WELD 100 - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 30

Transfers to: CSU

This course covers the content requirements for the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal OSHA) 30-hour training. The contents of this course are derived by an authorized OSHA Outreach trainer who will cover the mandatory and elective training topics specified by the OSHA outreach training program requirements for the construction industry. The course’s content also will include specific welding occupational safety and health hazards, emphasizing hazard identification, avoidance, control, and prevention. The course contents will include an introduction to OSHA, managing safety and health, OSHA Focus Four Hazards, personal protective and lifesaving equipment, health hazards in construction, stairways and ladders, confined space entry, excavations, fire protection and prevention, scaffolds, steel erection, welding and cutting, and foundations for safety leadership. Upon successfully completing this course, students receive an OSHA 30-hour training Certificate in addition to a letter grade. (To receive a certificate, students must attend a minimum of 30 classroom hours and earn a passing grade on the final exam).