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.  Instructional time must be a minimum of 10 hours.

1. Mandatory - 7 hours.

a) Introduction to OSHA – 2 hours.

OSHA has required training content for this module - see www.osha.gov.

Covers 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 material data safety 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. 

b) 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)

c) 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 work site 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.  

c) Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment – 30 minutes.  

d) Health Hazards in Construction – 30 minutes. May teach noise, hazard communication, and crystalline silica or any other construction health hazard.  

2. 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.

a) Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Elevators, & Conveyors

b) Excavations

c) Materials Handling, Storage, Use and Disposal

d) Scaffolds

e) Stairways and Ladders

f) Tools - Hand and Power 

3. Optional - 1 hour. Teach other construction industry hazards or policies and/or expand on the mandatory or elective topics. The minimum length of any topic is one-half hour.

The 30-hour Construction Outreach Training Program is intended to provide a variety of construction safety training to workers with some safety responsibility. Instructional time must be a minimum of 30 hours.

1. Mandatory - 15 hours 

a) Introduction to OSHA – 2 hours.

OSHA has required training content for this module - see www.osha.gov.

Covers 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 material data safety 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. 

b) Managing Safety and Health – 2 hours. May include Injury and Illness Prevention Programs, job site inspections, accident prevention programs, management commitment and employee involvement, worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control, accident investigations, how to conduct safety meetings, and supervisory communication. 

c) OSHA Focus Four Hazards – 6 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. A trainer may spend up to 10 hours on this topic.

• Falls (minimum one hour and 15 minutes)
• Electrocution
• Struck-By (e.g., falling objects, trucks, cranes)
• Caught-In or Between (e.g., trench hazards, equipment)

d)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.  

d) Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment – 2 hours 

e) Health Hazards in Construction – 2 hours. May teach noise, hazard communication, and crystalline silica or any other construction health hazard.  

f) Stairways and Ladders – 1 hour.  

2. Elective - 12 hours. Must present at least 12 hours of training on the following topics. At least 6 of the following topics must be presented. The minimum length of any topic is one-half hour.

a) Concrete and Masonry Construction 

b) Confined Space Entry 

c) Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Elevators, & Conveyors 

d) Ergonomics 

e) Excavations

f) Fire Protection and Prevention

g) Materials Handling, Storage, Use and Disposal  

h) Motor Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment and Marine Operations; Rollover Protective Structures and Overhead Protection; and Signs, Signals and Barricades

i) Powered Industrial Vehicles

j) Safety and Health Programs

k) Scaffolds

l) Steel Erection

m) Tools - Hand and Power

n) Welding and Cutting 

3. Optional - 3 hours. Teach other construction industry hazards or policies and/or expand on the mandatory or elective topics. The minimum length of any topic is one-half hour.

Tools are such a common part of our lives that it is difficult to remember that they may pose hazards. All tools are manufactured with safety in mind but, tragically, a serious accident often occurs before steps are taken to search out and avoid or eliminate tool related hazards. In the process of removing or avoiding the hazards, workers must learn to recognize the hazards associated with the different types of tools and the safety precautions necessary to prevent those hazards. This training program is in accordance with OSHA 1910.241-.244 

• Regulatory Overview & Definitions
• Hand and portable powered tools and equipment, general.
• Hand tool types
• Hazards
• Guarding of portable powered tools.
• General Safety precautions