Start with your workplace plan
Learning objective: Explain what the course covers and what you still need to learn at the site.
You arrive for your first shift. You know what an emergency action plan is, but you do not know the alarm or where to meet outside. A course pass cannot fill those gaps. Ask for the actual site plan review before relying on a route or taking an assigned role.
An emergency action plan, or EAP, explains what people must do in an emergency. It covers reporting, escape routes, head counts, special duties and who can explain the plan. The employer must decide which emergencies and rules apply to the real work.
This track uses the federal construction EAP rule, 1926.35. That rule applies when a particular OSHA standard requires an EAP. The plan must address the actions needed for fire and other emergencies. Construction also has fire protection, alarm and clear-exit duties.
A required plan is normally written, kept at work and available for employee review. An employer with 10 or fewer employees may communicate it orally under these EAP provisions. That exception concerns the form of the plan. Workers still need the plan and the required review.
This is a worker knowledge course. It does not train you to enter a dangerous area, fight fires or give medical care. Your employer provides the site details and training for any special role. Ask which State Plan, local or employer requirements also apply. Use lesson audio in a safe place.
Source context: 1926.35(a), (e)