Welding and Hot Work Safety in General Industry (Cal/OSHA) Online Training

This online course teaches welding, cutting and brazing safety in California general industry under the Cal/OSHA General Industry Safety Orders (8 CCR 4794 to 4799, 4845, 4848 and 4850 to 4853, with 3382 Table EP-1, 5150, 5144 and 5157). It is written for general industry workers who weld, cut, braze or heat metal, and for the people who work around them, such as helpers and the fire watch.

What you learn

• Hot work rules, your employer's procedure and training
• Preventing fires from welding and cutting
• The fire watch and your employer's procedure
• Fire extinguishers
• Gas cylinders: moving, storing and placing them
• Fuel gas equipment: regulators, hoses and torches
• Arc and resistance welding equipment
• Eye, face and body protection
• Welding fumes, ventilation and respirators
• Welding in confined spaces
• 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 soldadura y trabajos en caliente en la industria general (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

Your employer still sets the hot work procedure for your plant, authorizes hot work, assigns a fire watch and instructs you on your equipment. This course does not qualify you to weld and does not replace hands-on practice with a torch or an extinguisher. The rule sets no minimum training time. The training duty is Section 3203(a)(7), and annual extinguisher education is Section 6151(g). This course covers general industry, not the Construction Safety Orders for welding on construction sites. This is the Cal/OSHA course, and federal OSHA's rules differ in several places. A federal OSHA version of this course is sold separately. The course is online only.