Competent-Person Training, Taught by Someone Who's Worked the Emergencies

Trench & excavation and confined space competent-person training delivered nationwide — hands-on, field-relevant, and led by a CSP who is also an active firefighter and paramedic.

Our Most-Requested Training

Closed-enrollment, on-site competent-person classes for construction and industrial teams.

Competent Person — Trenching & Excavation

29 CFR 1926 Subpart P

Hands-on, field-relevant competent person training: soil classification, protective systems, daily inspections, and the authority to stop work. Taught by someone who has responded to trench collapses, not just read about them.

Competent Person — Confined Space

29 CFR 1910.146 / 1926 Subpart AA

Permit-required confined space training built around real entry procedures, atmospheric testing, attendant duties, and rescue planning — tailored to your actual confined spaces.

Competent-Person Training — Straightforward Pricing

Per class, closed enrollment. No hidden fees.

First 10 students (per class)$2,400
Each additional student (up to 40)+$150
Drive time outside Salt Lake & Utah counties$50/hr
Travel fee (flying, or 5+ hr drive, single class)$500
Lodging, airfare & mealsBilled at cost

Booking multiple classes on one trip? The travel fee is waived — ask for a combined quote.

Why Our Training Is Different

What Generic Training Looks Like

  • PowerPoint slides read from a script
  • Generic examples from unrelated industries
  • "Don't do this" without explaining why people do it
  • One-time event with no follow-up
  • English-only, regardless of workforce
  • Same content for every job role
  • A completion card, not real competence

What CDRisk Training Looks Like

  • Interactive sessions with discussion and real scenarios
  • Examples from your industry and your site
  • Why the brain takes shortcuts — and how to interrupt it
  • Taught by a CSP and active first responder
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) available
  • Tailored to specific job roles and hazards
  • Designed to build real competence on the floor

Additional Training Available

Priced by scope — request a quote. Most programs are available in English and Spanish.

Fall Protection

Site-specific fall protection training with a behavioral component — including the psychology of why experienced workers take shortcuts at height.

2–3 hoursEN/ES

Lockout/Tagout

Machine-specific energy control procedures for your equipment — not generic LOTO. We teach your workers how to safely service your machines.

2–3 hoursEN/ES

Hazard Communication

Chemical-specific training on the actual substances in your workplace — SDS review, labeling, exposure routes, and emergency procedures. Backed by a CHMM.

1–2 hoursEN/ES

Fire Safety & Extinguisher Training

Hands-on fire extinguisher training with live fire (where permitted), fire prevention, evacuation procedures, and emergency action plans.

1–2 hoursEN/ES

First Aid / CPR / AED

AHA- and Red Cross-aligned certification training, taught by a credentialed instructor and active paramedic. Realistic, hands-on skills practice.

4–6 hoursEN/ES

Job-Specific Safety Orientation

Not a generic first-day video. Orientation built around the actual hazards your new hires will face in their specific roles at your facility.

2–4 hoursEN/ES

Supervisor Safety Leadership

Your supervisors are the front line of your safety culture. We teach them to recognize risk, address deviations, and build trust — not just enforce rules.

3–4 hoursEN/ES

Custom Programs

Need something not on this list? We build custom curricula for your specific operations, hazards, and workforce.

VariesEN/ES

We no longer offer OSHA 10 & 30-hour outreach cards. They satisfy a contractual box, but they are not a substitute for real, hazard-specific competence — and we would rather not sell something we spend the rest of this site arguing against. Why, and what to do if your contract requires one.

Instruction backed by the CSP, CHMM, CDGT, CIT, and OSHA Outreach Trainer credentials — and by years of real emergency response. Meet the instructor.

Based in Northern Utah · traveling nationwide for on-site classes

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