Respirable Crystalline Silica Competent Person Awareness
Documents silica competent-person awareness training under OSHA silica concepts. Employer must maintain the written exposure control plan and designate competent person authority.
Every module, in order, with its runtime. 3 modules, 15 topics, 1 hr 15 min of instruction, and a final exam you pass at 80%. Nothing here is behind the paywall as a surprise.
01Silica Foundations, Exposure Recognition, and Training Boundary
25 min
Welcome to Respirable Crystalline Silica Competent Person Awareness. This seventy-five-minute course explains silica exposure recognition, common control methods, written exposure control plan concepts, and the boundary between online awareness training and employer designation. You will complete three twenty-five-minute modules, answer three quiz questions after each module, and take a fifteen-question final assessment. Completion documents awareness training only. The employer remains responsible for the written exposure control plan, task-specific controls, respiratory protection and medical surveillance programs where required, exposure assessment, and competent-person designation.
·Silica awareness boundary
·Respirable crystalline silica
·Covered tasks
·Health effects
·Written exposure control plan
02Controls, Table 1 Concepts, Respiratory Protection, and Housekeeping
25 min
Welcome to Respirable Crystalline Silica Competent Person Awareness. This seventy-five-minute course explains silica exposure recognition, common control methods, written exposure control plan concepts, and the boundary between online awareness training and employer designation. You will complete three twenty-five-minute modules, answer three quiz questions after each module, and take a fifteen-question final assessment. Completion documents awareness training only. The employer remains responsible for the written exposure control plan, task-specific controls, respiratory protection and medical surveillance programs where required, exposure assessment, and competent-person designation.
·Engineering controls
·Table 1 concept
·Respiratory protection boundary
·Housekeeping limits
·Restricted access
03Competent-Person Duties, Monitoring Triggers, Medical Surveillance, and Records
25 min
Welcome to Respirable Crystalline Silica Competent Person Awareness. This seventy-five-minute course explains silica exposure recognition, common control methods, written exposure control plan concepts, and the boundary between online awareness training and employer designation. You will complete three twenty-five-minute modules, answer three quiz questions after each module, and take a fifteen-question final assessment. Completion documents awareness training only. The employer remains responsible for the written exposure control plan, task-specific controls, respiratory protection and medical surveillance programs where required, exposure assessment, and competent-person designation.
·Competent-person duties
·Exposure assessment triggers
·Medical surveillance awareness
·Training and records
·Stop-work and escalation
04Final exam
pass at 80%
15 questions drawn from everything above. Your certificate is issued the moment you pass.
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The rules this course is built on
We teach to the published text. Read it yourself — every link below goes to the issuing agency or legislature, not to a summary.
Issuing authority: Occupational Safety and Health Administration / Environmental compliance references
OSHA respirable crystalline silica concepts
Documents silica competent-person awareness training under OSHA silica concepts. Employer must maintain the written exposure control plan and designate competent person authority.
Provided so you can verify what we teach against the source. This is reference material, not legal advice, and reading it does not by itself discharge an employer obligation.
Train one person or your whole crew
Volume pricing is applied automatically as you add seats, and you get a roster showing exactly who has finished and who has not.
OSHA’s respirable crystalline silica standard for construction, 29 CFR 1926.1153, with the permissible exposure limit of 50 micrograms per cubic metre as an 8-hour time-weighted average and an action level of 25.
What does the competent person actually have to do under the rule?
1926.1153 requires the employer to designate a competent person to make frequent and regular inspections of job sites, materials and equipment, and to implement the written exposure control plan. That designation is an employer decision.
Does this course designate anyone as the competent person?
No. It builds awareness of what the role involves. The employer designates the individual and gives them the authority to take prompt corrective action, which no course can confer.
What is Table 1 and does the course cover it?
Table 1 in 1926.1153 lists common construction tasks with specified dust control methods and respiratory protection. Employers who fully and properly implement the controls for a listed task are not required to conduct separate exposure assessments for it. The course explains how the table is meant to be used.
Do we still need a written exposure control plan?
Yes. The written plan stays an employer obligation under the standard, and this training does not create, replace or approve it.