8-Hour Fall Prevention - Online (023)

Local law 196 requires workers and supervisor to receive safety training at construction sites that are required to designate a construction superintendent, site safety coordinator or site safety manager. By September 1, 2020 all workers will need total of 40 Hour of training to qualify for the Site Safety Training (SST) card. Supervisors must have a total of 62 hours of training by June 1, 2019 to obtain a Supervisor SST training card. This is an awareness level training only.

8 hour Fall Prevention:

The leading cause of death in the construction industry is from falls. The 8 Hour fall prevention training course provides training for workers on how to recognize and avoid fall hazards on job sites.

Learning Objectives for 8 hour Fall Prevention:

• Identify fall hazards and terms associated with falls in construction
• Become familiar with OSHA , DOB regulations and regulatory requirements associated with fall prevention.
• Employer responsibility for worker protection

• After registration, students will receive information on signing onto the webinar via ZOOM. 
• Please note access to a PC with webcam and audio will be necessary to attend the live webinar. 
• Students will be required to show NY state ID (example: Drivers License) at the start of the Webinar.