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12:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Excavation/Trenching and Shoring (PM Session) - TCH# 04-032202-31 (Middlesex County)
5/23/202412:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Event Description
Course Description
Trench collapses, or cave-ins, pose the greatest risk to workers' lives. 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 un-shored slopes and walls of excavations, introduction of various types of shoring (wood timbers and hydraulic), soil classification, and use of protective systems. Upon course completion employees will have the ability to assess their employer's compliance with the OSHA Excavation Standard, understand soil types, determine protective systems for excavation operations, and training requirements.
AGENDA:
12:00 – 12:30 Sign-In
12:30 – 3:45 Hazardous Communication/Right to Know with the Global Harmonization System (GHS)
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1200
Note: There will be one fifteen-minute break.
3:45 – 4:00 Wrap Up/Dismissal
ACCREDITATION:
3.0 Safety Training Contact Hours for NJ-Licensed Water/Wastewater Operators. TCH Course Number 04-032202-31
3.0 Hours toward license renewal for NJ Certified Public Works Managers: DLGS-NJWA- 230.
(2.0 Technical, 1.0 Management)
DATE & LOCATION:
May 23, 2024 – Monroe Township Utilities Department, 143 Union Valley Road, Monroe, NJ
Download Agenda (PDF) PM Session
*This is a repeated course in the 2021-2024 cycle.
Trench collapses, or cave-ins, pose the greatest risk to workers' lives. 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 un-shored slopes and walls of excavations, introduction of various types of shoring (wood timbers and hydraulic), soil classification, and use of protective systems. Upon course completion employees will have the ability to assess their employer's compliance with the OSHA Excavation Standard, understand soil types, determine protective systems for excavation operations, and training requirements.
AGENDA:
12:00 – 12:30 Sign-In
12:30 – 3:45 Hazardous Communication/Right to Know with the Global Harmonization System (GHS)
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1200
Note: There will be one fifteen-minute break.
3:45 – 4:00 Wrap Up/Dismissal
ACCREDITATION:
3.0 Safety Training Contact Hours for NJ-Licensed Water/Wastewater Operators. TCH Course Number 04-032202-31
3.0 Hours toward license renewal for NJ Certified Public Works Managers: DLGS-NJWA- 230.
(2.0 Technical, 1.0 Management)
DATE & LOCATION:
May 23, 2024 – Monroe Township Utilities Department, 143 Union Valley Road, Monroe, NJ
Download Agenda (PDF) PM Session
*This is a repeated course in the 2021-2024 cycle.