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Construction Safety Basics: Work Practices

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Construction Safety Basics: Work Practices

What is Construction Safety Basics: Work Practices?

Construction sites are dynamic environments where proper work habits, material handling, and fall prevention are critical to keeping workers safe. The Construction Work Practices Training course equips learners with essential techniques and knowledge to navigate common jobsite hazards, use personal protective equipment correctly, and prevent slips, trips, and falls. By mastering safe work behaviours and practical strategies, participants can reduce injury risks and promote a safer, more productive work environment.

Course Overview

The Construction Safety Basics: Work Practices course introduces learners to the safe-work behaviours, movement techniques, and jobsite practices that reduce injury risks on construction sites. This training provides a high-level overview of OSHA-aligned safety expectations, emphasizing the shared responsibility between employers and workers to maintain a safe work environment.

Participants explore how worksite arrangements influence safety, how to recognize hazards, and how to take corrective action before incidents occur. The course highlights essential practices such as safe lifting, proper material handling, maintaining situational awareness, and using personal protective equipment correctly. Learners also review the importance of slips, trips, and fall prevention strategies—key contributors to workplace injuries across the construction industry.

By the end of the course, workers will understand how daily habits, workspace organization, and hazard awareness contribute to safer jobsite practices for themselves and those around them.

TOPIC OVERVIEW

Construction environments change quickly, making safe-work habits essential. This course helps learners understand how to navigate common jobsite risks and apply practical techniques that prevent injuries during everyday tasks.

COURSE TOPICS

Safe Work Practices

  • Understand workplace wellness fundamentals
  • Apply proper back safety techniques
  • Follow safe material-handling procedures

Slips, Trips, and Falls

  • Identify common causes of slips and trips
  • Learn prevention strategies for improved footing and mobility

Fall Protection & PPE

  • Review essential fall-protection principles
  • Understand when and how PPE should be used
  • Identify worker responsibilities in maintaining a safe work practice environment
COURSE DURATION

This online training takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. Learners can start, pause, and resume the course at any time.

PASS MARK

A minimum score of 80% is required to pass the final assessment. Learners have three attempts to achieve a passing grade.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

Upon successful completion, learners can download and print a digital certificate confirming their understanding of safe construction work practices.

Construction Safety Basics: Work Practices

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Duration

Average Completion Time

This online training takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. Learners can start, pause, and resume the course at any time.

Testing

Knowledge Assessment

A minimum score of 80% is required to pass the final assessment. Learners have three attempts to achieve a passing grade.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion, learners can download and print a digital certificate confirming their understanding of safe construction work practices.

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