Courses for construction sites: site safety, excavation and trenching, demolition, scaffolds, cranes and rigging, traffic control, silica, contractor management and the prime contractor’s duties. Each one is built around decisions a crew makes on a real site.
34 courses
Ground Disturbance & Locates Awareness (about 1 hour) — Ground-disturbance and locates awareness for everyone who disturbs the ground or works near it — construction (residential, ICI and heavy-civil), utilities, pipeline, municipal…
Contractor Prequalification & Selection (about 45 minutes) — For the people who assess and choose contractors BEFORE hiring — owners, prime contractors, procurement, and coordinators.
Demolition Safety Awareness (about 45 minutes) — For anyone working on or around a demolition. Demolition is uniquely dangerous because you are deliberately removing the very structure that was holding things up — so the…
Demolition Supervisor / Competent Person (about 55 minutes) — For the demolition supervisor and competent person who owns the demolition. Where the awareness anchor explains why demolition is uniquely high-risk, the survey course plans it…
Overhead Crane User Awareness (about 1 hour 10 minutes) — Overhead crane user awareness for every worker who operates or works around bridge, gantry, jib and monorail cranes — with pendant, radio or cab control — in manufacturing…
Pre-Demolition Survey & Hazardous Materials (about 45 minutes) — For the people who plan and survey a demolition before work starts — competent persons, supervisors, estimators, and surveyors.
Contractor Safety Management Fundamentals (about 50 minutes) — For owners, prime contractors, supervisors, and coordinators — anyone who hires or works alongside contractors on a multi-employer worksite.
Spotter / Signaller for Mobile Equipment (about 1 hour 20 minutes) — Dedicated role training for the designated spotter / signaller (ground guide) who directs the movement of mobile and heavy equipment.
Supervising Mobile Equipment Operations (about 1 hour 30 minutes) — Oversight and program training for supervisors and site leads accountable for mobile and heavy equipment operations — a program lens, not an operator course.
Scaffold Supervisor / Lead Hand (about 1 hour 20 minutes) — Training for the supervisor and lead hand who runs the scaffold system — the person who designates the competent person, assigns trained workers, plans the work, runs the scaffold…
Pneumatic & Powder-Actuated Tools (about 1 hour 15 minutes) — A tool-specific deep dive for workers who use pneumatic (air) tools and powder-actuated tools (PAT) — framers, carpenters, and concrete and finishing trades.
Prime Contractor Duties & Program Oversight (about 55 minutes) — For the prime contractor and senior site leadership who own the contractor-management program — the people the buck stops with on a multi-employer / construction project.
Scaffold Competent Person / Inspector (about 1 hour 30 minutes) — Knowledge training for the scaffold competent person and inspector — the person who inspects a scaffold, decides whether it may be used, applies the tag, and documents the…
Temporary Work Platform Awareness (about 1 hour 10 minutes) — Temporary work platform awareness training for every worker who needs to reach work at height with something other than a ladder or a full scaffold — in construction, maintenance…
Load-Chart & Load-Weight Awareness (about 1 hour 15 minutes) — Load-chart and load-weight awareness for everyone involved in planning and making crane lifts — operators, riggers, lift directors and supervisors — in construction, steel…
Scaffold User & Platform Awareness (about 1 hour) — Scaffold user and temporary work platform awareness training for every worker who steps onto a scaffold someone else built — in construction, masonry, industrial maintenance…
Crane & Hoisting Safety Awareness (about 1 hour) — Crane and hoisting safety awareness training for every worker who works NEAR lifting operations — in construction, steel fabrication and manufacturing, oil and gas, utilities…
Scaffold Hazard Awareness (about 1 hour 15 minutes) — Scaffold hazard recognition training for every worker who works on, under, or around scaffolds and temporary work platforms — in construction, masonry, industrial maintenance…
Rigging & Slinging Fundamentals (about 1 hour 15 minutes) — Rigging and slinging fundamentals for every worker who connects a load to a hook — riggers, apprentices, and the trades who sling loads for cranes and hoists in construction…
Excavation & Trenching Awareness (about 1 hour) — Excavation and trenching awareness for everyone who works in, around or near excavations and trenches — construction (residential, ICI and heavy-civil), utilities, pipeline…
Competent Person — Excavation & Trench Safety (about 1 hour 20 minutes) — Knowledge training for the worker an employer designates as the competent person for excavation and trench safety — the person who reads the excavation every day: inspects it…
Demolition Methods & Hazard Controls (about 50 minutes) — For the workers and operators doing the demolition. Where the awareness anchor explains why demolition is uniquely high-risk and the survey course plans it, this course is the…
Excavation Supervisor Responsibilities (about 1 hour 10 minutes) — Excavation-supervisor oversight for supervisors, foremen, superintendents and site leads accountable for excavation work — who run the crew, the plan and the program — on…
Working Safely Around Mobile Equipment (about 1 hour 15 minutes) — Working-safely-around-mobile-equipment training for workers ON FOOT — labourers, trades, and ground crew — not operators.
Bench & Portable Saws (about 1 hour 15 minutes) — A tool-specific deep dive for workers who use circular saws, table saws, mitre/chop saws and reciprocating saws — carpenters, framers, and finishing trades.
Signal Person / Crane Signaller (about 1 hour 15 minutes) — Signal person and crane signaller training for the worker who is the crane operator's eyes — directing lifts with the standard hand signals or by radio — in construction, steel…
Oxy-Fuel & Cutting Safety (about 1 hour 15 minutes) — Knowledge-level oxy-fuel and cutting safety aligned with Manitoba WSH Regulation (welding and allied processes; fire and explosion control), CSA W117.2, NFPA 51B, and Compressed…
Fall Protection (about 1 hour 50 minutes) — Fall Protection is the training course for workers who use fall protection systems — full-body harnesses, lanyards and energy absorbers, lifelines, anchors, travel restraint and…
Supervisor Safety Leadership (about 1 hour 15 minutes) — Supervisor Safety Leadership is the Manitoba flagship course for every person who directs the work of others — lead hands, foremen, plant managers, project supervisors, JHA…
Fall Protection Awareness — Working at Heights (about 1 hour 30 minutes) — This is the awareness course in Orientra’s fall protection series. It is for people who work at or near heights but do not use a fall protection system — travel restraint or fall…
Construction Site Safety (about 2 hours) — Construction site safety training aligned with the Manitoba WSH Act, WSH Regulation MR 217/2006, and CSA S269.2 (Access Scaffolding).
Silica Dust Awareness and Control (about 1 hour 30 minutes) — Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) awareness and control training aligned with the Manitoba WSH Act and WSH Regulation MR 217/2006 (silica as a designated material, with the…
Traffic Control Safety (about 1 hour 10 minutes) — Being struck by a vehicle is one of the most serious hazards a worker faces — on a roadway work zone, on a construction site, or in a busy yard where vehicles and people mix.