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Excavator Safety

Explore practical safety strategies for excavator operators. Learn about inspections, hazard control, and emergency response.

Excavator Safety

Course Overview

Running heavy equipment safely takes more than strength, it requires knowledge, focus, and responsibility. Excavators are among the most powerful tools on a job site, but with that power comes significant risk if they’re not handled correctly. This training program provides proven safety strategies designed to protect operators, coworkers, and the machine itself. Our focus is on crawler excavators, those large tracked units widely used in construction, roadwork, landscaping, and utility projects. Equipped with hydraulic booms and buckets, they’re essential to many industries but can be dangerous without proper instruction.

This course is built for beginner operators, seasoned tradespeople needing a refresher, foremen, and anyone who works in close proximity to crawler excavators. It’s designed to strengthen both safety awareness and on-the-job performance.

Course Topics

Participants will gain practical skills and safety knowledge in:

  • Proper applications and common uses of crawler excavators
  • Major components and how they function together
  • Pre-shift inspection routines and basic maintenance practices
  • Core controls and operation techniques
  • Recognizing and minimizing on-site hazards
  • Emergency protocols all operators must follow
Online Course Duration

The Excavator Safety Training Online program takes about 90 minutes, making it concise yet highly informative for workers and safety professionals.

Pass Mark

The pass mark for this course is 80%. Learners can make 3 attempts to pass the course before it must be reassigned.

Certificate Of Completion

Upon completion of this course, learners will receive a certificate of completion.

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Course Details

Course Length

This course will take roughly 90 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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