OHSA 10-Hour Safety Training Program

The OSHA 10-hour safety training is provided by an innovative partnership with the local unions of Northern California MCA. The Joint Labor Management Apprentice Training Committee for each local has agreed to provide certified 10 hour training to all of their new apprentices during their first year of employment.

The Northern California MCA Safety Committee researched and developed an extensive curriculum that has been adopted by all of the Training Committees. Based primarily on the Construction Industry Partnership's "Smart Mark" system, the training covers 14 important topics. This common curriculum provides all employees with a dependable level of safety competence.

The 14 topics are:

• Introduction to OSHA & General Duty Clause (SM-C)
• Confined Space (SM-C)
• Hazardous Material Communication (SM-D)
• Personal Protective Equipment (SM-E)
• Fire Safety (SM-F)
• Material Handling (SM-H)
• Tool Safety (SM-I)
• Electrical Safety (SM-K)
• Scaffold Safety (SM-L)
• Fall Protection (SM-M)
• Trenching and Excavation (SM-P)
• Stairways and Ladders (SM-X)
• Scissor Lift and JLG Certification by Supplier
• Job Hazard Analysis