Site Safety Training (SST) General Elective Courses - AccreditedBS

 

This General Electives training is required for both Workers and Supervisors  to complete the requisite number of hours to obtain a Site Safety Training card under Local Law 196.

These courses are general elective courses that can help fulfill the requirement for an individual applying for a Site Safety Training Card. THIS IS AN AWARENESS LEVEL TRAINING ONLY and does not provide any other qualification or authorization outside of the Site Safety Training Card.

1-Hour Electrocution Prevention

Electricity has long been recognized as a serious workplace hazard exposing employees to dangers, such as electric shocks, burns, and electrocution. Electrocution is death caused by an electric shock that gives exposure to lethal amounts of electricity. Electrocution is the third leading cause of death in the construction industry and is included in the OSHA’s “Construction Focus Four” top causes of construction deaths. The course will cover types of electrical hazards (electrocution, electric shock, burns, arc flash and arc blast, etc.), effects of electrical shocks to human body, control measures, common error traps, and basic principal of electricity and electrical circuits.

1-Hour Handling Heavy Materials and Proper Lifting Techniques

Lifting heavy items is one of the leading causes of injury in the workplace. This course provides an understanding on the effects of overexertion and muscle skeleton issues and the factors that contributes to lifting injury. The course will also help you how to eliminate heavy lifting by utilizing simple mechanisms, lifting equipment (Engineering Controls), technique like buddy system, proper lifting work practices by demonstrating Cardboard box exercises.

1-Hour Protection from Sun Exposure

In order to continue to operate in the City of New York, the designated construction worker is required to complete a minimum number of hours of approved site safety training and to carry site safety identification cards as proof of completion of the training (As per New York City Local Law 196 of 2017 also known as ‘LL196’ or ‘Local Law’). This course provides one hour towards the satisfaction of that requirement.

1-Hour First Aid and CPR

In order to continue to operate in the City of New York, the designated construction worker is required to complete a minimum number of hours of approved site safety training and to carry site safety identification cards as proof of completion of the training (As per New York City Local Law 196 of 2017 also known as ‘LL196’ or ‘Local Law’). This course provides one hour towards the satisfaction of that requirement.

1-Hour Excavations

In order to continue to operate in the City of New York, the designated construction worker is required to complete a minimum number of hours of approved site safety training and to carry site safety identification cards as proof of completion of the training (As per New York City Local Law 196 of 2017 also known as ‘LL196’ or ‘Local Law’). 1-Hour Excavations
course provides one hour towards the satisfaction of that requirement.


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