Working with electricity can be dangerous, whether you are working with it directly or indirectly. However, with a healthy respect for electricity and a basic understanding of how it works, you can take precautions to protect yourself from electrical hazards.

Learning Objectives
  • Understand how electricity works
  • Identify electrical hazards
  • Apply electrical safety guidelines
Language: English
Estimate Time (Hrs.): 1.4

If a device starts up unexpectedly, you can be severely injured. Fortunately, lockout/tagout procedures prevent devices from accidentally starting up. As long as the processes are followed correctly, lockout/tagout procedures play a valuable role in protecting you from workplace hazards.

Learning Objectives
  • Understand the lockout/tagout process
  • Identify the main components of an electrical and a pneumatic lockout/tagout
  • Follow the steps to perform an electrical lockout/tagout
  • Complete a pneumatic lockout/tagout
Language: English
Estimate Time (Hrs.): 1

A workplace fire can have nightmarish consequences. To avoid tragic results, employers need to train their employees on fire hazards in the workplace and what to do in case a fire does occur.

Learning Objectives
  • Know how a fire starts
  • Explain the difference between the classes of fire
  • Apply fire safety guidelines
  • Practice a fire drill
Language: English
Estimate Time (Hrs.): 0.9

Selecting the wrong type of fire extinguisher for a fire or using it incorrectly can make a bad situation worse. Using a fire extinguisher is not just about picking up the nearest one and using it to fight a fire. Selecting the right fire extinguisher for the fire and following the PASS sequence can make a big difference in your firefighting success.

Learning Objectives
  • Understand how a fire extinguisher works
  • Match a fire extinguisher to a class of fire
  • Use a fire extinguisher
Language: English
Estimate Time (Hrs.): 0.9