COURSES OFFERED BY NC STATE INDUSTRY EXPANSION SOLUTIONS - PAGE 2

This course focuses on the OSHA Excavation standard and on the safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching. Participants are introduced to practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of shored and unshored slopes and walls of excavations.

This course covers the requirements for safe construction and use of scaffolding using OSHA’s construction scaffold standards as a guide. Upon course completion, participants will have the ability to identify the types of scaffolds and their components, determine safe assembly, use, and disassemb...

This course is designed to provide participants with the ability to conduct an electrical safety inspection according to OSHA and consensus standards, in order to keep the workplace free of electrical hazards.  

This course provides an overview of state-of-the-art technology for fall protection and current OSHA requirements. At the conclusion of the course, the participant will be able to identify fall protection requirements mandated by OSHA standards.

This course covers common health hazards that are encountered in the workplace including chemical, biological, physical and ergonomic hazards.  Students participate in workshops on evaluation and abatement of workplace health hazards.

This course will provide participants with information about the process for transitioning to safer chemicals, as well as the key methods, tools, and databases that can assist in this process.

This course focuses on describing noise hazards in the workplace. Course includes OSHA occupational noise exposure standards, properties of sound, noise-induced hearing loss, noise exposure control, selection and use of hearing protection, and sound level surveys and noise dosimetry.

This course provides an introduction to basic accident investigation procedures and describes accident analysis techniques. The goal of this course is to help participants gain the basic skills necessary to conduct an effective accident investigation at their workplace.

This course is designed to help you work smarter and not harder. This can also be an excellent refresher for those who have already had project management training.

This toolkit features video lectures contributed by Industry Expansion Solutions, the NC Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the NC Military Business Center, and the Laboratory of Analytic Sciences at NC State University.