Construction OSHA 10-Hour Course
A practical outreach awareness course for people beginning construction work. Learn to recognize and avoid the Focus Four hazards—falls, electrocution, struck-by, and caught-in/between—alongside the everyday controls that make a 29 CFR 1926 jobsite safer.
Course snapshot
A jobsite-ready awareness baseline
Start with the common language of construction safety, then layer in the employer, site, equipment, and task-specific training that the work actually requires.
Prerequisites
None
Entry-level awareness training; employer and site onboarding remain separate.
Duration
10 contact hours
The ten modules below add up to the full contact-hour total.
Completion record
Certificate / OSHA 10 card
May document outreach completion; it is not an OSHA certification or license.
Standards anchor
29 CFR 1926
Construction rules, with site-specific procedures still required.
Why this course matters
Recognize the four hazards that shape construction work
The construction outreach curriculum is awareness content: it helps workers spot hazards, understand the controls their employer provides, and know when to stop and ask for direction. It is not exhaustive legal advice and does not replace the qualified or competent-person duties assigned by a site or standard.
The standards anchor that work in 29 CFR 1926, including Subparts K (electrical), M (fall protection), P (excavations), L (scaffolds), X (stairways and ladders), E (PPE), and CC (cranes and derricks).
Falls
Edges, openings, roofs, ladders, scaffolds, and unprotected elevation changes.
Electrocution
Temporary power, overhead lines, damaged tools, and exposed energized parts.
Struck-by
Moving equipment, suspended loads, falling materials, and work-zone traffic.
Caught-in/between
Excavation walls, machinery, swing radii, pinch points, and collapsing materials.
The ten-hour outline
Ten modules, one coherent construction baseline
Contact-hour total: 10 hours
- 01
Introduction to OSHA
29 CFR 1926 Subpart C; §1926.20Worker rights, employer duties, inspections, reporting channels, and how the construction standards frame hazard recognition, correction, and communication on a changing jobsite.
1 hour - 02
Electrical Safety
29 CFR 1926 Subpart K; §§1926.404, .416Recognize electrocution exposures from temporary power, damaged equipment, overhead lines, and unguarded parts; review grounding, GFCI, clearance, and qualified-person boundaries.
1.25 hours - 03
Fall Protection
29 CFR 1926 Subpart M; §§1926.501–.503Identify leading edges, floor openings, roofs, and other fall exposures; introduce guardrails, safety nets, personal fall arrest systems, rescue planning, and training duties.
1.25 hours - 04
Excavations
29 CFR 1926 Subpart P; §§1926.650–.652Build awareness of cave-in, water, access, spoil-pile, and underground-utility hazards, with protective-system and competent-person concepts kept at an introductory level.
1 hour - 05
Cranes and Rigging Awareness
29 CFR 1926 Subpart CC; §§1926.1400–.1442Recognize struck-by and caught-in/between exposures around lifting operations, including load paths, swing radii, power-line clearance, signal communication, and site coordination.
1 hour - 06
Materials Handling, Storage, Use, and Disposal
29 CFR 1926 Subpart H; §§1926.250–.252Review stable stacking, housekeeping, manual handling, material movement, falling-object prevention, and disposal practices that reduce struck-by and caught-between hazards.
1 hour - 07
Hand and Power Tools
29 CFR 1926 Subpart I; §§1926.300–.307Spot common tool hazards, guards, cords, pneumatic equipment, powder-actuated tools, inspection needs, and the limits of using a tool outside its intended design.
45 minutes - 08
Personal Protective Equipment
29 CFR 1926 Subpart E; §§1926.95–.107Connect hazard assessment to head, eye, hearing, hand, foot, high-visibility, and fall-protection equipment, including selection, fit, inspection, care, and limitations.
45 minutes - 09
Scaffolds
29 CFR 1926 Subpart L; §§1926.451–.454Recognize scaffold access, platform, stability, guardrail, falling-object, and inspection concerns; distinguish worker awareness from competent-person responsibilities.
1 hour - 10
Stairways and Ladders
29 CFR 1926 Subpart X; §§1926.1051–.1060Cover safe selection, setup, access, three-point contact, landing access, defects, and the conditions that make a stairway or ladder unsafe to use.
1 hour
Focus Four awareness is threaded through electrical, fall, excavation, lifting, and materials-handling topics.
The outline uses 29 CFR 1926 anchors without presenting the course as a substitute for task-specific instruction.
Employers still determine site access, equipment authorization, and required qualified or competent-person training.
Completion and next steps
A completion record is useful. It is not the whole qualification.
Successful outreach completion may produce an OSHA 10-hour completion card or certificate through the applicable authorized provider. The record documents awareness training; it is not an OSHA certification and does not replace employer, site, equipment, or task-specific training.
Signed-in Sentinel Safety users can record completion below with the course module attached to this page.
Before you enroll
Questions workers and employers ask about OSHA 10
Confirm the requirements of the actual employer and site before relying on a course card for access or assignment.
Keep learning
Connect the outline to the work in front of you
Use these focused construction safety guides to add operational context to the awareness topics in the course.
Start with a safer first shift
Put a clear construction safety baseline in place.
Enroll through Sentinel Safety, then keep the course record connected to the procedures, checklists, and site-specific follow-through your team needs.