Fire Watch and Hot Work in Construction (Federal OSHA) Online Training

This online course is the classroom part of training for construction workers who do hot work or serve as a fire watch. It follows the federal OSHA construction rules on welding, cutting and fire protection (29 CFR 1926.350 to 1926.354 and 1926.150), including the fire watch in 1926.352(e), with fire extinguisher use and confined space hot work cross checks.

What you learn

• Hot work rules, your area survey and your employer's permit
• Clearing, shielding and covering openings
• The fire watch: who, when and what they are told
• Where the fire watch stands, how long, and the sides you cannot see
• Fire extinguishers: ready, rated and the right type
• Fight or leave, P.A.S.S. and live practice
• Gas cylinders: moving, storing and placing them
• Calling for help and getting out
• Hot work in confined and enclosed spaces: the cross check
• 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 you finish 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 the final exam, you finish the online classroom part. M Squared Safety Solutions, Inc. issues your certificate of completion after it reviews your employer's signed hands-on checklist. The certificate expires 1 year after it is issued.
• This course is also available in Spanish: Vigilancia de incendios y trabajo en caliente en la construcción (OSHA federal): capacitación en línea.

The hands-on part, at your workplace

• This product is the online classroom part. Your employer evaluates your hands-on skills at your workplace with the M Squared hands-on checklist: download the checklist (PDF).
• Your employer emails the signed checklist to matt@msquaredsafety.com and monica@msquaredsafety.com. You upload nothing.
• M Squared reviews the checklist, then marks the course complete and your certificate is issued.

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

The federal construction rules do not set a clearing distance, a number of minutes for the fire watch or a hot work permit form. The course says so, and your employer sets those for your site. The course does not teach arc welding equipment, eye protection or fumes. Your employer completes your hands-on practice, including a live discharge with your employer's own extinguisher, and confirms it with the M Squared hands-on checklist. This is the Federal OSHA course. California workers should take the Cal/OSHA version, and if you work in a state with its own OSHA-approved plan, that state may have different or more stringent rules.