Shipyard Employment Safety Awareness Training
Shipyard hazards do not hold still — a compartment that was safe an hour ago can change the moment a coating is disturbed, hot work starts, or another trade moves in. This course teaches ship repair, shipbuilding, shipbreaking, contractor and maritime maintenance employees how shipyard hazards change as vessel conditions change, why multi-employer communication matters, when a competent person is needed, and the daily decisions that keep work inside the awareness boundary — confined and enclosed spaces, fire and hot-work/fire-watch awareness, fall protection, and PPE. Four fifteen-minute modules, twenty checkpoint questions inside the videos, a quiz after each module, and a final exam drawn at random from a 20-question bank.
Who This Course Is For
The course is written for anyone whose shipyard work falls within employer-controlled site authorization under OSHA 29 CFR Part 1915 — ship repair, shipbuilding, and shipbreaking operations. It is awareness-level, so it suits a whole workforce rather than only the people who enter spaces or perform hot work.
What the Course Covers
Four modules of about fifteen minutes each. Five knowledge checkpoints sit inside every video, and a module quiz closes each one.
Shipyard Hazard Foundations
Shipyard Hazard Foundations; Changing vessel conditions; Multi-employer communication; Competent-person boundary; Stop-work and reporting.
Confined and Enclosed Spaces
Confined and Enclosed Spaces; Testing before entry; Ventilation and changing work; Evacuation triggers; Rescue boundary.
Fire, Hot Work, and Fire Watch Awareness
Fire, Hot Work, and Fire Watch Awareness; Hot work controls; Fire watch duties; Extinguisher limitations; Fixed systems and vessel hazards.
Fall Protection, PPE, and Daily Controls
Fall Protection, PPE, and Daily Controls; Fall-arrest training; Inspection and removal; Safe access and housekeeping; Daily control loop.
20 in-video checkpoints across the four modules.
A Final Exam Drawn at Random
The final assessment pulls 10 questions from a 20-question bank and shuffles the answer options on every attempt. Module quizzes and in-video checkpoints shuffle their options too, so there is no answer pattern to pass around the crew and no position that is right more often than any other. You need 80% to pass, and you can retake it as many times as you need. Each retake is a fresh draw, not a second run at the same paper.
What This Completion Record Does and Does Not Cover
Completion documents shipyard employment safety awareness and compliance orientation support for OSHA Part 1915. It does not, by itself, qualify, certify, or authorize a person to enter confined or enclosed spaces, perform hot work, serve as a fire watch, use fall-protection systems, conduct rescue, or bypass site-specific employer procedures. The employer must provide task-, site-, equipment-, space-entry-, fire-, PPE-, fall-protection-, emergency-, supervision-, and rescue-specific training and verify competency before assigning covered shipyard duties.
What Your Employer Still Has to Supply
Read this before you assign seats. It is the part of the shipyard safety program the course cannot do for you.
Employers: this course delivers general shipyard employment safety awareness under OSHA 29 CFR Part 1915 — changing vessel conditions, multi-employer communication, the competent-person boundary, confined/enclosed-space recognition, fire prevention and hot-work/fire-watch awareness, fall-protection recognition, PPE concepts, and stop-work/reporting habits. It does not replace your obligation to provide site-specific orientation, competent-person testing and authorization, hot-work permits, fire-watch assignment, PPE hazard assessment, fall-protection procedures, rescue-team training, or verification of competency before assigning covered shipyard duties.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
One seat, a small crew, or the whole shift
Individual
One employee, one completion record
- 4 video modules
- 20 in-video knowledge checkpoints
- Quiz after each module
- Randomised final exam (10 of 20 questions)
- Written to OSHA 29 CFR Part 1915
- Downloadable completion record
- Lifetime access
- 80% passing score required
Team of 5
A small crew or one office
- 4 video modules
- 20 in-video knowledge checkpoints
- Quiz after each module
- Randomised final exam (10 of 20 questions)
- Written to OSHA 29 CFR Part 1915
- Downloadable completion record
- Lifetime access
- 80% passing score required
- Admin dashboard
- Progress tracking
Team of 10
Multi-shift and multi-site operations
- 4 video modules
- 20 in-video knowledge checkpoints
- Quiz after each module
- Randomised final exam (10 of 20 questions)
- Written to OSHA 29 CFR Part 1915
- Downloadable completion record
- Lifetime access
- 80% passing score required
- Admin dashboard
- Progress tracking
- Bulk enrollment
- Compliance reports
Enterprise
Larger employers and multi-site shipyards
Common Questions
Does this qualify me to enter a confined or enclosed space, perform hot work, or serve as a fire watch?
No. This is awareness-level training only. It does not qualify, certify, or authorize a person to enter confined or enclosed spaces, perform hot work, serve as a fire watch, use fall-protection systems, conduct rescue, or bypass employer site-specific procedures and competency verification. Your employer must provide task-, site-, equipment-, space-entry-, fire-, PPE-, fall-protection-, emergency-, supervision- and rescue-specific training and verify competency before assigning covered shipyard duties.
Who needs this training?
Ship repair, shipbuilding, shipbreaking, contractor, maritime, maintenance and supervisory employees who work within employer-controlled site authorization under OSHA 29 CFR Part 1915.
How often does this training need to be repeated?
The course sets no fixed retraining interval — your employer sets the refresher schedule for shipyard employment safety. A change of equipment, procedures, work processes, or assignment is a reason to retrain regardless of the calendar. Confirm your employer’s own schedule.
How is this different from your Maritime Confined and Enclosed Space Awareness course?
Different scope and a different citation. That course (29 CFR Parts 1917 and 1918) covers marine terminal and longshoring permit-space entry in eight modules. This course (29 CFR Part 1915) covers shipyard employment more broadly across four modules — confined and enclosed spaces, fire and hot-work/fire-watch awareness, fall protection, and PPE — for ship repair, shipbuilding and shipbreaking work.
What does it say about fire and hot work?
It covers fire prevention, hot-work authorization concepts, and fire-watch awareness — verifying authorization, checking adjacent-space hazards, confirming fire-prevention controls and communication before hot work begins, and the fire-watch’s role. It does not authorize anyone to perform hot work or serve as a fire watch without the employer’s permit and assignment.
Why four modules and sixty minutes?
The four required areas split naturally into four blocks: shipyard hazard foundations and multi-employer communication, confined and enclosed spaces, fire/hot-work/fire-watch awareness, and fall protection/PPE/daily controls. Fifteen minutes each keeps every module focused and assignable without eating a full shift.
Does watching the videos count as training on its own?
Passive playback is not the point. That is why there are twenty checkpoint questions inside the videos, a quiz after every module and a final exam, each with feedback on the answer. Seeking forward past a checkpoint is blocked, and playback pauses after a stretch of inactivity.
What happens if someone fails the final exam?
They retake it. Every attempt draws a new set of questions from the bank, so a retake is a real re-test, not a repeat of the same paper.
Do part-time, seasonal and contract workers need it?
Treat them as included if their shipyard work falls within Part 1915 scope. The duty attaches to the work performed, not to an employment classification.
Can I buy seats for my team?
Yes. Five-seat and ten-seat bundles are on this page, and there is an enterprise option for larger headcounts.
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