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Trenchless Underground Construction Awareness Online

This online program aims to offer municipal workers a functional grasp of tunneling and trenchless underground construction techniques from a safety and health viewpoint, enabling them to cultivate situational hazard consciousness.

Trenchless Underground Construction Awareness Online

COURSE OVERVIEW

The Trenchless Underground Construction Awareness Online course is designed to equip municipal workers with a functional grasp of tunneling and trenchless underground construction techniques from a safety and health viewpoint, thereby allowing them to cultivate situational hazard consciousness. This course is the first of a two-part series, with the second being a classroom-based program. The course will deliver engaging, innovative content to efficiently communicate complex technical and safety information. Participants in the course will gain the knowledge and tools needed to recognize, identify, and evaluate site hazards, and will be empowered with the terminology and confidence to effectively communicate any observed concerns.

It’s highly recommended that you undertake Ground Disturbance training prior to engaging with this course.

Additional training to be contemplated:

  • Risk Assessment 
  • Confined Space 
  • Fall Protection 
  • H2S Awareness

All of these courses are offered as eLearning modules by AMHSA.

COURSE TOPICS

In the Trenchless Underground Construction Awareness Online course, you will learn about:

  • The history of trenchless underground construction including the municipal use of trenchless technologies 
  • Trenchless underground construction methodologies and technology 
  • Applicable legislation and standards, procedures, and best practices 
  • Roles and responsibilities 
  • Trenchless underground construction hazards and controls including a review and application of the Energy Based Hazard Assessment methodology 
  • Emergency planning considerations 
  • On site communication and application of course content
ONLINE COURSE DURATION

Roughly 2 hours

PASS MARK

The online course includes testing designed to reinforce the information presented. To pass, you must achieve a score of 80%. The course can be attempted up to three times to achieve the pass mark.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing. It’s suggested to retake this course every 3 years from the completion date shown on the certificate.

This course was created using standards that will allow playback on most internet capable devices with standard web browsing capabilities including Apple’s iTouch, iPad, and iPhone, as well as most other smartphones and tablets including those with Android and Windows operating systems.

Course Details

Course Length

This course will take roughly 120 minutes

Passing Mark

To pass this training course, you need to score 80% or higher on the quiz

Certificate

Upon the successful completion of this course a certificate with your name will be stored on your profile and available to print

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