Part 2 - Walking-Working Surfaces

Part 2 - Walking-Working Surfaces

In Seat Price: $130
Full Day Course
MTI Level Two Elective Course (Compliance Track - General Industry)

Optional:
Online Course Price: $90

Course Description:

Part 2 - Walking-Working Surfaces is a performance rule set and intended to provide information regarding safety in all places of employment where employees access horizontal and vertical walking-working surfaces. The rules are an adoption of the Federal OSHA’s Walking-Working Surface Rules and provides minimum performance guidance for employers to follow where employees use fixed and portable ladders, mobile ladder stands and mobile ladder stand platforms, step bolts and manhole steps, stairways and dockboards, scaffolds and rope decent systems. Emphasis is placed on duty to have fall protection and falling object protection, fall protection and falling object protection criteria and practices, and training requirements.

Participants will:

• Discuss employer responsibilities related to Part 2.
• Review employee responsibilities.
• Discuss specific rules of established standards.
• Identify hazards and control methods associated with maintenance and repairs of fixed and portable ladders.
• Identify construction parameters of systems used for walking and working surfaces, gaining elevation, skylights, and associated protective measures.
• Provide the student with the ability to navigate standards in order to apply established standards in the workplace.

All meetings are accessible and barrier free. Please contact the cosponsor or the CET Division, at least 30 days in advance, to request necessary accommodations.

The meeting site and parking are accessible. Individuals attending the meeting are requested to refrain from using heavily scented personal care products, in order to enhance accessibility for everyone. People with disabilities requiring additional services (such as materials in alternative format) in order to participate in the meeting should call 517-284-7720 at least 30 days before the program. The Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) is an equal opportunity employer/program.

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