2-hr OSHA Excavation Safety Training for Competent Persons ,
Course No. 1335

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

Students will complete 6 self-paced lessons, answer review questions, and take a final test via electronic format. 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/ .

What do you need to take this class at Hazmat School?

GRADING POLICY

Passing this course requires completing end-of-section review questions and completing the final multiple-choice test with a grade of  75% or better. There is no passing grade required for review questions but you must answer them. If you do not receive a grade of at least 75% on the final quiz, you may take the quiz once again 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, click on the Send Certificate button and fill out the form. We will verify your work and you will receive a certificate as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file via email. You will need the FREE Acrobat plugin to print out your certificate. If you do not have one, you may download your plugin here.

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.

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