Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 121-2-.10 - Utility Foreman Safety Training Course
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through April 4, 2022
(1) The Safety Training Course required of
persons applying for utility foreman certification must be a course with at
least 12 hours of actual instruction including Competent Person in Trenching
and Excavation and Confined Space Entry Training. The course must give adequate
instruction on methods of design of protective systems, procedures for
conducting initial inspections, soil assessment methods, methods for checking
for the presence of fissures, methods of assessing the capacity of the system
to resist load, methods of assessing the stability of adjoining structures, and
methods of conducting daily inspections and inspection based on changing
circumstances, as covered by 29CFP11926(P). The course instructor must have
field experience, training experience, and educational background and have
completed a Safety Training Course, acceptable to the division.
(2) In order to be approved as a Safety
Training Course, the course outline and procedures, participate workbook, and
instructor's qualifications must be submitted to the utility division. If the
course and the instructor are acceptable to the division, the course will
receive probationary approval for one year. Continuation of the approval beyond
the initial one year period will be based on the board review of the course and
instructor, any audit by the division of the course, participants attending. As
a condition of approval, the division reserves the right to have members or
staff attend courses unannounced and without charge. If the division determines
that the course is not adequate or the instructor is not qualified, the
division may cancel its approval at any time. If the course or instructor are
not accepted by OSHA as adequate for competent person training, or confined
space entry training, the division may cancel its approval of the course or
instructor at any time. Persons conducting a course for which approval has been
denied or canceled may request to meet with the division to discuss the
course.
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