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The following information is a list of safety training offered by Boretti, Inc. Each is designed to develop and enhance skill in implementing safety activities and process. Topics can be customized so as to increase retention and transfer of learning to the workplace.

 

Below each topic is a brief learning objective and class description.

 

Education & Training

 

10- & 30-Hour OSHA Construction Authorized Training

Introduction to OSHA / Cal/OSHA standards and regulations including the OSH Act and general duty clause, recordkeeping, multi-employer regulations, general safety and health on the construction site, competent person, citation policy and appeals process, electrical, excavation / trenching, fall protection, personal protective equipment, scaffolding, and many more standards. The 30-hour class is designed more for supervisors and superintendents.

Accident Investigation:

Attendees will be able to identify causes of occupational injuries and illnesses, produce effective accident investigations, and develop time-efficient corrective action plans. Includes working through two case studies and completing an accident investigation form.

Back Injury Prevention:

Attendees will be able to identify and reduce or eliminate the causes of occupational back injuries through review of basic anatomy to identify with body mechanic function, understand causes of back injuries, and application of solution ideas.

Behavior-Based Safety:

Attendees will learn how this powerful safety technique can be developed and used on a construction site. This class covers what behavior based safety is, how to set goals, identify critical behaviors, data collection, feedback and removal of barriers. Includes how to set-up and track safe measurements (percent safe), and correct safety behaviors observed and comparing to identified critical behaviors.

The Big 4:

This class focuses on the “Big Four” OSHA targets when visiting a job-site: electrical, excavation / trenching, fall protection, and struck-by. Attendees will learn about each of these areas as follows:

Electrical Safety:

* Attendees will learn about electrical safety including how electricity works, measures, understanding the hazards and injuries from unsafe electrical practices, and how to remain safe when working with electricity.

Fall Protection:

* Attendees will learn about when fall protection is needed, various forms of fall protection, and how to select and use fall protection that can be efficiently used in their work place. Includes scaffolding, use of aerial and scissor lifts, and protection on leading edges.

Struck-By:

* Attendees will learn about various exposures to struck-by incidents, injuries and fatalities, including protection from falling objects, side impacts, contact with machine safeguarding exposures, and vehicular traffic control on the job-site.

Trenching / Excavation:

* Attendees will learn about safe trenching and excavation techniques. This includes soil mechanics, identification of soil types and classification, knowing the various types of cave-in protection systems and when they apply, and planning for a safe excavation.

Blood borne Pathogens:

Attendees will be able to reduce or eliminate exposures to blood borne pathogens by learning how to identify jobs with blood borne pathogen exposures, application of universal precautions, exposure prevention equipment, exposure follow-up medical evaluation, and how to develop an exposure control program.

Cal/OSHA Inspection:

Attendees will be able to prepare for and pass a Cal/OSHA compliance inspection by knowing what to do and how to handle the site visit. Includes what to expect from a typical compliance inspection, professional conduct, and review of the appeals process.

Cal/OSHA Recordkeeping:

Attendees will understand the purpose and importance of recordkeeping, know the recordkeeping requirements, and be able to complete the form, annual summary, and how to calculate an OSHA frequency rate for their company.

Confined Spaces Entry:

Attendees will learn how to identify and recognize confined spaces hazards, determining permit vs. non-permit confined spaces, symptoms and signs of overexposure, proper safe entry procedures, the role of the supervisor, entrant and attendant, use of equipment including air monitoring devices, and rescue expectations and procedures. Course includes equipment demonstration and competency (set-up and demonstrated use by attendees).

EHS for Leaders, Managers, & Supervisors:

Attendees will understand the importance of a balanced environmental, safety and health process in their organization and be able to demonstrate how safety contributes to the business, integrate safety activities within operational activities, efficiently manage the safety process, measure the safety process’ contribution to the goals of the organization.

Electrical Safety: Basic – 2 ½ Hours, 70E:

Attendees will learn the basics of electrical safety including how electricity works, measures, understanding the hazards and injuries from unsafe electrical practices, and how to remain safe when working with electricity. The longer class will cover the components and safety practices required of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E, including arc blast hazards and protection ratings.

Emergency Preparedness:

Attendees will learn how to prepare for emergency events to ensure minimal personnel exposure and survival of the business. Includes how to develop an emergency action plan with an eye towards business continuity, equipment to consider, and methods for fire prevention and suppression.

Emergency Response:

Attendees will learn the safe, efficient and effective way to respond to an emergency situation as part of an emergency response team. Includes how to protect and minimize exposure to human life, contain the situation (spill, gas leak), equipment responders must use, and hands-on response drill.

Equipment Certification Safety Training: (Forklifts, Excavators, Backhoe, Aerial Lift, Loaders)

This training is targeted at providing certification for operators of typical construction equipment, and will require equipment for operational competency testing. Review the types of equipment, associated hazards, and safe practices. Attendees will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the course and competency test.

Ergonomics:

Attendees will be able to apply human factors engineering and ergonomic techniques to simultaneously minimize cumulative trauma / repetitive motion exposures and improve efficiency. Includes learning injury-producing factors and applied solutions. The longer class includes working through several case studies, managing the solution process, and calculating cost/benefit.

Fall Protection:

Attendees will learn about when fall protection is needed, various forms of fall protection, and how to select and use fall protection that can be efficiently used in their work place.

Fall Protection – Competent Person:

Attendees will learn about when fall protection is needed, various forms of fall protection, and how to select and use fall protection that can be efficiently used in their work place. Includes class participation on how to inspect and adorn personal fall protection, rescue and what it is like being suspended.

Getting Back to the Basics:

Designed to get attendees to refocus the safety efforts of their company so the result is a streamlined safety process that complies with safety regulations and is easy to implement.

Hazard Communication:

Training covers the hazard communication standard. Attendees will understand the purpose of a safety communication system to prevent occupational injuries and illnesses while working with chemicals and other hazardous substances, and be able to apply communication techniques using a labeling system, material safety data sheets, contractor communication, and training.

Hazard Recognition:

Attendees will be able to identify occupational injury and illness exposures and hazards, and formulate solutions to mitigate or eliminate them. Includes example photos to develop recognition skills and for application of techniques discussed in the class.

Hazardous Materials / Waste:

Attendees will be able to identify hazardous materials / waste, know how to handle and store them safely, and proper disposal. Includes knowing how to differentiate wastes, proper disposal techniques, storage holding timelines, labeling and manifesting. Note: this class can be expanded into a certification class.

Heat Illness:

Attendees will be able to identify situations when heat illness can become a factor, what to do to prevent the onset of heat illness, warning signs, treatments and setting up an emergency response process. Includes what should be covered in a heat illness prevention program.

Hearing Conservation:

Attendees will learn about the affects of noise and hearing loss, how to measure noise levels and determine exposures that can lead to hearing loss, and how to select hearing protection that will reduce under ear protection exposure. Includes understanding the physiology of the ear and hearing, and engineering methods to reduce noise exposures.

Injury & Illness Prevention Program:

Attendees will be able to develop and write an injury and illness prevention program for their organization. Includes reviewing the eight required elements of the Cal/OSHA regulation, and how to integrate the safety activity elements within the program. Includes receipt of a program guide for attendee use.

Injury & Illness Prevention Program Management:

Includes all of the elements of the training outlined above, and how to implement the program within the company’s operations. Includes discussion on how techniques can fit within and contribute to specific operations, and working through a case study.

Jobsite Inspections:

Attendees will learn how to develop, organize, conduct and complete a safety inspection of the job-site, including how to identify occupational injury and illness exposures and hazards, and

formulate solutions to eliminate them. Includes example photos to conduct a mock safety inspection and for application of techniques discussed in the class. The second half of the class will include an actual job-site inspection to apply what has been learned.

Ladder Safety:

Attendees will learn about how to safely use ladders including the OSHA expected 3-point system, types of ladders, capacities, and hazard recognition. Includes in-class application of what was learned by inspecting several ladders in the classroom to determine what is wrong and right.

Lead:

Designed as an awareness class, attendees will learn about the health effects of lead exposures and where they can be found, how to protect employees and the company’s liability exposure from lead hazards, and safety techniques to employ on the construction site. This class is designed to satisfy contract lead awareness requirements.

Lockout / Blockout:

Attendees will be able to develop and implement their own lockout / blockout procedures following this training. Includes review of Cal/OSHA regulations, lockout / blockout techniques, when lockout / blockout applies, types of devices, and how to develop equipment specific procedures as required.

Machine Safeguarding:

Attendees will be able to identify machine safeguarding exposures and learn how to apply safeguarding techniques. Includes photographic examples of exposures, types of safeguards and safeguarding techniques, and discussion on what techniques best apply to various situations.

Office Ergonomics:

Similar to the Ergonomics class, attendees will be able to apply human factors engineering and ergonomic techniques to minimize cumulative trauma / repetitive motion exposures as they relate to office exposures. Includes how to set-up a workstation, adjusting neutral posture seating positions, and hands-on application in the classroom. Note: this class will require a typical office chair for demonstration and application.

Respiratory Protection:

Attendees will learn about respiratory protection, when it applies, and how to manage and implement a respiratory protection program. Includes learning alternatives to respiratory protection, types of respiratory protection, medical clearance, and care and use. The longer class will include fit-testing for attendees who wear respirators.

Safety Committee: Why, What & How:

Attendees will be able to set-up and implement a safety committee in their company. The training includes why safety committees are effective, what to do to make a safety committee an effective communication process, and how to implement an efficient safety committee.

Safety Costs:

Attendees will learn about the costs of safety including the business impact and return on investment when selecting safety solutions. Includes the “language” of business and studies regarding the relationship of costs to safety, how to calculate various safety cost measures, and measure and present results in a meaningful manner to decision makers. Select and calculate safety measures that would be important to the organization with confidence.

Safety Inspections:

Attendees will learn how to organize, conduct and complete a safety inspection of the job-site, including how to identify occupational injury and illness exposures and hazards, and formulate solutions to eliminate them. Includes example photos to conduct a mock safety inspection and for application of techniques discussed in the class.

Safety Management:

Attendees will learn how to implement a safety management program that is beyond compliance and the injury and illness prevention program. Includes business elements that initiate safety at the hiring process and goes through discipline. The class will also cover some basic safety measures to determine how the safety process is performing, how the process contributes to business goals, and safety’s impact on insurance.

Safety Measurement:

Attendees will learn how to develop measurements of the safety process, using both consequence (lagging) and exposure (leading) indicators. The class will cover how to determine what to measure, how to gather data and calculate the measurement, and communicate the meaning for a result with impact. Includes in-class exercises to apply techniques presented.

Scaffolding:

Attendees will be able to identify the types of scaffolding, safe and unsafe situations, and basic safe construction of a scaffolding system. Includes the use of photographs as examples of good and unsafe situations, and proper scaffold erection.

Silica:

Attendees will learn about the health effects of silica exposures and its potential impact on the company, be able to recognize and identify the sources of silica exposure, and select and implement solutions to reduce or eliminate the causes of occupational silica illness through review of practical solution ideas.

Train-the-Trainer – Presentation Skills:

This class discusses various types of communication and how to organize presentation material to effectively address the communication types. Includes how to organize and develop a presentation, how to use various visuals to illustrate points, and how to close with a “call to action.” Attendees will create and present their own presentation to apply what was learned and develop their abilities.

Trenching / Excavation:

Attendees will learn about safe trenching and excavation techniques. This includes soil mechanics, identification of soil types and classification, knowing the various types of cave-in protection systems and when they apply, and planning for a safe excavation.

What You Should Know About Cal/OSHA & Safety:

Attendees will learn about Cal/OSHA, the purpose of the government program, and all of what they do including resources they offer. Includes a review of the Cal/OSHA act, goals and objectives of the program, organization, inner workings, and methods of data gathering and recordkeeping.

Workplace Violence:

Attendees will be able to identify potential workplace violence exposures in their workplace, know what to do to mitigate or eliminate the exposure, techniques on how to prevent escalation, and develop a workplace violence prevention program. The longer class will include working through a couple of case studies.

Other Safety Related Courses

First Aid & CPR Certification English and Spanish

Attend this training and you will learn the life saving techniques for an emergency injury situation that can make a difference in saving a life. Training includes:

* How to apply first aid

* Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) techniques

* Continuity and rhythm application using real-life mannequins

* Certification for two years for those who pass.

This course will comply with the Cal/OSHA regulation 1512 (Construction Safety Order), 3400 (General Industry Safety Order), and meets the American Red Cross training specifications.

 

 

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