30 Hour OSHA Construction

The 30-Hour Construction Outreach Training Program is intended to provide training on a variety of topics to workers and supervisors in the construction industry.

The course is based on OSHA standards in 29 CFR 1926. OSHA recommends outreach training programs as an orientation to occupational safety and health for workers. Workers must receive additional training on hazards specific to their job. 

Course Content:

• Introduction to OSHA
• OSHA policies, procedures, and standards
• Construction safety and health principles
• Identify common causes of accidents and hazards
  in construction
• OSHA Focus Four Hazards – including: fall
  protection, electrical, struck by, caught in/between
• Personal protective and lifesaving equipment
• Health hazards in construction – including:
  hazard communication and silica
• Stairways and ladders

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify preventative measures for accidents in the workplace
• Understand requirements for fire protection and various Fire Protection and Prevention systems 
• Identify the main health hazards construction workers are exposed to and ways to mitigate the hazards
• Identify types of personal protective equipment
• Workers rights and responsibilities
• Identify hazards associated with working around the excavation site
• Describe the hazards in confined spaces
• Identify electrical hazards
• Importance of scaffolding for workers

Elective Topics:

• Fire Protection and Prevention
• Materials Handling, Storage, Use, and Disposal
• Tools – Hand and Power
• Welding and Cutting
• Scaffolds
• Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Elevators, and Conveyors
• Motor Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment and Marine Operations; Rollover Protective Structures and Overhead Protection; and Signs, Signals and Barricades
• Excavations
• Concrete and Masonry Construction
• Steel Erection
• Safety and Health Program
• Confined Space Entry
• Powered Industrial Vehicles
• Ergonomics
• Other OSHA Construction Hazards or Policies