When: 1/15/2015 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where:
Builders Mutual Insurance Company
5580 Centerview Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606
Additional Information: CAGC Education Refund & Cancellation Policy
8 hours | OSHA Compliant | 29 CFR 1926.650 - 652 and Appendices
About this event:
Take the same course that has been used to train OSHA compliance officers in several states for the past 25 years AND learn from one of the best, Mr. Paul McCain, co-author of NCDOL OSHA Excavation Safety publication and expert witness for OSHA on excavation and other topics!
Excavation is the most dangerous of all construction operations. More workers are killed or seriously injured in and around excavations than in other phases of construction, which is why the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires a competent person to oversee all excavation and trenching jobsites. The competent person must have specific training in, and be knowledgeable about, soil analysis, the use of protective systems, and the requirements of OSHA Subpart P.
This course focuses on OSHA standards and on the safety aspects of excavation and trenching. Students are introduced to practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of shored and un-shored slopes and walls of excavations.
Recommended for:
Construction, utility workers, supervisors, or anyone working in or around trenches and other types of excavations that may be designated as a “Competent Person”. This 8-hour course instructs the student in the identification of hazards, soils and analysis, use of protective systems and regulatory requirements.
You will:
Gain the knowledge required to be designated by your employer as a “Competent Person.” during trench and excavation operations.
Topics will include:
- OSHA subpart P
- Pre-evacuation procedures
- trenching and shoring methods
- soil classification
- equipment ventilation
- entry/exit procedure
- monitoring and communications
Meet Your Instructor:
Paul McCain, PE - NC State/OTI Instructor in Construction and President of McCain Special Project Services, Inc.
Paul P. McCain, PE, is the Construction Program Chair for the Southeastern OTI Education Center and president of McCain Special Project Services, Inc. He offers a wide range of continuing education and consulting services to private industry on a variety of programs related to engineering, safety, construction management and law, all of which are topics he taught for more than a decade as a full-time North Carolina State University faculty member. Mr. McCain is co-author of NCDOL OSHA Excavation Safety publication and serves as an expert witness for OSHA on excavation and other topics. Paul continues as an adjunct faculty member with NCSU in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering.
Member & Non-Member Cost: $200.00
Event/Class contact: Sandra Wallace, Professional Development Cultivator
Phone: (704) 372-1450 ext. 5255