TITLE:	OSHA Excavation Safety Training for Competent Persons
COURSE NUMBER:	1335
TIME TO COMPLETE:	Approximately 2 hours
CONTINUING EDUCATION:	0.2 CEUs, 2 contact hours
ACCOUNT ACTIVE FOR:	30 days
REGULATIONS SATISFIED:	29 CFR 1926.650-652
PREREQUISITES:	None

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS?

Any employees who enter excavations and trenches are required to receive excavation and trenching safety training. This program is self-paced and has interactive exercises and quizzes to meet the OSHA training requirement under 29 CFR 1926.650-652. Complete your training obligation in your spare time and receive a certificate and 0.2 CEU's.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

As a result of successfully completing this training course students will be able to do the following:

• Find the excavation and trenching regulations in 29 CFR 1926.650-652.
• Understand the background and importance of excavation techniques. Give examples of different types of excavations found on the worksite.
• Be able to define the different types of excavations. This can include, but is not limited to excavation, trench, sloped excavations, and the importance of maximum allowable slope.
• Know the relationship between different types of soils. Know what is meant by competent soil, incompetent soil, and stratigraphy.
• Know the potential hazards posed by excavations. This includes, but may not be limited to, cave-ins, falls and equipment, water accumulationand standing water, electric shock, structural stability, and hazardous atmospheres.
• Know the different types of soils. This includes stable rock, Type A soils, Type B soils, Type C soils, and layered soils.
• Know basic procedures on how to determine soil type.
• Know how and when shoring system are to be put in place. Be able to identify the right type of materials to be used for shoring systems.
• Know how and when shielding is used in excavations.
• Know how to remove support systems and what to do with spoils.
• Know the responsibilities of those who work with excavations. This includes awareness-trained personnel and the Competent Person. The need and importance of an inspection program is also included.
• Learn procedures necessary to safely work around excavations on the job. This includes how to cross trenches, proper entry and exit from excavations, exposure to vehicles, exposure to falling loads, warning systems, and emergency response.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

In order to certify that you have covered the required elements, students will complete 6 self-paced lessons, review questions at the end of each section, and successfully complete a final test via electronic format. No text is required for this course; all course materials are available online. The course will take approximately 2 hours to complete. Upon registration, you will receive a password via email, giving you access to the course contents at http://classes.hazmatschool.com/.

GRADING POLICY

Passing this course requires completing end-of-section review questions and completing the final test with a grade of 75% or better. There is no passing grade required for the end-of-section review questions, but you must answer them. If you do not receive a grade of at least 75% on the final quiz, you may retake the quiz up to a total of two (2) times.

COURSE SCHEDULE AND DEADLINES

The course is designed to be self-paced. You may stay enrolled in this two-hour class for up to one month. After one month, you will need to re-enroll. Upon successful completion of the course, we will verify your work, and you will receive a certificate via email in a couple of days.

ENROLLING

You may submit, at any time of day or night, an electronic registration form to take this course. Once you have registered and paid your fees, you will be issued a receipt from our payment processor, followed within minutes by an email with login/password instructions for entry into the course.