Excavation Safety for Competent Persons
- Excavation Safety
- Anfeald Course # TRE 501
- 8.0 Hours Nominal
- 0.7 CEU
- Colorado Certified Water Professionals Training Units: Contact Anfeald
Target Audience
Anfeald’s Excavation Safety for Competent Persons course, TRE 501, is for personnel who work, or who intend to work, as excavation competent persons when assigned by their organization.
Summary
This course is designed to help employees who already have practical knowledge of excavation safety but need additional training on legal requirements and safe work practices. It covers the topics and requirements from the OSHA excavation safety regulation from a competent person perspective.
Excavation safety expertise involves the working knowledge of many topics; preexisting knowledge of excavation techniques and safety issues is helpful. Only the employer may designate a competent person. This course is suitable as both initial training and an annual refresher.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, learners will:
- List the responsibilities of exposed employees and competent persons
- Demonstrate how to classify soil as stable rock, A, B, or C
- List the cave-in protection methods and describe the situations and soil types they are used with
- Demonstrate how to use a clinometer, a torvane shear, and a pocket penetrometer
- Explain the stop-work concept and when to use it
- 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
- Demonstrate how to use a gas detector
- Describe requirements for addressing water accumulation
- Describe adjacent structure stability requirements
- Demonstrate how to perform an excavation inspection and complete an excavation inspection form
- Related topics
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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