Material Handling, Storage, Use, & Disposal for Construction
This construction safety training includes:
- Importance of proper handling, storage, and disposal of materials
- Common injuries
- Selecting the correct machinery and equipment
- How to handle, store, and dispose of materials correctly
Scaffolds for Construction
After completing this online health & safety training course, it should be possible to:
- Differentiate between various types of scaffolds and how and when each is used
- Explain the procedures and practices associated with scaffold assembly and disassembly
- Identify safe and unsafe scaffold use and access practices
- Describe the duties of the competent person as well as what she/he should be inspecting
Slips & Trips for Construction
Online Health & Safety Training Topics Include:
Slip & Trip Basics
- What is a Slip?
- What is a Trip?
- Causes of Slips & Trips on the Jobsite
- Potential Injuries
- Cost of Slips, Trips, & Falls
Preventing Slips & Trips
- Reducing Incidents
- Jobsite Design
- Employee Best Practices
- Proper Footwear & Safe Walking Practices
- Housekeeping
- Correct & Report Hazards
Stairways and Ladders for Construction
Topics Include:
- Recognizing and minimizing stairway and ladder hazards
- Proper construction and use of stairways and ladders
- Stairway and ladder placement and care
- Maximum loads
- Stairway and ladder requirements and regulations
Struck-By Hazards in Construction
Struck-by hazards exist any time you may be struck or hit by an object. Struck-by hazards are categorized as being struck-by a flying object, falling object, swinging object, or rolling object.
Topics Include:
- Major types of struck-by hazards in construction
- Protecting oneself from struck-by hazards
- Employer requirements to protect workers
Traffic Control Persons for Construction
This online Traffic Control Persons for Construction course explains the techniques, equipment, and legal requirements for traffic control persons in a construction environment. It explains the importance of wearing the proper protective equipment, how to effectively control traffic in a variety of construction scenarios, and lays out general safety and legal requirements
Topics Include:
- Safety equipment
- Stop-slow signs and hand signals
- Duties of the supervisor and worker
- Job preparation
- Placement of traffic control systems
- Traffic control person's authority
Aerial Lifts for Construction Online
This Aerial Lifts for Construction online health & safety training course is designed to introduce common hazards associated with aerial lifts and will discuss safe work practices that should always be followed.
After completing this construction safety training course, an understanding should be gained of:
- Common hazards associated with aerial lifts
- How to identify ways to prevent these common hazards
- Identify safe pre-operation, operation, and maintenance practices
Caught-In or -Between Hazards in Construction
Caught-in, or -between injuries result from a person being squeezed, caught, crushed, pinched, or compressed between two or more objects or parts of an object. This online construction safety training, Caught-In or -Between Hazards in Construction, will teach you how to recognize and avoid caught-in or -between hazards.
Topics Include:
- Major types of caught-in or -between hazards in construction
- Protecting oneself from these hazards
- Employer requirements to protect workers from caught-in or -between hazards
Hydraulic Safety in Construction
The goal of this course is to provide important knowledge that will assist in reducing risk and eliminating hazards for workers, equipment, companies, and the environment. This course in combination with a full hydraulic safety program will greatly reduce risk.
Topics Include:
- Health and exposure
- Ethics and standards
- Stored energy & Lockout Tagout
- Threads, porting, and Seals
- Safety devices
- Bleed down
- Mechanics and geometry
- Welding
- Hazard assessment
Focus Four Hazards: Falls for Construction
In the U.S., falls at construction sites result in thousands of injuries every year. Falls are also the leading cause of death in the construction industry, accounting for 35% of deaths among private industry construction workers.
Online Health & Safety Training Topics Include:
- How fall or falling object injuries occur
- When fall protection is required
- Types of fall protection
- What fall safety equipment is needed to perform a job
- Set-up, safe use, and storage of fall safety equipment
- Employer requirements to protect workers from fall hazards
Telehandler / Zoom-Boom Forklift Operator Safety Training for Construction
Forklifts are among the most useful and versatile pieces of equipment on the job site but they also have the potential to do serious harm. This online construction safety training titled, Forklift Workshop for Construction, explains essential forklift safety practices that can be used to become a safe, responsible, and productive construction forklift operator.
Topics Include:
- Forklift basics
- Avoiding hazards on the job site
- Forklift inspections
- Guidelines for operating a forklift
- Keeping the forklift and load stable
- Picking, traveling with, and placing a load
- Refuelling and parking
- Securing the forklift when not in use
Hand & Power Tools for Construction
Without tools, today’s construction industry could not function. No matter how simple or sophisticated tools are, they can all be hazardous if not used properly. This online health & safety training, Hand & Power Tools for Construction, explains the importance of hand and power tool safety in construction workplaces.
Topics Include:
- Recognizing the hazards associated with different types of tools
- Safety precautions
- Guidelines for using and guarding tools
- Preventing injury
- Hand tools
- Power tools including electric tools, abrasive wheels, nail guns, powder actuated tools, and gas powered tools
Excavator Operator Training
Course Overview
This online health & safety training course for Excavators (Trackhoe, 360-Excavators) will help employers and operators complete OHS-compliant operator construction safety training and properly record it.
This online construction site safety training provides an introduction to the equipment, a section on anatomy, maintenance and inspections, hazards, safe operation, and more.
Testing conducted throughout this online course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to receive a certificate of completion. Participants are able to repeat the course twice if the pass mark is not achieved.
Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing.
Universally Compatible
This course was created using standards that will allow playback on most Internet-capable devices with standard web browsing capabilities including Apple’s iTouch, iPad, and iPhone, as well as most other smart phones and tablets including those with Android and Windows operating systems.
Loader Backhoe Operation and Safety
Course Overview
This online health & safety training course for Loader Backhoes will help employers and operators complete OHS-compliant operator construction safety training and properly record it.
This online course provides an introduction to the equipment, a section on anatomy, maintenance and inspections, hazards, safe operation, basic trenching, and more.
This course satisfies OHS's requirements for the classroom portion of operator safety training.
Testing conducted throughout this online course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to receive a certificate of completion. Participants are able to repeat the course twice if the pass mark is not achieved.
Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing.
Universally Compatible with Smart Mobile Devices
This course was created using standards that will allow playback on most Internet-capable devices with standard web browsing capabilities including Apple’s iTouch, iPad, and iPhone, as well as most other smart phones and tablets including those with Android and Windows operating systems.
Sideboom Operator Training
Sideboom Operator Online Course Overview
Sidebooms are heavy pieces of equipment and are built for the unique task of carrying and laying pipe, often in tandem with other sidebooms. Without proper construction safety training in the specifics of sideboom operation, novice operators may find themselves in hazardous situations.
This online health & safety training for Sideboom Operators (safety theory training) is designed to help you become a competent entry-level operator who understands and practices industry safety standards when operating a hydraulic sideboom.
This course presents essential theory that must be supported by comprehensive hands-on training, competency testing, and review of applicable legislation before sideboom operation is undertaken.
A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to pass this course. This construction site safety training course is able to be taken three times in efforts to achieve the pass mark.
Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing.
Universally Compatible with Smart Mobile Devices
This course was created using standards that will allow playback on most Internet-capable devices with standard web browsing capabilities including Apple’s iTouch, iPad, and iPhone, as well as most other smart phones and tablets including those with Android and Windows operating systems.
Topics Include:
- The major parts of a sideboom and their functions
- The attributes of a good operator
- The differences between types of sideboom inspections
- Proper start-up procedures
- Sideboom hand signals
- Strategies for safely working on slopes
- Proper shutdown procedures for normal and emergency situations
- Common sideboom hazards
- Hoisting and rigging equipment
- Centre of gravity
- Load weight calculations
- Load charts
- Field Level Hazard Assessments
- Safe work practice forms
Skid Steer Refresher Safety Training for Canada Operators
Course Overview
Whether you’re excavating at a job site, tending livestock, laboring indoors, or removing snow, the compact design and versatility of a skid-loader can undermine how dangerous this equipment is to operate when proper precautions aren’t taken. Skid steer loaders have become the number one workhorse for public works and construction. With attachments such as trenchers, plows, grapples, buckets and hoes, hydraulic breakers and sweepers, and more, their versatility is limitless. They can also be dangerous and this program trains your employees on safe operating procedures.
Topics Include
- Introduction
- Anatomy
- Stability
- Operations
- Hazards
- Conclusion
Print Your Certificate Immediately!
Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available to download and print.
Pop Quiz
A brief quiz is included with this construction safety training course in order to evaluate comprehension of the online health & safety training material. A certificate is available upon receiving 80% or greater (within 3 attempts) on the quiz.
Mobile Training On-the-Go!
This online health & safety training course was created using standards that will allow playback on most internet capable devices with standard web browsing capabilities including Apple’s iTouch, iPad, and iPhone, as well as most other smart phones and tablets including those with Android and Windows operating systems.
Concrete and Masonry
This online construction safety training, Concrete & Masonry, is designed to help you remain safe during concrete and masonry construction.
Excavation Safety
This online online health & safety training on Excavation Safety explains OSHA standards related to safe excavation and trenching operations and discusses the requirements of 29 CFR §1926.21.
Machine Guarding
Approximately one-half of all amputations occur in the manufacturing sector, while the remaining amputations are distributed among industry divisions including construction, wholesale trade, retail trade, services, etc." If you work in any of these industries, you should be aware of the risk improper machine guarding poses to your health and safety.
Prime / General Contractor Safety Training
Additional Information
This Prime Contractor online health & safety training course is designed to help individuals understand the basic requirements surrounding roles and responsibilities of Prime Contractors. It describes the simple steps required to designate a Prime Contractor as well as the responsibilities and obligations of Owners and Contractors.
This course is ideal for those who are accepting or assigning Prime Contractor status. Content also includes the development and implementation of Work Site Safety Plans and assessments of the suitability of any contracted service provider to assume the role of Prime Contractor.
By the end of this course, participants should be able to assess whether a Prime Contractor is meeting its legal obligations with respect to the Work Site Safety Plan as well as guide their own organization in functioning as the Prime Contractor.
Course Duration
Approximately 3 hours
Pass Mark
A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to pass this course. The course is able to be taken three times in efforts to achieve the pass mark.
Certificate of Completion
Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing.
Topics Include:
- Occupational Health & Safety specific terms (i.e. Owner, Prime Contractor, Contractor, Supplier, Employer, Worker, Joint Work Site Health and Safety Committee, Health and Safety Representative, and Work Site)
- The purpose and legalities of assigning a Prime Contractor to a work site
- The benefits of maintaining or transferring the role of Prime Contractor
- Roles and responsibilities associated with the Prime Contractor process
- The Prime Contractor selection process and how to select the appropriate contract service provider for each project
- The implementation of Occupational Health & Safety closed systems
- Monitoring and follow-up of the Prime Contractor’s Occupational Health and Safety System