OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety

Overview
Safety Advantage is the provider of the OSHA 10 Construction training course, which will be taught by Authorized Outreach Trainers.

This training program is intended to provide entry level construction workers information about their rights, employer responsibilities, and how to file a complaint as well as how to identify, abate, avoid and prevent job related hazards on a construction site. The training covers a variety of construction safety and health hazards which a worker may encounter at a construction site. Training will emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, control and prevention. Instructional time must be a minimum of 10 hours.

Course topics include: Introduction to OSHA, Struck and Caught Hazards, Electrical Safety, Fall Protection, Ladder Safety, Excavation Safety, Scaffold Safety, Materials Handling, Crane Safety, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Work-Zone Safety.

Important Note
OSHA has limits to a maximum of 7.5 hours training per day in all OSHA 10-Hour courses. Therefore, this 10-Hour course must be delivered over a minimum of two days.

Authorized OSHA Outreach Trainers sign and mail OSHA 10-Hour cards to students who successfully complete this course.

Audience
This course is intended for construction workers and supervisors, and anyone involved in the construction industry.
OSHA recommends Outreach Training Program courses as an orientation to occupational safety and health for workers.

Regulations
OSHA – 29 CFR 1926

Class Length
10 contact hours

Cards
When the training is complete the trainers send documentation of the training to their Authorizing Training Organization. At the end of the class students are given a course completion certificate. OSHA 10 cards will be issued shortly after the completion of the course. An OSHA 10 card is wallet sized and is the official proof that the course was completed.