UW-Platteville’s Safety Lab, a 3,200-square-foot-space in Russell Hall, will prepare students to enter the workforce with valuable skills by exposing them to construction and general safety industry measures using industry-standard equipment.
Students in construction management, construction safety management and applied safety management programs will receive their OSHA 30-hour certification while students in construction safety management and applied engineering safety management receive their Graduate Safety Practitioner, Safety Scaffolding, Crosby Rigging, United Rentals Trench Safety, United Rentals Confined Space, and other industry-recognized certifications.
The lab exposes students to personal protective equipment, fall protection, rigging, scaffolding, tool safety, handrails, respirators, turn out gear, confined space simulator, horizontal lifeline setup, forklift simulator, gantry crane, air monitors, lock-out-tag-out, traffic control, first aid, hazmat safety gear, fire rescue, and much more.
Equipment
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Gantry Crane
Exposing students to rigging, critical picks, signaling, and much more, the gantry cane can simulate a lot of safety measures in a controlled atmosphere to prepare students for the industry and handling equipment.
Forklift Simulator
Simulating how to operate a forklift and the safety training that goes with its operation, the forklift simulator teaches students how to lift material in an industrial setting.
Confined Space Simulator
The confined space simulator gives students the opportunity to be trained in a confined space and an understanding of the hazardous gases and the dangers with each. It also teaches students how to plan for a confined space rescue.
A closer look
Hands on learning
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MidWestOne makes pledge to complete hands-on construction classroomGretchen Bockenhauer, Julie Durst, and Mark Miner The University of Wisconsin-Platteville was recently designated as an official Mid-America OSHA Education Center training site, making it one of the only universities with a construction management program to be designated as such. |
