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Excavation Safety for Construction Online Course Description: This intermediate Excavation Safety for Construction online course will teach you how to work safely around trenches and excavation sites. By taking this course, you will come to understand the safety requirements for deep excavation.

Intended Audience: This online course is intended for construction workers and supervisors who need to implement construction excavation safety for excavation and trenching activities:

• Construction Workers
• Construction Supervisors
• Construction Foremen

Learning Aids: This Excavation Safety for Construction online training course will teach you the hazards that are commonly found when working around a trench or an excavation. We will also discuss OSHA safety requirements and standards. Additionally, the course covers soil classification, air monitoring, safe access, spoils piles, shoring and sloping.

Course Topics

• Introduction to Excavation Safety
• Myths of Excavation
• General Excavation Safety Techniques
• Situational Analysis
• Soils and Soil Classification
• Classifying Soil
• Protective Systems
• Situational Analysis
• Additional Protective Systems
• Other Systems
• Other Considerations
• Regular Requirements

Features and Benefits: Excavation Safety for Construction course, you will receive an in-depth guide on how to work safely around a job site that is being excavated or where trenching is being used. By successfully completing this course, you will:

• Learn about the hazards that can be found when working in and around excavations and trenches
• Understand the vital differences in soil classifications and how soils greatly impact excavation and trenching safety
• Learn what is required by OSHA for every job site where excavations and trenches are used.

Upon successful completion of the course, each student will receive a Certificate of Completion that will show the 0.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and 1 Contact Hour received for this IACET-approved course.

Course Length: 45 Minutes

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

Pricing: $40.00

Trenching and Excavation for Construction Online Course Description: While some construction job sites encounter trenching and excavation on a regular basis, others may only engage in these activities occasionally. Whatever the case may be, construction employers and employees alike must be prepared with the proper knowledge of how to maintain safety throughout any project. In our online Trenching and Excavation for Construction course, students will receive intermediate-level training on trenching and excavation practices that enhance safety on the job site.

Intended Audience: This training course regarding trenching and excavation for construction is intended specifically for professionals with a supervisory role, including:

• Construction superintendents
• Construction foremen
• Construction project managers

Due to the nature of this course’s curriculum, Trenching and Excavation for Construction is not recommended for construction workers who do not oversee other employees or job site activities. Instead, these individuals may benefit from our Excavation Safety for Construction course, which raises awareness about the hazards of trenching and excavation and how to mitigate them.

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Learning Aids: Our Trenching and Excavation for Construction safety course was designed to help members of the construction workforce understand how to safely work on trenching and excavation projects. The topics covered include:

• Detailed definitions and requirements for protective systems, materials, installation, and removal
• The history and ins and outs of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Excavation Standard, as well as designs that use this standard
• Various standardized construction practices for identifying and correcting hazards
• Specific techniques for working with equipment during an excavation
• The soil classification system, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and more
• An overview of support systems, shield systems, and other protective systems

NOTE: We also recommend that students reference the OSHA Excavation Standard 1926.650, Subpart P, while taking this course.

Features and Benefits: By the end of the course, you will understand safe work practices for trenching and excavation, as well as how to effectively protect yourself and your coworkers from the associated risks.

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: 25 Minutes

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

Pricing: $35.00