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Trenching and Excavation Safety

Trenching and Excavation Awareness

This course highlights key elements of the OSHA Excavation Standards and describes safe work practices that can protect workers from cave-ins and other hazards.

5 Modules

Course Modules - (5)

  • 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
  • 1) Safety Toolbox Talks: Trenching and Excavation Safety
  • 2) Trench Safety - Know the Numbers
  • 3) The Top 5 Dangers in Trenching and Excavation & How to Protect Yourself
  • 4) Excavating & Trenching
  • 5) Quick Guide/Information for Excavations
  • 6) Preventing Worker Deaths from Trench Cave-ins
  • 7) Trenching and Excavation Safety Fact Sheet
  • 8) How Should We Operate Heavy Equipment Around Excavations?
  • 9) Tailgate/Toolbox Topics
  • 10) Safety Bulletin
  • 11) Trenching and Excavation Safety
  • 12) All Workers Must Be Kept Safe
  • 1) Excavation Hazardous Atmosphere
  • 2) HAZARDOUS ATMOSPHERES
  • 3) Hazardous Atmospheres
  • 4) Hazardous Atmospheres
  • 1) Phases of Trench Collapse
  • 2) Multiple Cave-in Scenario
  • 3) Inspecting a Trench for Fissures and Cracking
  • 4) Types of Soil Failures
  • 5) Types of Soil Failure
  • 6) Heave Trench Failure
  • 7) Flowing or Heaving Sand Into a Test Pit Excavation Caused by Groundwater
  • 8) HEAVING AND BOILING
  • 9) Hydraulic Heave
  • 10) Soil Instability
  • 1) How to Classify Different Soil Types?
  • 2) Excavations in Construction Soil Classification
  • 3) OSHA 1926 Subpart P Appendix A – Soil Classification
  • 4) Types of Soils
  • 5) What is Soil ?
  • 6) Soil Classification Outline
  • 7) What are the Different Types of Soil? Trenching and Excavation | Construction

Learning Outcomes:

  • 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 

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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Schedule

You can complete this course at your own pace.

This Course Includes

  • Modules : 5
  • Duration : 2 HOURS
  • Certificate : Yes:
  • Language : English
  • Skill Level : Beginner
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