Excavation Safety
- Excavation Safety
- Anfeald Course # TRE 301
- 4.0 Hours Nominal
- 0.4 CEU
- Colorado Certified Water Professionals Training Units: Contact Anfeald
Target Audience
Anfeald’s Excavation Safety course, TRE 301, It is for personnel that work in and near excavations. Successful completion of this course helps employees understand excavation hazards, hazard controls, and basic regulatory requirements to help them work same near and in excavations.
Summary
This course provides learners with specific information on excavation hazards and associated safe work practices. It includes common excavation hazards, basic soil types, underground utility locates, an overview of benching, shoring, sloping, and other safe work practices designed to support hazard recognition and avoidance when working in and near excavations. This course is suitable as both initial training and an annual refresher.
Learning Outcomes
Objectives and topics include the following:
- List the responsibilities of exposed employees and competent persons
- Define surface encumbrances and their impact on excavations
- Describe underground installation requirements
- Describe access and egress requirements
- Control “working near vehicle and equipment” exposures
- Explain how to address falling loads
- Describe warning systems for mobile equipment
- Articulate when and how to monitor for hazardous atmospheres and gas detection requirements
- Water accumulation procedures
- Adjacent structure stability requirements
- Excavation inspection requirements
- Fall protection requirements
- Protection from loose rock and soil
- Cave in prevention and protection requirements including soil classification, sloping, benching, shoring, and shields
Facility, Classroom, and Other Needs
Facility, classroom, and equipment needs:
- Comfortable seating, table space, and writing materials for each learner
- Sufficient space considering the anticipated headcount
- Display screen with HDMI input or screen and projector (let us know in advance if we need to bring a projector and screen)
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