SMART Safety Group

Training


On-Site Class Schedule

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Online Training Classes

Upcoming Classes

Training is essential to an effective safety and health program. Employees need to understand their jobsite hazards. We offer over 40 classes in all areas of safety & health.

Our Training Credo

We believe that strong leaders create safe workplaces, therefore we teach supervisory and leadership skills.

Our Instructors

Our instructors, many of whom hold degrees in Occupational Safety, customize classes to fit each customer’s needs. In most classes, attendees have the opportunity to participate in hands-on demonstrations and exercises. Classes are held at our customer’s facilities or jobsites, as well as our training facility in Mission Valley, San Diego. Class attendees receive course materials and certification cards.

Bilingual Training


We are convinced that adequate workplace safety training, in Spanish, is the most effective tool to help reduce the amount of workplace injuries suffered by Latino workers, which is much higher than it should be. At SMART Safety Group hablamos Español! We speak Spanish! We have many Spanish speaking Safety Instructors that teach over 40 classes.
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Course Descriptions

Alcohol and Drug Awareness
This course will address the effects of drugs and alcohol in the work place. The methods and benefits of instituting a testing/monitoring policy will be discussed as well as ways to deal with a variety of issues that may arise from alcohol/drug abuse in the work place environment.

ARC Flash Protection & Prevention
Learn how current OSHA standards apply to your facility, penalties for noncompliance and NFPA 70. Everyday, workers are exposed to the most dangerous hazard in the workplace – electricity. In this course, you will learn how to work safely around electricity. You will learn OSHA and NFPA 70E requirements, arc flash ratings, lockout/tagout procedures and personal protective equipment for working around electricity.

Behavior Based Safety vs. People Based Safety
This seminar is meant for the mid to senior level safety manager, superintendent, and foreman. Methods of enforcement, punishments, rewards, and the fundamental principles and practices of enforcing safe behavior in the work place will be discussed. Emphasis will be spent on the difference between “behavior” style managers and “people” based managers.

Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety
Workers that work with or are exposed to others working with compressed gas will be taught the CalOSHA standards for compressed gas safety. Storage, maintenance, and work practices will be discussed.

Defensive Driving
This course is not a course on how to drive, but how to drive DEFENSIVELY. You will learn how to adjust to driving circumstances and how to anticipate other drivers’ actions. Students learn such techniques as covering your brakes, following distance, delayed accelerations, safe passing, proper scanning techniques, as well as many other skills.

Electrical Safe Work Practices
This course will teach how to develop an effective electrical safety plan and a Lock Out/Tag Out (LOTO) program. Plan development, maintenance, and editing will all be discussed. This course is aimed at Construction and General Industry as well.

EM385-1-1
Preparation of the Site-Specific Accident Prevention Plan (APP), Introduction to OSHA (OSH Act/General Duty Clause, Competent Person & Recordkeeping), Site Safety Health Officer’s Qualifications & Responsibilities, Hazard Communication, Safe Access and Fall Protection, Excavation and Trenching. This class is designed specifically for contractors doing business with the US Navy, NAVFAC and US Army Corps of Engineers.

Emergency Response and Emergency Action Plans
This course is designed for facility managers and construction sites. Participants will learn the basic formats for a successful Emergency Response Plan (ERP) and Emergency Action Plan (EAP), the differences between the two, how to maintain them, and what items should be discussed in them. Participants will also have access to our Certified Safety Professional for questions and implementation, after the seminar.

Forklift Operator
OSHA requires training for anyone operating a forklift. In this class you will compete against your peers in a forklift rodeo and you will also learn the hazards of operating a forklift. This is the most fun that you may ever have riding a forklift. You will participate in our forklift rodeo for half the class and be taught operating principles the other half of the class. You will learn regulations and load capacities for operating a forklift, in addition to the maintenance and record keeping aspects. You will walk away with a broader understanding of how to safely operate this piece of machinery.

Competent Person for Excavation
Excavation is the fourth leading cause of construction fatalities and the fifth most citable regulation, as well as being an OSHA requirement. This course will discuss the various methods for identifying hazards, classifying soils, and designing protective systems, such as, sloping and shoring. CalOSHA requires a competent person to be on site during all excavation activities. This course will fulfill the educational requirements of CalOSHA.

Fall Protection
Workers will gain an understanding of the CalOSHA regulations regarding fall protection. They will also be exposed to and trained in a variety of fall protection equipment.

Fundamentals of Construction Safety
This course will provide a very basic understanding of what CalOSHA regulations govern work procedures on a typical construction site. Emphasis is on learning to read CalOSHA regulations, what regulations are most applicable, and what areas CalOSHA is most likely to inspect.

Hazard Communications
This course discussed the required elements of a Hazardous Communication Program (HAZCOM) that must be developed for all places where workers may be exposed to hazardous chemicals. This program must be developed in strict accordance with CalOSHA standards. Specifically this program will help you develop a program, implement it, enforce it, and update it. MSDS sheets, labeling requirements, PPE, and training are also discussed.

Hazard Recognition Techniques
This course is designed for foreman, safety managers, and superintendents. Emphasis will be placed on developing, filling out, and maintaining Job Hazard Analysis and Job Safety Analysis. Basic methods for hazard recognition will also be discussed.

Indoor Air Quality
This course discusses how to maintain a clean air environment in offices, manufacturing buildings, warehouses, etc. It is tailored to the type of building that attendees work in and will teach them how to identify and remediate potential problems.

Medic® CPR First Aid Certification
This course is an OSHA requirement. Cal/OSHA requires each employer to ensure the availability of a suitable number of appropriately trained persons to render First Aid on each jobsite. These persons must maintain current certifications in CPR and First Aid. We offer a 2-year certification CPR/First Aid instead of the typical 1-year. This is a nationally accredited course that meets OSHA, MSHA and DOT regulations.

Our Medic® CPR First Aid class is an extremely flexible program that will help you meet OSHA and other federal and state regulatory requirements. Course attendees learn basic first aid practices and the general knowledge and skills needed to respond in respiratory and cardiac emergencies, including airway obstruction, rescue breathing, how to recognize and treat shock, wounds, burns, muscle injuries, poison ingestion and CPR. SMART Safety Group issues each attendee a course completion card.

UPON REQUEST, Children and infant CPR is also available.

Mold Investigation
This course is meant for those professionals that wish to investigate reported mold problems in buildings, homes, and water damaged construction sites. Various sampling methods are discussed along with the standard equipment used to perform a mold investigation. Focus is based on visual inspection, moisture inspection, air sampling, and mold sampling.

OSHA 10-Hour for Construction
OSHA requires this class for good reason. Amongst all industries, construction workers have the highest rate of accidents and the third highest rate of fatalities. This class will provide a general understanding of how to maintain a safe job site that will send workers home safely every day.

This course helps you identify and prevent construction site hazards. It will also help you understand how to work within OSHA standards in order to avoid any costly fines. This course covers the following required subjects: Electrical safety, fall protection, stairways and ladders, Introduction to OSHA and personal protective equipment. We add additional subjects to meet the 10-hour requirement that best fit our student’s backgrounds, including, excavation, crane, scaffolding and tool safety.

OSHA 30 Hour Construction Safety
This course is a detailed overview of the CalOSHA regulations and their application in the construction industry. Emphasis is placed in numerous areas of the construction industry including excavation, scaffolds, electrical, fall protection, PPE, machinery operations, cranes, tools, etc. This course is strongly recommended for foreman, supervisors, and superintendents. Numerous General Contractors are also now requiring at least one OSHA-30 trained person on their job sites.

OSHA Lead in Construction
Construction workers will be trained on the health hazards of lead exposure, safe work practices, personal protective equipment, decontamination, and other requirements of the CalOSHA standard.

Respiratory Hazards
This course is meant for construction workers and manufacturers. Emphasis will be placed on common respirable hazards that have been identified throughout the construction and manufacturing industry. It is recommended that information on your particular work environment be provided prior to the seminar so that we may details it to your needs.

Scaffold Safety
This course will discuss the CalOSHA scaffold requirements, various types of scaffolds, set-up techniques, inspection requirements, and various safety methods used as fall protection. This course is NOT meant as a Competent Person training class, but is rather meant for those who work around and with scaffolding regularly and need a basic understanding of how to identify potential problems.

Sexual Harassment Prevention
The state of California requires sexual harassment training for all supervisory employees. Studies estimate one in four women will experience sexual harassment on the job. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that even if an employer is unaware of sexual harassment taking place the employer’s liability remains. All companies that don’t train their managers on sexual harassment are subject to lawsuits and other liabilities.

You will learn how to define, recognize and prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. While it may be impossible to completely prevent harassment and discrimination claims and lawsuits, this course can help minimize potential workplace conflicts and complaints before they arise which will help reduce your company’s liability exposure.

Slip, Trip, and Fall Prevention
This course will discuss the numerous “short” fall hazards associated with construction site work. It will provide a basic understanding of CalOSHA laws, hazard identification, and hazard management techniques.

Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC)
This course will go over how to develop a SPCC in accordance with all state and federal regulations. Time will be spent discussing what chemicals and hazardous materials must be included in the plan, how to write the plan, plan maintenance, and enforcement.

Storm Water Pollution Prevent Plans (SWPPP)
This course will discuss the California Storm Water Regulations in detail, detailing how the plan shall be implemented, maintained, and enforced.