This course covers the hazards and injuries likely to occur in public warehousing and storage operations, including encounters with powered industrial trucks, material handling, lifting and ergonomics, hazard communication, walking and working surfaces, and life safety including fire protection and evacuation. This course is intended for warehouse workers, supervisors, and employers responsible for developing safe work practices and procedures in a warehouse setting. Upon course completion students will have the ability to recognize the potential for injuries from forklifts, material handling and lifting, exposure to hazardous substances, slips, trips, and falls and methods to control and abate these hazards. Minimum student contact hours: 7
OSHA 3115 Fall Protection
Mid America Instructor
This course covers the OSHA Fall Protection Standard for construction and an overview of fall protection methods. Course topics include principles of fall protection, components and limitations of fall arrest systems, and OSHA Standards and policies regarding fall protection. This course meets the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers EM-385 fall protection requirements. Students will participate in workshops demonstrating the inspection and use of fall protection equipment, residential construction fall protection, training requirements, and developing a fall protection program. Upon course completion students will have the ability to assess compliance with the OSHA Fall Protection Standard, evaluate installed passive systems and fall arrest systems, and develop and implement fall protection plans. Minimum student contact hours: 26
NEW FALL PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS:
The new EM 385-1-1 Sections 21 and 24 have new fall protection and safe access requirements.
- Training requirements, to include refresher training.
- Work Platforms.
- Updated fall restraint requirements for Self-propelled Elevating Work Platforms (Scissor Lifts).
- Roofing work requirements for maintenance activities.
- Flowchart for work over water requirements.
- Rope Access work moved from Appendix P to Section 24. This section has been refined.
- Ladderway openings to incorporate OSHA Requirements.
- Requirement to maintain 3 points of contact on a ladder.
- Equipping harnesses with trauma straps.
OSHA 7200 – Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control for Healthcare Facilities
This course covers the development and implementation of Exposure Control Plans (ECP) for healthcare facilities. Course topics include understanding the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, determining potential exposure and methods of control, developing an ECP, vaccinations, exposure incidents, training, and record keeping. The target audience is the program administrator, manager, or other personnel designated with the responsibility of developing a Bloodborne Pathogens ECP for a healthcare facility. Course highlights include students developing a template for their facility’s ECP. Upon course completion students will have the ability to take a step-by-step approach in developing an ECP for their healthcare facility while utilizing the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard as a reference. Minimum student contact hours: 7
Prerequisites: None
OSHA 500 Trainer Course Construction
Event Phone: 937-521-1574
Mid America Instructor
OSHA #500 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry
This course is designed for individuals interested in teaching the 10- and 30-hour construction safety and health Outreach Training Program to their employees and other interested groups. Using OSHA Construction Standards as a guide, special emphasis is placed on those topics required in the 10- and 30-hour programs as well as those which are most hazardous. Students are briefed on effective instructional approaches and use of visual aids and handouts. This course allows the student to become a trainer in the OSHA Outreach Training Program, to conduct both 10- and 30-hour Construction Outreach classes, and to issue cards to participants after verifying course completion. Students who wish to participate as authorized Outreach trainers in the OSHA Outreach Training Program must prepare a presentation on an assigned OSHA Construction Outreach Training Program topic individually or as part of a group and successfully pass a written exam at the end of the course. Minimum student contact hours: 26
Prerequisites: Students must successfully complete the OSHA #510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Construction and have five (5) years of safety and health work experience in the construction industry. A degree in occupational safety and health, a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) designation may be substituted for two (2) years of work related experience. Students should obtain guidance on whether they meet this requirement from the OSHA Training Institute Education Center where they intend to receive the training. Authorized OSHA Outreach Training Program trainers are required to attend OSHA #502 Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers at least once every four (4) years to maintain their trainer status.
OSHA 2055 Cranes in Construction
This course covers the best practices in crane and derrick operation using the OSHA Cranes and Derricks in Construction Rule as a guide. Course topics include hazards associated with crane assembly and disassembly, types of cranes, lifting concepts, rigging and wire rope, signaling, employee qualifications and training, and maintenance, repair, and inspection requirements. Students will participate in workshops to reinforce concepts of safe crane operation. Upon course completion students will have the ability to identify the types of cranes and their components and attachments, determine safe operating conditions, and recognize common violations of OSHA Standards. Minimum student contact hours: 22.5
OSHA 3015: Excavation, Trenching, and Soil Mechanics
Mid America Instructor
This course covers the OSHA Excavation Standard and safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching. Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of shored and unshored slopes and walls of excavations, introduction of various types of shoring (wood timbers and hydraulic), soil classification, and use of protective systems. Testing methods are demonstrated and students participate in workshops in the use of instruments such as penetrometers, torvane shears, and engineering rods. Upon course completion students will have the ability to assess their employer’s compliance with the OSHA Excavation Standard, utilize soil testing methods to classify soil types, determine protective systems for excavation operations, and training requirements. Minimum student contact hours: 20
Mobile Crane Operator Certification
Mobile Crane Operator Training & Certification Exam (Written and Practical Exam)
This program is ideal for operators and other personnel who require a thorough knowledge of the safe operation of mobile cranes.
Learn the technical aspects of mobile crane operation with emphasis on safety, load, charts, setup and operating practices.
The course is instructed by Crane Institute Certified Trainer and Practical Examiner Brenda Hawkey.
Please call 937-521-1574 or email jessica@ovabc.org and let us know which exam you would like to be tested on:
1-Small Telescoping Boom, Under 21 Tons
2- Medium Telescoping Boom, 21-75 Tons
3- Large elescoping Boom, 75-300 Tons
5- Lattice Boom Crawler/ Truck, 1-300 Tons.
6- Lattice Boom Crawler/ Truck, over 300 Tons.