These courses
are available at each local union where
facilities
are available for either classroom or hands-on
activities. Please call your local union or the
Training Fund at 1-800-478-0058 to discuss course
schedules and enrollment.
Asbestos
Abatement Worker Course
The 32-hour
Asbestos Abatement Worker course focuses on the
hazards of asbestos, the specific work practices,
engineering controls, and personal protective
equipment used on the abatement project. During
this course, the trainees have an opportunity for
group discussions concerning legal rights of the
worker, and hands-on exercises. Completion of the
course carries state certification eligibility
under the EPA Model Accreditation Plan.
Asbestos Abatement Worker
Refresher Course
Asbestos Abatement
Worker Refresher Course The 8-hour Asbestos
Abatement Worker Refresher course is designed to
meet the refresher course requirements of the EPA
and state regulations. Trainees are presented
with updated information regarding new
regulations, equipment, work practices, and other
related information. Completion of the Asbestos Refresher
provides continued eligibility for state certification under the
EPA model accreditation plan
Hazardous Waste
Worker Course held at Exton, PA or Pittsburgh,
PA.
This 80-hour
course exceeds the OSHA minimum requirements
(1910.120) of 40 hours initial off-site
instruction for journeyworkers involved in
Hazardous Waste operations under CERCLA, RCRA,
state, or local governments. Some of what the
course covers are legal rights, health effects,
hazard recognition, and site safety and health
plans. It also includes safe handling, sampling,
air monitoring techniques, and community
relations. Journey-workers are required to
complete simulated hands-on exercises on mock
hazardous waste sites. Completion of the course
carries EPA Certification for the Hazardous Waste
Worker.
Hazardous Waste
Worker Refresher Course
In this 8-hour
course journeyworkers review their personal
experiences as employees on hazardous waste
sites. Subjects include: Hazard recognition,
health effects of exposure, heat stress, use,
care and limitations of Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE). Decontamination and site safety
and health plans are also reviewed. This course
fulfills the annual requalification requirement
to maintain the EPA Certification for Hazardous
Waste Worker as specified in the OSHA standard
1910.120.
Lead Abatement
Worker
The 40-hour Lead
Abatement Worker course provides skills for
journeyworkers with information on lead abatement
methods for safely abating various materials
containing lead. Topics of discussion include
abatement problems and possible solutions.
Current regulations, worker safety, as well as
preparation, containment, and cleanup of lead
contaminated areas are discussed. Journeyworkers
have an opportunity to practice hands-on removal
procedures using the latest equipment on steel
structures and wood building systems. Completion
of the course carries state certification eligibility under the
EPA model accreditation plan.
Lead Abatement
Worker Refresher
The 8-hour Lead
Worker Refresher is designed to meet the
regulatory requirement for annual refresher
training. Trainees are presented with updated
information regarding work practices, engineering
controls, and personal protective equipment. Completion of
the Lead Refresher provides continued eligibility for state
certification under the EPA model accreditation plan.
Lead Abatement
Supervisor
This course is
offered to journeyworkers upon recommendation of
a signatory contractor or business manager. The
course is 48 hours in length and is an extension
of the 40-hour Lead Abatement Worker Course. As
the 40-hour worker class proceeds through the
week, the supervisor candidates stay for an extra
two hours in the evenings where aspects of
contracts, record keeping and supervisor
techniques are discussed. Upon completion, the supervisor
candidate must enroll and pay the fee to complete a third
party exam given by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Lead Abatement
Supervisor Refresher
In this 8-hour
course, participants that have currently
completed Lead Abatement Supervisor training will meet the
regulatory requirements for annual refresher training.
Upon completion, the supervisor must enroll and pay the fee to
complete a third party exam given by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
Oxy-Acetylene
Cutting & Burning Course
A 32-hour course
designed with a great deal of hands-on
applications and safety techniques used to cut
metals of varying gauges and strengths with
oxy-acetylene torch systems.
Skid Steer
Operations Course
A 24-hour course
designed to give experience and safety training
in the operation of the skid steer loader or
bobcat.
Mason Tending
A 40-hour course
which will complete the training necessary to
perform all of the laborer’s tasks on a
masonry project site. This training includes
tools, equipment, mortar mixing to specification,
material estimating, stocking, scaffold erection,
plank lapping and pertinent safety information.
The 16-hour forklift I course is presented to
give introductory hands-on forklift operation,
maintenance and safety training.
OSHA Outreach
Certification
A 10- or 30-hour
course that provides certification from OSHA on
training of health, safety and work practices
established in part 1926 code of federal
regulations. Completion of this training is
recognized by OSHA as qualification training to
conduct tool box talks on the construction site.
Foreman
Preparedness
A 40-hour course
that provides the prospective foreman with
techniques associated with leadership in the
construction industry. Topics covered are
communication, blueprint reading, construction
math, project organization, documentation and
protocol, OSHA construction standards, dealing
with people and problem solving. This course is
offered to journeyworkers upon recommendation of
a signatory contractor or business manager.
Powered Industrial Truck
Operations
This 40-hour course offers
prospective, and experienced powered industrial truck
operators certification training in both, the rough terrain
forklift, and powered hand truck. Included would be a
written exam and task performance evaluations as required in
1926 Subpart O.
Powered Industrial Truck
Operations Refresher
The 8-hour refresher is
required for certified operators every three years, or if an
operator is involved in an accident, or near miss with a
powered industrial truck prior to the three year time
frame. Updated safety regulations and hands-on task
performance evaluations are conducted in the refresher.
Nuclear Power
Plant Worker
A 40-hour course
designed to present concepts of radiation
exposure and the biological effects of radiation,
or can be tailored to accommodate the more
experienced nuclear power plant journeyworker.
Site specific training is also stressed by power
plant and region. All aspects of nuclear power
plant safety and operations are discussed. The
background information obtained in this course is
designed to aid journeyworkers to pass the
contractors test for worker eligibility in
nuclear power plants.
Red Cross
Standard First Aid and Adult CPR
Subpart D
Occupational Health and Environmental Controls
1926.50 paragraph C of the OSHA Standard
specifically requires employers to provide a
person on the job site that is currently
certified in first aid training from the American
Red Cross, Bureau of Mines or equivalent. The
Contractor Associations are requesting that
laborers have this training since they are the
first and last workers on the job. This course
can be offered over two nights or one day.
Line and Grade:
Highway Grade Checking
The 40-hour Line
and Grade course provides the necessary skills
for maintaining elevation and alignment control
of heavy and civil construction activities. The
following topics are covered: measurement
systems, construction line, measurement
techniques and equipment, views, slope
expression, construction referencing systems, and
roadway slopes. A high math skill level is
required. An advanced level course has also been developed for
those completing the initial Line and Grade course for an
additional 40 hours.
Concrete
Reinforcing (Rod Tieing)
The 40-hour
Concrete Reinforcing course provides the
necessary skills, through hands-on application,
for workers on the highway to tie steel to
specifications. Six different ties are
demonstrated on four separate work stations. OSHA
revised Fall Protection Standard (1926.501) is
discussed and hook off procedures using the full
body harness and positioning devices are
demonstrated for tieing steel on vertical
ascents. An advanced level course has also been developed
for those completing the initial Rod Tieing course for an
additional 40 hours.
Fall Protection
Certification for the Construction Industry
This certification
training is currently being provided in all
refresher training and will be presented in
initial training courses on request. The course
is a verification that the recipient of the
training has been given a copy and background of
the Fall Protection Standard under 29 CFR
1926.503 Subpart M. It is the responsibility of
the contractor to then give the training
recipient specific instruction on the safe use
and operation of the fall protection systems
being used on that particular project.
Scaffold Safety
Courses
A 40-hour training
program for those erecting or dismantling. For
those working on and using certain scaffold
types, a 16-hour course is available. A thrust in
understanding and using the OSHA Construction
Standard is provided. Hands-on projects are
completed to demonstrate competence in frame and
brace, tube and coupler and systems scaffolding.
The course is not limited to, but includes
segments on the nature of scaffold hazards as
well as the correct procedures for erection,
dismantling, repair and inspection of scaffolds,
nature of electrical, falls, falling object
hazards found in the work area, and
provides accurate load capacities for scaffold
components and design criteria for scaffold
types. The ten hour OSHA Outreach certification
is also part of these courses.
Hoisting and
Rigging Course
This 32-hour
training program provides laborers with knowledge
and good work practices regarding safe crane
operations, hand signals, load types, safe
rigging techniques, electrical hazards when
conducting a lift, load weight limits and
stability of load transport. There are several
hands-on components including wire rope sling
construction, crane lifting techniques,
documented inspection procedures, construction of
cribbing mats, and use of rigging hardware.
Mine Safety and Health
Administration Course
The Mine Safety and Health Act requires certification
training for those that work in underground, and surface
mines. This training involves an initial 24-hour hazard
awareness class, and an 8-hour annual refresher for those that
work on mine property. Included employment scenarios
that would require this training would be those working at
quarries, cement batch plants, and any surface mines where
aggregates are extracted for the construction industry.
Pipeline Evaluation
Qualification
The 16 hour pipeline E.Q. is an
evaluation through written testing and hands-on performance of
six tasks laborers traditionally perform while working on the
pipeline. The tasks include atmospheric corrosion
monitoring, applying leak clamps and sleeves, pipe coating
maintenance, pipe inspection for damage, trench backfilling
and cathodic protection. Under the Laborers-AGC operator
plan, this evaluation must be repeated every three years.
Craft Orientation and Hazard
Communication
The 8 hour class introduces new
union members to the union life, and provides required
training under the hazard communication regulations for new
employees. The targeted group for this class are newly
organized employees that currently work for employers that
have recently signed collective bargaining agreements with the
Laborers' International Union of North America.
APC/PennDot Flagger
The 8 hour class provides
certification training under the PennDot special provisions
for flaggers on roadways open to motorists to show documented
training. This training must be repeated every three
years.
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