EXCAVATION “COMPETENT” PERSON COURSE
 

This 8-hour course is designed for construction personnel who will be responsible for supervising excavation job sites. Attendees will learn OSHA competent person requirements for excavations, soil analysis, how to choose protective systems and general job site hazard awareness. Upon completion of the class, attendees will receive a student hand book, certificate of completion and card.

Course Topics:
Excavation Hazards
General Requirements for Excavations
Requirements and Selection of Protective Systems
Sloping
Aluminum Hydraulic Shores
Trench Boxes
Soil Analysis Techniques and Requirements
OSHA Compliance Activities for Excavations

Who Should Attend:
Any supervisor who will be assigned to excavation job sites and those individuals who need to become familiar with OSHA standards for competent persons at excavations.

Training Excavation Standards

4-Safety Training, LLC offers Occupational Safety & Health’s (OSHA) competent person and confined space training in all 50 states.

Competent Person (excavation standard)

The OSHA standard on excavation and trenching is: “trenches five feet deep or more shall have… protection by sloping or benching, shoring, shields or be designed by a registered professional engineer. Trenches less than five feet deep still must be inspected by a ‘competent person’ to determine if they are safe.”

Onsite classes call

906-228-9109

For onsite (your location, plant, need...) classes

email

David@4-safety.com

www.4-Safety.com

We have training professionals who can provide OSHA’s eight-hour competent person training course for your employees. 4-Safety Training, LLC also offers a four-hour refresher course for anyone. Tool box talks also are available.

A majority of the fatal accidents occur in unsupported or unsloped trenches from five to fifteen feet in depth. The fatality rate has only moderately improved in the last 20 years even with the implementation of OSHA’s rigid safety codes. Proper planning in the form of engineered and designed support systems and the use of properly trained construction supervisors (competent person), help eliminate excavation and trench failures and accidents.

Confined Space         

If your employees sometimes work in confined spaces, call to schedule a four-hour awareness safety training session. The session is geared to owners, superintendents and foremen and/or your competent person in the field.

 

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