Heat Stress in Construction Environments
This interactive course on Heat Stress in Construction Environments discusses how the body’s cooling system operates and responds to heat, types of heat-related illnesses and how to treat them, and how to prepare to work in hot construction environments safely. Using a powerful combination of audio, full-motion video, text and colorful graphics, this course provides the most cost-effective safety and regulatory compliance training available today. The course is divided into a number of logical sections so information is easily understood... and retained.
By: MARCOM | Format: Online | Duration: 30 minutes | Certification: 24 Months | Language: EnglishWhat you'll learn
This course provides practical guidance on how to assist coworkers suffering from heat-related illnesses. Our bodies are strong, flexible and capable of performing a variety of demanding tasks... but heat stress can interfere with its natural processes. When this happens, the results can be serious, even fatal. But they don’t have to be. Areas covered in the course include how heat affects the body’s “cooling system”, types of heat-related illnesses and their symptoms, treating heat-related illnesses, how to prepare for working in hot environments and more.
Course topics
- Construction Safety training
- Workplace Safety training
- Safety and Regulatory Compliance training
- Heat Stress in Construction Environments
- Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke, and Heat-related Illnesses
