IASP OSHA 10 Hour Construction Industry 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 should emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, control and prevention, not OSHA standards.Instructional time must be a minimum of 10 hours.Suitable forSafety Supervisor, Safety Officer, Safety Consultancy, Safety Committee Member, Any Safety Professionals.

DURATION: 10 HOURS

ELIGIBILITY:

Minimum 10thPass with Good English Communication

 

COURSE CONTENTS:

The topic requirements are as follows:

MANDATORY – 7 HOURS

Introduction to OSHA –2 Hours. 

OSHA FOCUS FOUR HAZARDS – 4 HOURS.

Because most construction fatalities are caused by fall hazards, falls must be covered for a minimum of one hour and 15 minutes. The other Focus Four Hazards must be covered for a minimum of one-half hour each.

FOCUS FOUR HAZARDS TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

All lessons for the Focus Four Hazards are required to use the following terminal (TO) and enabling (EO) objectives:

TO: Given current OSHA and industry information regarding construction worksite illnesses, injuries, and/or fatalities, the student will be able to recognize [fall, caught-in or between, struck-by, electrocution] hazards in construction.

Specifically, for each of the focus four, the student will be able to:
EO 1: Identify major hazards
EO 2: Describe types of hazards
EO 3: Protect him/herself from these hazards
EO 4: Recognize employer requirements to protect workers from these hazards

Because these objectives are the expected student outcomes, trainers:

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE AND LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT – 30 MINUTES.

HEALTH HAZARDS IN CONSTRUCTION – 30 MINUTES.
May teach noise, hazard communication, and crystalline silica or any other construction health hazard.

ELECTIVE – 2 HOURS.
Must present at least two hours of training on the following topics. At least two topics must be presented. The minimum length of any topic is one-half hour.

OPTIONAL – 1 HOURS

Teach other construction industry hazards or policies and/or expand on the mandatory or elective topics. The minimum length of any topic is 1.5 hour.

EXAM ASSESSMENT

The learners on the OSHA program are assessed externally via MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) format after they have undergone the required/mandated no. of learning hours. The outcome of the assessment on securing a minimum of 70% and above is considered as a pass and processed for certification. Should the learner fail, he/she would need to undertake the assessment again and pass to attain the qualification