Silica Train-the-Trainer Course Coming to Chesapeake

Words: Jeff BuczkiewiczThe Mason Contractors Association of America’s (MCAA) Silica Train-the-Trainer Course will be held in Chesapeake on Tuesday, September 25, 2018.

OSHA’s silica rule will require all jobsites to have:
  1. A written exposure control plan.
  2. A competent person who has been trained on the exposure control plan and silica on a jobsite.
The MCAA’s Silica Train-the-Trainer Course is a six-hour program that will train a key employee to train other employees to be a competent person with regard to the written exposure control plan.Certificates will be provided to those who complete the program.

MCAA Members
$350.00
Non-Members
$700.00
Non-Members (MCAA Membership Included)
$850.00

SPACE IS LIMITED. Contact the MCAA at 800-536-2225 or visit www.masoncontractors.org/train-the-trainer for more information.
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