Excavator Safety… Operating and Spotting for Excavators

This interactive course on Excavator Safety… Operating and Spotting for Excavators discusses how to prepare to operate a dump truck as well as how to use one safely. It also provides practical guidance on how to act as a “spotter” for an excavator while keeping yourself, the operator, and others in the area safe. Many jobsites use heavy equipment to help haul, dig, and transport materials. They make jobs more efficient, but they can also make them more dangerous. In fact, construction workers frequently suffer injuries while operating or spotting for an excavator. But it doesn’t have to be that way… because there are ways for workers to anticipate and navigate these hazards safely. Areas covered in the course include preparing to operate an excavator, operating an excavator, being a spotter for an excavator operator, and more. 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.