Trenching & Excavation for the Competent Person

eTraining’s Trenching & Excavation for the Competent Person course goes beyond the basic awareness level of introductory courses and into the details necessary to create a safe environment for workers, as outlined in OSHAs standard 29 CFR 1926.650.  It helps a competent person answer important job site questions like: Are there adequate means of access and egress?  Are adjacent structures stabilized?  Does the procedure require benching or multiple benching? Shoring? Shielding?  Are means of egress from the cut, cavity, or depression no more than 25 ft from the work?

These, and many more, are the kinds of questions a competent person on an excavation or trenching site needs to be asking.  And, while there is no substitute for hands on, real world experience, this Trenching & Excavation Course for the Competent person will go a long way in providing a good foundation of knowledge from which a worker can create a safer excavation work environment.