Specialty Topics
- Arc Flash Safety - Electrical hazards, safety principles, training, de-energizing, working near live parts, live-work permit system, limits of approach, and PPE.
- Asbestos Awareness - Topics include what asbestos is and where it can be found, health effects of exposure, lung cancer, mesothelioma, determining factors for disease, and proper asbestos removal procedures.
- Back Injury Prevention- Anatomy of the back, proper mechanics, leading injury factors, back injuries, safe standing techniques, safe sitting techniques, lifting, material handling equipment, back health, and back injury prevention stretches.
- Back-hoe Safety – A look at some unsafe backhoe maneuvers and the proper use of backhoes.
- Cadmium - Examples of exposure, OSHA’s PEL, action level, respiratory protection, emergency situations, protective clothing and equipment, housekeeping, hygiene, competent persons, regulated areas, written program, medical surveillance, and recordkeeping.
- Chainsaw Safety - Pre-use safety, safe use tips, personal equipment checklist, and safe work practices.
- CPR (Adult & Child) – How and why CPR works, patient assessment for injury/illness, how to provide the basics CPR for both adults and children, proper AED use, the Good Samaritan Law, and how to stay safe while administering CPR. Upon completion of this course, students will receive a course completion card.
- Drywall Installation - Topics include exposure, pre-job preparation, PPE, safe lifting practices, job rotation, use of forklifts, hand trucks, carts, or dollies, and sanding hazards.
- Electrical Safety in Construction - The dangers of electricity, injuries, shock, burns, falls, control of electrical hazards, grounding, GFCI’s, electrical protective devices, power tool requirements, tool safety tips, temporary lighting, lockout/tagout, wet conditions.
- Elevator Safety – Hazards, employee responsibilities, mechanic in charge responsibilities, PPE, fall protection, pits safety, confined spaces, evaluating confined spaces, and hoisting and rigging.
- Emergency First Aid - Priorities of the first responder, bleeding, shock, sprains and strains, dislocations and factors, poisoning.
- Forklift Train the Trainer - After completion of this course, the participants will be certified to train forklift operators. Includes refresher training, site specific training, operating hazards, stability triangle, combined actions, pre-operation inspection, nameplates, operating a lift truck, tipping, loading/unloading, traveling, ramps and railroad tracks, docks, parking, unattended fork trucks, and propane refueling.
- HAZWOPER 8 Hour Refresher - Topics include HAZWOPER regulations, safety and health plans, hazardous chemicals, safety hazards, air monitoring, medical surveillance, site control, decontamination, personal protective equipment, and respiratory equipment.
- HAZWOPER Awareness - Types of hazardous waste, hazards, regulatory guidelines (RCRA, CERCLA, Superfund, SARA Title III), HAZWOPER standard, how to determine if waste is hazardous, and health effects of exposure.
- Heat Stress - Factors leading to heat stress, symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stress, prevention, and how to treat heat related illness.
- Hexavalent Chromium - What Chromium IV is and where it is produced, exposure statistics, exposure routes, health effects, carcinogenic effects, engineering controls, PPE, recordkeeping, methods of compliance, respirators, and exposure monitoring.
- Hot Asphalt Safety - Ways asphalt can hurt you, harmful chemicals in asphalt, safe work practices, and PPE.
- Hot Work Permit Training - Topics include examples of hot work, fire potential, hot work permits, safety precautions, fire watch, hot work completion, and hazards associated with hot work.
- Laser Safety - Fundamentals of laser operation, types of laser hazards, control measures, protective eyewear, and common signs and labels.
- Lead Awareness - Routes of exposure, effects of lead exposure, exposure limit, methods of paint removal, safe work practices, disposal methods, training requirements, and recordkeeping.
- Lead Based Paint Safety – History of lead based paint, hazards, effects of lead exposure, where lead based paint is found, lead testing, removal, replacement, enclosure, and encapsulation of lead hazards.
- Load Binder Safety - Pre-use inspections, visual inspections, proper use, working load limits, load position, safe use practices, care, and operation.
- Logging Safety - Site safety and health plans, tree harvesting plans, required training and qualifications for loggers, PPE, chain saw injury locations, chain saw safety, personal equipment checklist, felling trees, hazards, retreat path, types of notches and cuts, techniques for different trees, limbing and bucking.
- Machine Guarding for Thermoformers - Causes of injuries, mechanical hazards, areas of risk, guarding techniques, safe work practices, emergency stops, PPE, and sign safety.
- Machine Guarding on Saws - The purpose of machine guarding, types of machine guarding, and the hazards and guarding for different types of saws such as table, band, chop, straight line, radial, miter, etc.
- Office Safety - Office safety concerns, work stations, chairs & desks, computers, stacking and storage, lighting, electrical safe guards, security, lifting, slips, trips, falls, stairs, and office machines.
- Oil and Gas Well Servicing - Transporting rig and rigging up, general servicing, wireline operations, well logging, perforating, cementing, stimulation, swabbing, hot oiling, snubbing, and coil tubing.
- Pitched Roof Safety - Roofing safety hazards, slip hazards, adverse weather conditions, ladders and scaffolding, roof access, location of materials and supplies, and fall protection requirements.
- Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls - Fall prevention plans, vision, lighting, elevated platforms, parking lots and sidewalks, accessing equipment/machinery, and housekeeping.
- Reducing Exposure to Asphalt Fumes - Symptoms of exposure, pre-job planning, kettle safety, general safe work practices, PPE, and personal hygiene practices.
- Safe Practices for Framing Construction – Framing hazards, installation of floor joists and sheathing, roof truss and rafters, truss installation, safe work procedures for working at the peak, roof sheathing safety practices, and PPE requirements.
- Silica Awareness - What silica is and where it can be found, silica exposure, silicosis, and how to protect against silica exposure.
- Steel Erection Safety - Who it applies to, key provisions, site layout, hoisting and rigging, column anchorage, beams and columns, double connection, open web steel joists, assembly, fall protection, and training.
- Tow Truck Safety - Pre-trip inspections, defensive driving, equipment ratings and capacity, winch and cable inspections, and lockout/tagout.
- Transitional Work Program - Employer and employee responsibilities, when transitional work programs are necessary, benefits of transitional work programs, and what to do if injured on the job.
- Trenching and Excavating Competent Person - General statistics, golden rule, definitions, public safety, plans, underground structures, inspections, soil mechanics, stresses and deformations, determining soil type, sloping, line locator, shoring, trench shields, access/egress, and closing excavations and trenches.
- Working Around Concrete Safely - Exposure and hazards, statistics, long term exposure, recognizing exposure, prevention, skin conditions, proper use of PPE, hygiene, and working safely around cement.
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters - Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) systems, what they do, how they work, testing, and replacement.
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