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

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