Jenkins Academy of Applied Technology
EXC-001 — Employer workplace component
Excavation and Trenching · v1.0.0 · October 22, 2026
Course developed by Todd Jerome Jenkins, MS, CSP.
This online knowledge component does not designate a competent person or qualify a protective-system designer, installer, equipment operator or rescuer. The employer must provide actual site and task instruction, verify skills, select and install adequate protection, perform inspections and establish emergency arrangements.
Complete this worksheet using the actual workplace and current plan. A blank form or course score is not evidence that the action occurred. Record actual dates and observations. Print or save a completed copy before closing; entries are not automatically stored. Keep private health details out of this worksheet.
| Component | Actual evidence |
|---|---|
| Planning and utilities | Identify the excavation, actual utility-location responses, safe verification, surface objects, adjacent structures and competent person with corrective authority. |
| Soil and protective design | Verify the needed soil evidence, design route, full depth/load limits, system documents and actual protective configuration. |
| Site controls and access | Provide safe entry/exit and crossings, traffic/load separation, spoil retention, water control and suitable atmospheric testing/control. |
| Inspection and correction | Competent-person inspections before work, as needed through the shift, after rain and other hazard increases; remove exposed workers and verify correction. |
| Skills and emergency response | Teach actual worker/operator/installer/tester tasks, verify safe performance and arrange capable emergency response, equipment and special lifelines where applicable. |
Use the actual work and plan. Arrange clear instruction, questions, teach-back and suitable safe practice. Correct a critical gap before relying on the arrangement. Academy discussions are asynchronous and are not an emergency contact route.
- Excavation planning and utility verification
- Soil evidence and protective-system review
- Competent-person inspection and correction
- Access, atmospheric controls and emergency readiness
- Worker training and task verification
Sources
- OSHA 1926.650
- OSHA 1926.651
- OSHA 1926.652
- OSHA 1926.21
- OSHA 1926.501
- OSHA 1926.1053
- OSHA 1926.1201
- OSHA 1926SubpartPAppA
- OSHA 1926SubpartPAppB
- OSHA 1926SubpartPAppC
- OSHA 1926SubpartPAppD
- OSHA trenching and excavation overview — guidance
Federal sources reviewed October 22, 2026. Confirm the actual work, jurisdiction and applicable additional requirements. OSHA guidance supports planning; it is distinguished from mandatory standard text.