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Trenching and Shoring Safety in Construction Environments

Product Line: Construction Environments

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Twenty percent of workplace fatalities in the US involve construction workers, but their chances of getting killed on the job more than double when they're working in a trench. An average of two employees are killed every month when the trench they're working in collapses on them.

But many of these deaths and thousands of injuries can be prevented. Employees need to understand the hazards that can be encountered in trenching work as well as the OSHA regulations and safe work practices that can prevent accidents from occurring.

"Trenching and Shoring Safety in Construction Environments" training from MARCOM provides employees with this important information.

All of the products... our original DVDs and full-length online courses as well as the new "Micro-Learning" and "Adaptive Learning" courses... discuss topics that are integral to employees' understanding of these issues.

Topics covered in these products include:

  • The hazards of trenching.
  • The "competent person" and worksite inspection.
  • Soil types and protective systems.
  • Ongoing inspection and testing.
  • Access, egress, setback and equipment.
  • Working defensively.
  • and more.

"Trenching and Shoring Safety in Construction Environments" online, VOD training and DVD courses are available in English and Spanish. Kits and Booklets are available in English only.

The "Trenching and Shoring in Construction Environments" MicroLearning curriculum includes the following 3 - 5 minute courses:

  • "The Hazards of Trenching"
  • "The Competent Person and Inspecting the Worksite"
  • "Soil Types and Protective Systems"
  • "Ongoing Inspection and Testing"
  • "Access, Egress, Setback and Equipment"
  • "Working Defensively"
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Interactive Online Course

Model Number: cst_269_int_en
Runtime: 45 minutes
Interactive Online Course

MARCOM's mobile-friendly online delivery makes a consistent level of engaging interactive training available to each employee, regardless of their schedules or physical location… and new hires can be trained as soon as they walk in the door.

With no setup, library or subscription fees, this training is available under a number of convenient and affordable licensing and delivery plans.

For a demo on MARCOM's Online Training System,
or to preview any of the available topics click here.

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Adaptive Learning

Model Number: cst_269_adl_en
Runtime: 10-45 minutes
Adaptive Learning

“Adaptive Learning” takes advantage of an employee’s existing knowledge to create training courses that are customized for that employee, and don’t “reteach” them things that they already know. In other words, the Adaptive Learning process determines what an employee already knows about a topic, then structures courses that contain only the information that the employee needs to complete their knowledge of the topic.

These individually customized courses eliminate the largest employee complaint about safety training (“I already know most of this stuff, so why do I have to go through this training again?!”), while potentially recapturing thousands of hours of lost productivity.

MARCOM’s Adaptive Learning courses test employees before they take the course. Then based on the questions that they answer correctly, the course itself determines if the employee knows enough about the information in each chapter in the course to “test out” of that chapter… and if they do, automatically reconfigures the course to skip those chapters.

Reconfiguring the courses in this way typically saves about 50% of an employee’s time in taking a course. Over a year’s time this can recapture a significant amount of lost productivity time for a company of any size, and result in hundreds of thousands of dollars of annual savings.

 

For a demo on MARCOM's Online Training System,
or to preview any of the available topics click here.

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VOD/Video Streaming

Model Number: cst_269_vid_en
Runtime: 22 minutes
VOD/Video Streaming
MARCOM's online VOD/video streaming provides a consistent level of training to each employee, whatever their schedules or physical location… and new hires can be trained as soon as they walk in the door.

Available without setup, library or subscription fees, this training is available under a number of convenient and affordable licensing and delivery plans.
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MicroLearning Curricula (SCORM)

Runtime: 3 - 5 minutes per course
Number of Courses: 6
MicroLearning Curricula (SCORM)
MARCOM’s new MicroLearning courses get employees the training they need, when and where they need it. Built specifically for smartphones and organized into 170 curricula, the more than 1,000 three-to-five-minute micro-courses are available in “Video-Only” or SCORM “Video-Plus-Test” formats.

With no setup or library fees, this training is available under several attractive licensing and delivery options.

To take a look at one of the “Video+Test” MicroLearning curricula and its courses, just click here. For more information or to get a quote on implementing micro-learning at your facility call 800/654-2448.
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MicroLearning Curricula (VOD)

Runtime: 3 - 5 minutes per course
Number of Courses: 6
MicroLearning Curricula (VOD)
MARCOM’s new MicroLearning courses get employees the training they need, when and where they need it. Built specifically for smartphones and organized into 170 curricula, the more than 1,000 three-to-five-minute micro-courses are available in “Video-Only” or SCORM “Video-Plus-Test” formats.

With no setup or library fees, this training is available under several attractive licensing and delivery options.

To take a look at one of the “Video-Only” MicroLearning curricula and its courses, just click here. For more information or to get a quote on implementing micro-learning at your facility call 800/654-2448.
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DVD Program

Model Number: V0002699ET
Price: $229.00
Runtime: 22 minutes
DVD Program

DVD programs include an easy-to-use leader's guide, as well as a training certificate, scheduling and attendance forms, and an employee quiz.  These materials are available in PDF format and are stored in a folder on the DVD.

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DVD Training Kit

Model Number: K0002699ET
Price: $329.00
Runtime: 22 minutes
DVD Training Kit

MARCOM's Safety Meeting and Regulatory Compliance Kits provide all of the materials needed to promote and conduct a safety meeting.

Each Kit contains a DVD program, 5 posters and 30 booklets. Many Regulatory Compliance Kits also contain a Compliance Manual, including a complete "fill-in-the-blank" written program.  

DVD programs are packaged in an attractive three-ring binder and come with an easy-to-use leader's guide, training certificate, scheduling and attendance forms, and an employee quiz.

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Booklet

Model Number: B0002690EX
Price: $18.75
Booklet

MARCOM's employee booklets summarize vital information about safety and regulatory compliance topics.

The 16-page, fully-illustrated booklets give employees something to take with them after finishing their training sessions, and reinforce important safety messages. Booklets correspond to each Safety Meeting Kit and Regulatory Compliance Kit topic.

  • Each package contains 15 booklets.
  • All booklets include a one-page quiz.