Standards - Career & Technical Education

Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces..

Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.

Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.

Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.

Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.

Explain the importance of both Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) industry regulations and individual responsibility for workplace safety and health practices.

Examine job-related, high-hazard-area risk assessment techniques.

Gather and present information on the impact of accidents on industry.

Utilize job safety analysis worksheets.

Summarize federal and state child labor laws regarding hours and locations where youth may work, including required permits.

Explain worker rights according to OSHA safety and health standards.

Describe characteristics of flammable and combustible liquids, including flash point, flammable limits, boiling point, vapor density, vapor pressure, ignition temperature, and specific gravity.

Demonstrate proper procedures for storing and handling flammable and combustible liquids.

Differentiate among types of fires and indicate which class of extinguisher should be used for each type.

Describe proper use of fire extinguishers.

Develop an emergency plan, including the recognition of fire emergencies, means of egress, exit routes and exits, and special instructions for confined spaces.

Demonstrate procedures of assured equipment grounding programs.

Interpret safety color codes for marking physical hazards and explain general environmental controls and specifications for accident prevention signs and tags.

Explain general machine guarding requirements for industrial and construction equipment and operations.

Explain and perform safety procedures for handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery, including utilizing materials and protective equipment, maintaining a safe work area, and handling hazardous materials.

Summarize industrial and construction health and first aid procedures, including personal protection from body fluids; skin, rash, or dermatitis incidents; and oil, gas, and chemical spills.

Describe the purpose and function of a poison control center, and explain how and when one should be contacted.

Explain the importance of hazard communication methods used on a job site, including signs, signals, barricades, markers, lockouts, and tags.

Interpret information on Material Safety Data Sheets.

Correlate MSDS information to procedures for handling materials and to personal protective equipment needed when handling hazardous materials.

Gather and present information on the use of personal protective equipment, including respirators and eye, face, and foot protection, and the circumstances in which equipment should be employed.

Explain site-specific protection procedures and safety requirements regarding housekeeping, use of ladders and scaffolding, rigging procedures, and hazardous wall or floor openings.

Demonstrate safe practices for manual lifting, load lifting, and rigging procedures.