LEARNING OUTCOMES - continued

Safety

• Identify the rights of construction workers regarding safe work practices.
• Describe safe work practices on a work site.
• Identify potential hazards on a work site.
• Describe ways to prevent hazards on a worksite.
• Demonstrate appropriate use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Identify appropriate safety equipment for the work environment.
• Describe lock out and tag out procedures.
• Identify procedures for notifying supervisor of unsafe working conditions.
• Perform basic First Aid.
• Recognize WHMIS symbols and other related warning systems.
• Explain the dangers associated with each WHMIS symbol.
• Recognize the label or a “controlled product” (WHMIS label).
• Find information on a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS).
• Inspect a ladder, set-up and use a ladder safely, construct a wood-built ladder.
• Explain the common nomenclature used on grade stakes and the term “slope.”
• Identify types of excavation collapses.
• Identify the types of safe shoring/excavation techniques for working in trench excavations.
• Describe the basic procedures for installing wood shoring in a trench excavation.
• Describe how to work safety in a trench cage.
• Determine the type of wood shoring needed for a trench excavation using the Manitoba shoring tables.
• Recognize the WHMIS symbols and other related warning systems.
• Explain the dangers associated with each WHMIS symbol.
• Recognize the label for a “controlled product” (WHMIS label).
• Find information in a material safety data sheet.