PPT 1010 - Safety and Orientation

Clock Hours: 30

Delivery Mode
on-ground

Prerequisites: Worker Characteristics

Industry Certifications Pipefitter’s Helper

Course Description:
The Orientation class is required to each student related to the safety and understanding of course design and organization and to prepare students for online learning.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, you will be able to

Explain the idea of a safety culture and its importance in the construction crafts.
Identify causes of accidents and the impact of accident costs.
Explain the role of OSHA in job-site safety.
Explain OSHA’s General Duty Clause and 1926 CFR Subpart C.
Recognize hazard recognition and risk assessment techniques.
Explain fall protection, ladder, stair, and scaffold procedures and requirements.
Identify struck-by hazards and demonstrate safe working procedures and requirements.
Identify caught-in-between hazards and demonstrate safe working procedures and requirements.
Define safe work procedures to use around electrical hazards.
Demonstrate the use and care of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
Explain the importance of hazard communications (HazCom) and material safety data sheets (MSDSs).
Identify other construction hazards on your job site, including hazardous material exposures, environmental elements, welding and cutting hazards, confined spaces, and fires.
Inspect PPE to determine if it is safe to use (PPE should include safety goggles, hardhat, gloves, safety harness, and safety shoes).
Properly don and remove PPE (safety goggles, hardhat, and personal fall protection).
Demonstrate safe lifting procedures.
Set up an extension ladder properly.
Demonstrate three-point contact on a ladder.