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PDH Credits

Trenching and Excavation

Excavation standards, 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1926, Subpart P, contain requirements for excavation and trenching operations. This course highlights key elements of the standards and describes safe work practices that can protect workers from cave-ins and other hazards.

14 Modules

Course Modules - (14)

  • 1) Safety in the Trenches: An Overview of Basic Trench Safety
  • 2) Trenching and Excavation Safety
  • 3) Excavations: Introduction
  • 4) Trench Safety: Before You Dig It, Plan It!
  • 5) Excavation Safety Program
  • 6) Trenching and Excavation Safety
  • 1) OSHA 1926 Subpart P Excavations
  • 2) OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1926.650-652 Subpart P
  • 3) Scope, Application, and Definitions
  • 4) OSHA 1926.600 Subpart P Excavations
  • 5) Subpart P
  • 1) Excavating & Trenching
  • 2) Quick Guide/Information for Excavations
  • 3) Preventing Worker Deaths from Trench Cave-ins
  • 4) Trenching and Excavation Safety Fact Sheet
  • 5) How Should We Operate Heavy Equipment Around Excavations?
  • 6) Tailgate/Toolbox Topics
  • 7) Safety Bulletin
  • 8) Trench Safety - Know the Numbers
  • 9) Safety Toolbox Talks: Trenching and Excavation Safety
  • 10) Trenching and Excavation Safety
  • 11) The Top 5 Dangers in Trenching and Excavation & How to Protect Yourself
  • 12) All Workers Must Be Kept Safe
  • 1) Excavation Hazards - Control Measures
  • 2) Excavation & its Hazards
  • 3) Pre-Excavation Requirements
  • 4) TRENCHING & EXCAVATION SAFETY
  • 5) Jobsite Safety & Equipment in Operation
  • 6) Trenching and Excavation Safety OSHA Excavation Standard
  • 7) Trenching and Excavation Safety
  • 1) Excavation Hazardous Atmosphere
  • 2) Hazardous Atmospheres
  • 3) HAZARDOUS ATMOSPHERES
  • 1) How to Classify Different Soil Types?
  • 2) Excavations in Construction Soil Classification
  • 3) What are the Different Types of Soil? Trenching and Excavation | Construction
  • 4) OSHA 1926 Subpart P Appendix A – Soil Classification
  • 5) Types of Soils
  • 6) What is Soil ?
  • 7) Soil Classification Outline
  • 1) Phases of Trench Collapse
  • 2) Soil Instability
  • 3) Inspecting a Trench for Fissures and Cracking
  • 4) Heave Trench Failure
  • 5) Hydraulic Heave
  • 6) Flowing or Heaving Sand Into a Test Pit Excavation Caused by Groundwater
  • 7) HEAVING AND BOILING
  • 8) Types of Soil Failure
  • 9) Multiple Cave-in Scenario
  • 10) Types of Soil Failures
  • 1) Excavation Surcharges | Back to the Drawing Board
  • 2) Trench Spoil
  • 3) Benching and Overburden Removal at Quarry
  • 4) Environmental Factors Affecting Trench Stability
  • 1) Options for Construction Sloping and Benching Systems
  • 2) Benching Systems for Different Soil Types:
  • 3) Sloping and Benching Class B and C Soils
  • 4) Sloping and Shoring
  • 5) What is the Maximum Slope for Different Soil Types?
  • 6) Sloping Requirements Are Based Upon Soil Type
  • 7) Sloping
  • 8) Sloping and Benching
  • 1) Hydraulic Shore Installation
  • 2) Trench Shield Inspection
  • 3) Trench Shield Assembly
  • 4) Hydraulic Shore Inspection
  • 5) Shoring in Soft Soil l Sheet Pile l I Beam Shoring
  • 6) Methods of Shielding and Shoring in Construction Trenching and Excavation
  • 7) OSHA 1926 Subpart P Appendix D – Aluminum Hydraulic Shoring for Trenches
  • 8) Using Trench Safety Equipment
  • 9) TRENCH SHIELD ASSEMBLY & USAGE
  • 1) Trench Safety - Trench Box Placement
  • 2) ESC Trench Safety - Trench Shields (also known as Trench Boxes) Assembly and Installation
  • 3) Engineering vs Experience - What Keeps People Safe in Trenches
  • 4) 1926 Subpart P App D - Aluminum Hydraulic Shoring for Trenches
  • 1) Soldier Pile walls
  • 2) Soldier Piles and Lagging Animation
  • 3) Placing Lagging: Time-Lapse Compilation
  • 1) Excavations: Situations
  • 2) Excavations: Sloping and Shoring
  • 3) Trench Safety - The 3 S's of Shoring - Entering & Exiting a Trench
  • 4) Toolaholic - Turnkey Site Solutions - Shoring educational
  • 5) TIMBER SHORING SYSTEMS
  • 1) Rescue Methods FR1: Trench Essentials
  • 2) Rescue Methods and Absolute Rescue Quick Tips: Trench
  • 3) FDNY performs dramatic trench rescue in the Bronx
  • 4) 2019 NAXSA Washington Trench Safety Summit Video

Learning Outcomes:

  • Professional credentials, including project management, typically require periodic renewal through continuing education. Individuals can pursue continuing education by completing advanced degrees or individual courses, along with professional development workshops and training opportunities.
  • Training Objectives and Expectations:
  • i.Trainees will become familiar with terms associated with excavations and underpinning activities
  • ii. Trainees will become generally familiar with recognizing, avoiding and preventing safety issues concerning soil failures, undermining and structural collapse.
  • iii. Trainees will learn the responsibilities of permit holder to project adjoining structures
  • iv. Trainees will learn the role of Competent Persons in excavations 

CEUs Awarded

Participants who successfully complete this course and meet all requirements will be awarded 1 IACET CEUs.

Completion Requirements:

  • 100% appearance for the course
  • Fully involvement in all class trainings (determined by instructor)
  • Completion of Continuing Education and Training Registration Form
  • Completion of mandatory quiz assessments
  • As applicable, attainment of least passing score on required end-of-course examination
  • Participation and submittal of end-of-course assessment form (must provide name on form to obtain credit)
This Certificate of Training shall not imply or suggest that OSHA Outreach Training Program training was completed or will result in individual being certified. Students are not eligible to request and/or receive an OSHA student completion card
Students may request IACET CEU credit upon successful completion of the course, provided all required criteria are met. This option is available for those who wish to receive official recognition of their continuing education.
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This Course Includes

  • Modules : 14
  • Duration : 1 IACET (CEU)
  • Certificate : Yes:
  • Language : English
  • Skill Level : Proficient
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