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Construction Safety Training
OETIO provides a variety of additional construction safety courses. These courses have been designed to meet an ever growing demand from industry.
Please use the navigation menu on the right to browse our Construction Safety Training Courses.
Fall Protection Training
The objective of this course is to enable worker to recognize fall hazards and identify and apply fall protection controls, including fall prevention and fall arrest.
Topics:
• Legal Responsibilities
• Basic Hazards and Controls
• Fall Prevention
• Fall Arrest
Utilities Safety Awareness Workshop
This two day course is designed to introduce students to safe working practices around utilities.
Topics:
• Regulations
• Trench Safety
• Locate Request
• Locates
• Safe Limits of Approach
• Initial Utilities Exposure
• Excavating after Exposure
• Introduction and Types
Vertical Mast and Telescopic Boom Forklift Operator
This two day course is designed to meet the hazard recognition and classroom training requirements for forklift operators from both the Ontario Ministry of Labour’s “Guideline for the Safe Operations and Maintenance of Powered Lift Trucks” and from CSA Standard B335-95 “Industrial Lift Truck Operator Training”. The candidate shall be given practical (hands-on) instructions by demonstration of safe operation of the lift truck and newly taught operating skills shall be supported by operating experience.
Topics:
• Introduction and Types
• Legislation
• Basic Hydraulics and Pre-Operational Checks
• Stability and Tipping
• Capacity and Load Charts
• Operating and the Forklift
• Load Lifting and Handling
• Operating Hazards and Precautions
• Periodic Inspection, Maintenance, and Records
This 5 day course is for students who wish to operate a basic 0-8 ton mobile crane and is in accordance with MTCU (Program P930030) pre-requisite requirements.
0-8 Ton Training
This 5 day course is for students who wish to operate a basic 0-8 ton mobile crane and is in accordance with MTCU (Program P930030) pre-requisite requirements.
Topics:
• Safety
• Proximity
• Signals and Communication
• Crane Types and Components
• Hydraulics - Basic Theory
• Wire and Synthetic Rope
• Rigging and Rigging Hardware
• Pre - Operation Inspection
• Basic Crane Maintenance
• Load Charts - Crane Capacity and Configuration
• Pre-Operational Inspections
• Crane Set Up
• Assembly/disassembly of Manual Boom Extensions•
• Operations
• Rigging, Lifting and Lowering the load; booming up and down; swinging left and right; lifting over obstacles; pick and carry;
• Shut down
• Travelling the crane
Traffic Hazard Awareness and Control
This course is designed to raise awareness of traffic and mobile equipment hazards to workers on foot caused by vehicles and heavy equipment on construction projects on or near public roadways. This includes the ability to identify traffic control requirements.
Topics:
• Traffic Control on Site
• Site Planning
• Signaller
• Training:
• Workers on Foot
• Drivers and Operators
• Signallers
• Traffic Control - Public Roads
• Protective Measures
• Traffic control Devices
• Access/Egress
• Timing of Work
• New Initiatives
Traffic Hazard Awareness and Control
This course is designed to raise awareness of traffic and mobile equipment hazards to workers on foot caused by vehicles and heavy equipment on construction projects on or near public roadways. This includes the ability to identify traffic control requirements.
Topics:
• Traffic Control on Site
• Site Planning
• Signaller
• Training:
• Workers on Foot
• Drivers and Operators
• Signallers
• Traffic Control - Public Roads
• Protective Measures
• Traffic control Devices
• Access/Egress
• Timing of Work
• New Initiatives
Personnel and Material Hoist Operator
Upon completion of this 12 hour course each student will successfully operate a personnel and material hoist. Theory training is supported by supervised practical training.
Topic:
• Safety Legislation and Policies
• Safe Work Environment
• Emergency Safety Procedures
• Equipment Types and Components
• Pre-Operation Inspection with Power On and Off
• Work Procedures
• Operation of Personnel and Material Hoist
• Shutdown Procedures
Confined Spaces Hazard Awareness
This 4 hour course is designed to raise awareness of confined space hazards and the controls required by law to minimize the risk of injury, serious illness, and death. Upon completion of this course the student will be able to recognize confined spaces in construction, describe major hazards of confined spaces, and identify controls required for confined space entry.
Topics:
• Hazards of confined spaces
• Recognizing a confined space and the law
• Employer program for confined space entry
• Hazards and their assessment
• Plan for controlling hazards of confined space entry
• Training and entry permits
Professional Development
In order to establish efficient and effective training programs, professional development for your organization’s management team, instructors, and support staff is essential. Our instructional methods target criteria essential to learning in an adult environment.
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