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.
- over’s workers rights, employer responsibilities and how to file a complaint. It includes helpful worker safety and health resources. It also provides a sample weekly fatality and catastrophe report, a safety data sheet and the OSHA Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (OSHA Form 300).
- Materials include an Instructor Guide, PowerPoint slides, student handouts, and participatory activities.
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.
- Falls (minimum 1 hour and 15 minutes)
- Electrocution
- Struck-By (e.g., falling objects, trucks, cranes)
- Caught-In or Between (e.g., trench hazards, equipment)
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:
- May not vary from these objectives when planning the training session; and
- Must follow the participatory training model by applying effective training techniques;
- Must make sure the objectives are measured by testing the student’s achievement.
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