IIRSM Accredited Programs
Excavation and Trenching
Course Description
This course is designed to develop the participant’s:
- Awareness of the risks associated with Excavation and trenching
- Knowledge of Excavation and trenching safe work practices
- Understanding of the control measures required for Excavation and trenching
Training shall consist of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive, video, written material). Each candidate will undergo a theory assessment (multiple-choice questions) at the end of the course
Course Objective
By the end of this course participants should be able to:
- Understanding trenching and excavation definitions
- Understanding roles and responsibilities for personnel involved in trenching and excavation activities
- Identifying job site safety and pre-job considerations for excavation and trenching activities
- Emergency & Rescue requirements
- Documentation requirements
Target Audience
The course is aimed at personnel performing or supervising excavation activities
Course Outline
The course will cover the following topics:
- Introductions
- Course objectives
- Safety moment
- Excavation Standards
- Excavation Hazards
- Excavation Requirements
- PTW Requirements for Excavation and trenching
- Roles and Responsibilities for Excavation
- Competent person Responsibility for Inspection
- Inspections
- Planning and Inspection
- Site Preparation
- Soil Preparation
- Benching and Sloping
- Shoring, Shielding Examples
- Digging around Electrical markers and underground lines
- Excavation and Trenching Confined Space evaluation
- Spoils Management
- Walkways and Bridges Requirement
- Site Survey requirements and Hazards.
- Heavy Equipment User guidelines
- Personal Safety requirements
- Modes of failure
- Safe work Practice Engagement tools
- The Unthinkable happens
- Excavation process overview
- Determining Excavation Protective System flow chart
- Powered Excavation Equipment and tools
- Excavation hand Signals

Ref | language | Mode | From | To |
IIRSM06 | English | Live Virtual | 21-2-2023 | 21-2-2023 |
IIRSM06 | English | Live Virtual | 8-5-2023 | 8-5-2023 |