Trenching, Shoring And Excavations

The ultimate course on excavation safety

What you'll learn
Learn the difference between a trench and excavation
Learn the inspection requirements
Learn the access requirements
Learn how to slope
Learn the relevant OSHA standards related to this topic
Learn how to work safer when doing work related to this topic
Increase your workplace safety and health skill set
Get certified and become more valuable in the workforce
Requirements
No experience necessary. Everyone welcome.
Description
Need to learn how to stay safe in an excavation or trench, then this course is for you.  The course covers everything you need to know about trenches and excavations.  Excavation work is one of the most deadly things a person can do.  Each year hundreds of people lose their lives in excavations because the skip the basics.  Don't let that happen to you!This course is intended to provide safety and health training in compliance with Federal OSHA and State OSHA training requirements such as CalOSHA. If you have questions, you may ask our instructors and they will respond to you with in a short period of time as is outlined by the OSHA standards.The training will cover all of the required elements outlined in Federal and State OSHA standards to ensure that your training meets or exceed the minimum required training. If your training has a time-requirement, the content of the training has been designed to meet that requirement.The training is developed by our in-house, real trainers with twenty years of experience, working in the field and with real crews and is trusted by public agencies throughout California.There are no prerequisites required for this course. The course will walk you through all of the elements required to be successful and complete any questions or quizzes or testing that may be required.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Definitions

Lecture 3 Hazards

Section 2: Inspections and Soil Testing

Lecture 4 Soil Types

Lecture 5 Types of Testing

Lecture 6 Soil Classifications

Lecture 7 Soil Testing

Section 3: Safety Checks

Lecture 8 Safety Checks

Section 4: Access

Lecture 9 Access

Section 5: Hazards

Lecture 10 Injuries

Lecture 11 Collapse

Lecture 12 Encumberance

Lecture 13 Priorities

Section 6: Protective Systems

Lecture 14 Sheilds

Lecture 15 Slopes

Section 7: Thank you

Lecture 16 Thank you

Anyone working in or around trenches or excavations