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The Health Hazards Awareness for Construction online safety training from ClickSafety is an introductory-level course that covers how exposure to various hazards can occur. Hazards covered include chemical hazards, biological hazards, ergonomics, and physical hazards. Participants can expect to learn about common hazards in the construction industry and potential risk mitigation techniques.
This course will educate participants about these significant workplace hazards and necessary safe work practices.
NEW: Our redesigned Health Hazards Awareness for Construction course represents the next generation of ClickSafety courses. This course has a cleaner modern design, updated images, improved activities and assessments. We’ve updated this course to be more engaging to help you and your team learn, retain information, and stay safe on the job. Our course works on any device. Take it on your laptop, mobile phone, or tablet and complete the course on your schedule - anywhere, anytime.
ClickSafety’s Health Hazards Awareness for Construction online course provides the basics of these hazards in the construction industry. The course focuses primarily on sources of exposure, exposure types, exposure limits, and controlling one's exposure to potentially hazardous materials. Participants can expect a thorough overview of risk mitigation techniques by teaching anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control. Specific course topics include the following:
Chemical hazards
Methods of exposure to chemicals
Symbols and warning labels
Methods to identify job site chemical hazards
Methods of control for hazards
Biological hazards
Infections like tetanus and hepatitis B
Parasites
Viruses, like the flu
Bites or stings from animals, like snakes and spiders
Toxic plants, like poison ivy
Ergonomic Hazard
Muscles
Bones
Joints
Physical Hazards
Heat stress and heat illness
Cold stress
Radiation
Noise
Vibration
Psychological Hazards
Working conditions affecting mental and emotional health
Specific industry terms covered throughout the course include the following:
The Health Hazards Awareness for Construction course is intended for all construction workers and management who work on construction sites with common job site issues. Individuals who will specifically benefit from this course include the following:
Construction workers
Construction managers
Construction foremen
Construction superintendents
Construction crew leaders
Health, Safety, and Environment team members
Those with safety responsibilities in the construction workplace
If you have any concerns as to whether this course is appropriate for you or your industry, please browse our full selection of Online Courses and Safety Packs, call 800-971-1080, or Contact Us online.
ClickSafety’s Health Hazards Awareness for Construction online training addresses the proper use of and safe work around chemical, biological, ergonomic, physical, and psychological hazards. Upon successful completion, participants can expect to know the following:
Identify the different types of hazards at your work.