CTAP 130 - Worksite Behavior, Readiness and Safety

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 2.500
LAB hours per week: 5
This course will provide instruction in worksite behaviors and expectations: preparing for the workday, communications skills, teamwork skills, pro-active attitude, attendance expectations, integrity, resume writing, mock job interview, appropriate work attire, and what employers are really looking for when hiring. To include, but not limited to, behaviors and actions that could disqualify, lead to disciplinary actions, or even terminate an individual from a job. Also, to be included is health and safety needed for the trades. Topics include physical fitness, healthy eating habits, worksite assessment, identifying workplace hazards, hazard prevention and DOC safety training. Proper use and fit of personal protective equipment will be discussed.
Course Outcomes:

Explain how to meet the physical requirement needed to enter construction industry and /or apprenticeships
Develop sufficient endurance and stamina to enter an apprenticeship program
Apply proper techniques for safe handling, and movement of building materials and equipment
Apply elements of hazard prevention
Use personal protective equipment
Complete Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10 Training for Jobsite Hazard Recognition for the Trades
Model appropriate worksite behaviors and expectations
Prepare for the workday
Document jobsite activities to employer verbally and in writing using industry standard work records
Apply teamwork techniques to a construction project
Demonstrate punctuality and jobsite readiness
Write resume for a job in the construction industry
Demonstrate interview techniques
Complete Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training

Course Topics:

Stretch and flex exercises
Lifting techniques lumber, plywood, rebar, nails, screws and other building materials
Load, unload and operate wheelbarrow safely
Healthy eating habits for labor intensive careers
Health hazards in construction
Clean and organized work area
OSHA 10 coursework including Focus Four (the four leading causes of death in construction) falls, Electrocution, Struck-by and/or Caught in or between, PPE, OSHA purpose
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Agility course
Professional development practices
Reliability, attitude, adaptability, productivity, professionalism, and problem-solving practices
Workday preparation
Communication skills and team building
Appropriate work attire
Employer expectations
Resume writing
Interview techniques
Examples of jobsite disciplinary issues
Initiative and proactive attitude
Importance of healthy eating habits for labor intensive careers
Importance of initiative and a pro-active attitude
Sexual Harassment Awareness