• Construction Managers
• Construction Supervisors
• Construction Workers

Learning Aids: In this online safety course, you will be informed on proper Materials Handling and how to develop an understanding of the equipment, systems and procedures in order to prevent workplace accidents. You will also learn the legal requirements for ensuring safety to the highest possible standard in the workplace. When finished, you will have been given the knowledge you need to adhere to OSHA requirements for safe handling and storage of building materials, equipment, and container

Course Topics

• Introduction to Materials Handling
• Manual Handling Techniques
• Non-Powered Handling Equipment
• Power Industrial Trucks
• Conveyors
• Cranes, Hoists and Rigging
• Slings
• Storage and Disposal

Features and Benefits: By taking Materials Handling online safety course, you will learn the importance of materials handling, storage, use and disposal. When you have successfully completed this course, you will:

• Know safe handling and disposal methods according to OSHA requirements
• Have been trained in the safe storage, movement and disposal of materials
• Understand the relevant specific OSHA requirements for safe material handling

Upon successful completion of the course, each student has the ability to access and print your Completion Certificate at any time, 24/7.

Course Length:  40 Minutes

Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.

Pricing: $35.00

Mold for All other Trades for Supervisors and Managers for Construction Online Course Description: This Mold for All Other Trades for Supervisors and Managers for Construction is an advanced online safety course covering the following four topics: Mold Information and Training, Mold Design and Materials, Water Intrusion Inspection and Mold Maintenance Procedures. This online course will inform you of the basic guidelines, methods and best management practices for mold and moisture recognition, evaluation, control, education, information and prevention. Mold is a tiny spore that quickly reproduces and continually moves through indoor and outdoor air. When a mold spore lands on a damp spot indoors, it may begin growing and digesting whatever it lands on to survive.

Intended Audience: This Mold for All Other Trades for Supervisors and Managers for Construction online safety course is for specialty subcontractors involved in the mold prevention and abatement process.

• Specialty Mold Subcontractors

Learning Aids: This online mold training will provide you with detailed information on mold. You will learn about mold and moisture dilemmas, guidelines and methods for doing inspections and taking preventive action against water intrusion in the preconstruction, construction and post construction phases, considerations for preventing mold growth and methods for controlling mold growth, including the use of a mold maintenance checklist. You will also be provided references to additional information.

Course Topics

• Mold Information and Training
  
  • Introduction to Mold
  • Pre-Construction and Design
  • Construction Phase
  • Post Construction Phase
  • Managing a Water Event
  • Water Damage Guideline
  • Mold Remediation
  • Finishing Mold Remediation and Mold Cleanup
  • Checklist for Mold Remediation
  • Water Prevention Plan
  • Additional Mold Resources
• Mold Design and Materials
  
  • Overview of Mold Design and Materials
  • Consultants and Experts
  • Testing and Observation (In House)
  • Creating Mockups
  • Early Startup of Mechanical Systems
• Water Intrusion Inspection
  
  • Overview of Water Intrusion Inspection
  • Inspection of Curtain Walls
  • Inspection of Drywall
  • Inspection of Plumbing and HVAC
• Mold Maintenance Procedures
  
  • Introduction to Mold Maintenance Procedures
  • IAQ Task Force
  • IAQ Recommendations
  • Construction Mold Maintenance
  • Maintenance Checklist

Features and Benefits: Mold for All Other Trades for Supervisors and Managers for Construction online safety course will instruct you on water damage guidelines, checklists for mold remediation, how to prevent mold growth related to building design and materials, methods for inspections and how to take preventive action against water intrusion. When you have successfully completed this course, you will:

• Know how to manage a water event
• Understand Water damage guidelines
• Know mold remediation and be able to follow a checklist
• Understand the water prevention plan
• Know how to select third party experts
• Know when to use in-house personnel
• Understand the use of mockups
• Understand that the operations & maintenance (O&M) program targets mold and indoor air quality and is critical in building construction process
• Know a healthy work environment and relationship that a building owner may have
• with his/her occupants, and with construction workers, is part of dealing with mold in a building
• Realize that the building owner needs to have mold information when the building is turned over

Upon successful completion of the course, each student has the ability to access and print your Completion Certificate at any time, 24/7.

Course Length:  2 Hours 10 Minutes

Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.

Pricing: $40.00

Mold Maintenance Procedures for Supervisors and Managers for Construction Online Course Description: This advanced Mold Maintenance Procedures online safety course will provide methods for preventing mold and its growth. In this course, you will learn about the occupant’s role as the first line of defense against mold. This mold maintenance training is part of the Mold Action Plan training series developed by the attendees of the Mold Action Plan in Construction conference.

Intended Audience: Mold Maintenance Procedures is online training designed for contractors, building owners and their representatives who have the responsibility to perform mold inspections.

• Construction Contractors
• Building Owners and Their Representatives

Learning Aids: This mold maintenance safety course will review guidelines for mold maintenance and provide you with a mold maintenance checklist as a reference for performing inspections. This course also teaches ways to foster a healthy work environment by informing the building owner, building management company and contractors of ways to conduct mold maintenance safety.

Course Topics

• Introduction to Mold Maintenance Procedures
• Maryland IAQ Task Force
• Construction Mold Maintenance Committee
• Maintenance Checklist

Features and Benefits: Mold Maintenance Procedures safety course will inform you of the importance of developing an effective operations and maintenance program for mold and indoor air quality issues. By following the guidelines in this module, you will:

• Be able to prevent mold by inspecting various locations of a building for evidence of mold
• Know how to maintain a checklist of inspections as reference material for the owner, builder, and tenant
• Know to check mechanical systems and appliances for mold
• Know to check for mold on exterior finishes
• Know appropriate mold response actions

Upon successful completion of the course, each student has the ability to access and print your Completion Certificate at any time, 24/7.

Course Length:  20 Minutes

Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.

Pricing: $35.00