# Construction Safety & OSHA Fundamentals Course Online

Canonical URL: <https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/construction-safety-osha-fundamentals-course>

## Overview

This course walks you through the essentials of construction safety, including general requirements, the most common jobsite dangers, activity-specific requirements, and how to navigate OSHA standards. You'll move through each lesson with hands-on deliverables that help the material stick.

By the time you finish, you'll be ready to take the OSHA 10 quiz and have a solid head start on OSHA 30, though OSHA 30 does cover additional material that goes beyond what's included here.

## What you'll learn

- Understand the general requirements and the most common dangers found across the construction industry
- Identify personal protective equipment (PPE) and know when each type needs to be in use
- Apply activity specific safety protocols for fall protection, welding, confined spaces, and electrical work
- Recognize and interpret the hazardous material symbols commonly found on construction sites
- Complete an Activity Hazard Analysis (AHA) for a given construction task
- Navigate OSHA resources and reference the right standards for real world scenarios
- Run a basic safety inspection, including exit routes, signage, and fire plans
- Evaluate weather related safety considerations for both heat and cold conditions

## Curriculum

#### Section 1: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

- Definition of PPE and overview
- Hard hats: expiration, types, and the shift toward safety helmets
- Vests and boots (brief)
- Attire requirements, including temperature-control considerations
- Site signage with examples and site-specific variants
- Quiz: what is and is not included in general PPE

#### Section 2: Activity-Specific Requirements

- Site cleanliness
- Fall protection: scaffolding types, tie-off options, and ladder-vs-edge-distance height rules
- Welding and sparks: dedicated welding requirements versus metal-cutting spark management
- Confined spaces
- Holes and hole requirements
- Electrical: lockout/tagout and specialized glove requirements
- Loud noise: employee exposure and surrounding-area impact
- Safety around equipment: common equipment types, blind-spot examples, and newer technology/accessories being added to equipment for safety

#### Section 3: Common Issues

- Hand safety, including glove cut levels matched to the activity
- Ladder safety — ladder-specific guidance beyond the fall-protection section

#### Section 4: Safety Inspection

- Generic site considerations
- Exit routes and signage
- Fire plans and fire-extinguisher count requirements

#### Section 5: Hazardous Materials

- Six to nine of the most commonly encountered hazardous-material types and symbols (flammable,  
 explosive, corrosive, etc.) relevant to typical projects.

#### Section 6: Activity Hazard Analysis (AHA)

- Background on AHA requirements (typically required by a GC of its subcontractors), followed by a  
 hands-on deliverable in which the student completes an AHA template.

#### Section 7: Navigating OSHA

- Online OSHA tools and how to search them
- General structure and sections of OSHA
- Understanding exclusions — framed as “as safe as humanly possible while getting the job done.”

#### Section 8: Weather Conditions

- Heat-related considerations (broader coverage) and cold-related considerations, including what sites typically require.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $599