Demolition Safety (Cal/OSHA) Online Training

This online course gives awareness training on demolition safety under the Cal/OSHA Construction Safety Orders (8 CCR 1734 to 1736, the permit rule in 341(d)(3) and (e)(1), and 1504, 1509 and 3203(a)(7)) and is written for people who work on demolition crews and around demolition work in California.

What you learn

• The qualified person and the written survey
• The Cal/OSHA permit for large demolitions
• Utilities, dangerous substances, asbestos survey and glass
• Stairs, ladders, walkways and entrances
• Wall and floor openings
• Dropping debris: chutes, barricades, housekeeping and dust
• Top-down order, walls and debris storage
• Removing floors and steel
• Demolition with equipment
• Asbestos, lead, silica and falls: other rules apply
• A final lesson listing what to review with your supervisor at your company

How it works

• You take the course online, at your own pace, on a phone or a computer.
• The final exam opens after at least 60 minutes of active study in the lessons.
• Each topic lesson ends with practice questions that do not count toward your score.
• The final exam has 25 questions drawn at random. You need 80 percent to pass, and you get 3 attempts.
• When you pass, you get a certificate of completion from M Squared Safety Solutions, Inc. The certificate expires 1 year after it is issued.
• This course is also available in Spanish: Seguridad en la demolición (Cal/OSHA): capacitación en línea.

Questions

Call an M Squared trainer at 949-954-6581, Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM Pacific time. A trainer answers in English and Spanish.

Your employer's part

This online course does not replace the training your employer must give on your own job: site-specific training, and hands-on practice and evaluation where the rule requires them.

What this course does not do

This course does not make you the qualified person whom Title 8 gives the immediate supervision of demolition work and the survey of the structure (8 CCR 1734). Your employer must have a qualified person make a written survey of the structure before demolition starts and keep it on the job-site (1734(b)), and must train you under its Injury and Illness Prevention Program (3203(a)(7)). The course does not train you to run a crane, a wrecking ball or any other machine. It does not teach the work rules for asbestos, lead or silica, or blasting. Those have their own rules and training. This is the Cal/OSHA course, and federal OSHA's demolition rules differ. The course is online only.