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Lawn Maintenance Safety Awareness – Free

The Lawn Maintenance Safety Awareness course provides essential knowledge on lawn maintenance safety topics. This course is designed for those in roles such as field workers and their supervisors. The course will be beneficial to workers involved in municipal lawn maintenance operations, such as mowing and mower maintenance, supervisors, as well as workers in other sectors performing similar activities like landscaping and golf course maintenance.

Lawn Maintenance Safety Awareness – Free

COURSE OVERVIEW 


The Lawn Maintenance Safety Awareness course is a free offering that provides crucial insight and foundational knowledge pertaining to lawn maintenance safety. This course incorporates an introduction to the relevant Alberta Occupational Health and Safety legislation, interactive infographic exercises, expert advice, and “In Real Life” stories to emphasize the importance of the course material. 

COURSE TOPICS


This self-guided course, which takes approximately 2.5 hours to complete, includes: 

  • Module 1: Hazard Assessment Procedure 

  • Module 2: Inspection Procedures 

  • Module 3: Equipment Operation 

  • Module 4: Equipment Stowing 

  • Module 5: Safety Communication 

Upon course completion, participants will be able to:
  • Understand the process of hazard assessment, including the responsible parties and the timing of hazard assessments
  • Identify hazards at a lawn maintenance work site using the Energy Wheel
  • Describe common hazard controls at a lawn maintenance work site, and explain the Hierarchy of Controls
  • Participate in safety activities like tailgate meetings and emergency response plans, and understand their contribution to a safe work site
  • Understand how to carry out equipment checks and pre-trip inspections
  • Explain the essential steps in securing loads for transport
  • Outline the steps to safely inspect and stow equipment after use
  • Recognize conditions that foster positive safety communications on the work site, including safety communication responsibilities for different work site parties

 Furthermore, AMHSA offers a free Online Lawn Maintenance Safety Toolkit (accessible at <a class="Hyperlink SCXW247776476 BCX0" href="https://www.amhsa.net/resources/lawn-maintenance-safety-toolkit/" style="color: inherit;" target="_blank

Course Details

Course Length

This course will take roughly 150 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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