Pipeline Safety Orientation Courses Available in OQVerify®

• Posted by Blake Doré
• 10 August 2011
• News

OQSG has made its Pipeline Safety Orientation (PSO) courses available in OQVerify®. OQVerify® provides simple and user-friendly computer based training, knowledge assessments, and skills assessments.

The PSO courses present operators with training that satisfies the requirements of the Review and Verification Services (RAVS). The PSO library includes 31 awareness level HSE courses that are divided into five sections, and courses are offered in English and Spanish. Following course completion, records will be uploaded to ISNetworld or any other third party record keeping system.

Section 1

Safe work policies and procedures
Electrical safety
Lockout/Tagout awareness
Preventing back injuries
Personal protective equipment
Hearing Conservation

Section 2

Working with powered machines and equipment
Fire safety begins with you
Emergency Evacuation
Your right to know about chemicals in the workplace
Reporting injuries, location of first aid kits and precautions against Bloodborne pathogens

Section 3

Welding and cutting
Confined spaces
Rules for using the tools
Excavation safety
Check it out before you start work
Scaffold safety
Ladder safety

Section 4

Driving Safety
Cranes and material handling
Working on, over and near water
Barricades and signs
Process safety management
Ergonomics
Railroad safety

Section 5

H2S awareness
Benzene awareness
Carcinogens
Lead awareness
Asbestos awareness
Crossing fences
Poison ivy, oak and sumac
Snakes, ticks and animals
Access to employee medical/exposure records
Abrasive Blasting
Sanitation