Jenkins Academy of Applied Technology
Worker training and task verification Excavation and Trenching · v1.0.0 · October 22, 2026
Course developed by Todd Jerome Jenkins, MS, CSP.
Print / save as PDF 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.
Employee, employer, assigned role/task, equipment/site, date, instructor and language/method Applicable 1926.21(b)(2) instruction: recognition/avoidance, actual regulations, protection, access, utilities, equipment, water and air Safe demonstration: identify protected areas, approved exits, load exclusion and hazard-reporting route Competent-person capability verified separately: soil evidence, design limits, inspections and prompt corrective authority Installer/operator/tester task-specific instruction, actual procedures and safe observed performance Installation/removal sequence, protected brace changes, no shield occupancy during installation/removal/vertical movement, below-system allowance conditions Emergency reporting and capable response; no unplanned rescue entry; actual specialized equipment/lifeline instruction where required Teach-back, questions, literacy/language/access needs and observed evidence Gaps, changed work/equipment/conditions, additional instruction and reassessment before reliance on skills Employer confirmation and task restrictions; completion score is not designation or technical qualification; no invented annual refresher or OSHA quiz score