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BCT 1011 - Safety


Clock Hours: 65

Delivery Mode
on-ground

Course Description:
The goal of the course is to improve the essential safety of students to prepare them for entrance into the workforce. 

Student Learning Outcomes:
The student will be able to:

  1. Explain the idea of a safety culture and its importance in the construction crafts.
  2. Identify causes of accidents and the impact of accident costs.
  3. Explain fall protection, ladder, stair, and scaffold procedures and requirements.
  4. Identify struck-by hazards and demonstrate safe working procedures and requirements.
  5. Identify caught-in-between hazards and demonstrate safe working procedures and requirements.
  6. Define safe work procedures to use around electrical hazards.
  7. Demonstrate the use and care of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
  8. Explain the importance of hazard communications (HazCom) and Safety Data Sheets (SDSs).
  9. Identify other construction hazards on your job site, including hazardous material exposures, environmental elements, welding and cutting hazards, confined spaces, and fires.