Workplace Safety Inspections - Construction (SIT) Independent Study

Graduates are certified as an "Safety Inspections Technician"

A workplace inspection is a critical part of a comprehensive safety and health program in which the workplace is examined closely on a regular basis for the purpose of:

• Identifying and recording potential and actual hazards associated with buildings, equipment, environment, processes, and practices
• Identifying any hazards which require immediate attention, whether they are unsafe conditions or unsafe acts
• Ensuring that existing hazard controls are functioning adequately; and where appropriate, recommending corrective action

Within any safety program, there may in fact be a variety of types of inspections, for example:

• Spot inspections may be undertaken on a random basis as part of general safety responsibilities;
• Pre­operation checks of special equipment or work processes are often necessary before work is carried out;
• Critical parts inspections are regular planned inspections of those critical parts of a machine, piece of equipment, or system which have a high potential for serious accidents. They are often part of planned or preventive maintenance procedures, or hazard control programs;
• New equipment inspections are thorough inspections and checks before operations begin;
• Regular planned inspections are done on a regular basis in a defined workplace and cover all conditions including work practices and procedures.

There is no more important skill to the safety professional than the ability to discover and remedy hazards before they can injure workers. The course materials include inspection forms with CFR references designed for twenty different areas of your facility.

This course can also be taken as one section of the Safety Auditor course.

The fee for SIT certification is -

Downloadable version - $245.00
Shipped CD -              $245.00 + $12.95 S/H

There is an exam that can be faxed or e-mailed to NASP for grading. The estimated time required to complete the course is 12 hours, but can be done at the student's own pace. Students will be given six months from time of purchase to complete the course.

Two (2) CEUs are offered through the University of North Carolina at Wilmington for this course. If you are interested in receiving CEUs for this course, upon successful completion of the exam please obtain form and instructions from a Member Services Representative by calling 800-922-2219 (Extension Four).

If you are in the US, enroll now and download your course or order it on CD

If you are outside the US, please enroll with our international order form

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