This OSHA 30 cheat sheet compresses the 30-hour Construction Outreach course into a printable rundown of the standards and trigger numbers the module quizzes and final test most. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free OSHA 30 toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
OSHA 30 exam at a glance
- Course: OSHA 30-Hour Construction Outreach — minimum 30 contact hours (29 CFR 1926)
- Testing: No OSHA-set passing score; providers commonly use module quizzes plus a final at ~70% with limited attempts
- Result: DOL student course completion card — a training record, not a certification or license
- Cost: Set by the authorized trainer or accepted online provider; verify before enrolling
What’s on the OSHA 30 cheat sheet
- OSHA Focus Four (min. 6 hours) — falls, electrocution, struck-by, and caught-in or between — the heaviest-tested topic, with each hazard's trigger number and primary control.
- Elective standards (min. 10 hours, ≥5 topics) — scaffolds, excavations, cranes and rigging, confined spaces, and fire protection — the largest question source after the Focus Four.
- Introduction to OSHA & Managing Safety (min. 2 hours each) — the OSH Act, General Duty Clause, worker rights, recordkeeping, and the hierarchy of controls.
- PPE, Health Hazards, Stairways & Ladders — the employer PPE duty, silica/lead/asbestos exposure limits, and the ladder and stairway access rules.
How to use it in your final week
- Burn the Focus Four trigger numbers into memory first — fall protection at 6 ft, 10 ft of clearance from overhead lines up to 50 kV, and a protective system in any trench 5 ft or deeper. These move your score the most.
- Drill the hierarchy of controls until the order is automatic: elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, then PPE last. Most 'best answer' questions resolve to the highest-ranked control that fixes the hazard.
- Lock in the memory numbers examiners love — a 42-inch (±3) guardrail top rail, ladders extending 3 ft above the landing, a scaffold rated for 4× its intended load, and a 50 µg/m³ silica exposure limit.
- Read the sheet through once the morning of the final, then take a short timed practice set so recall and pacing are both sharp before you sit the exam.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your OSHA 30 practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
OSHA 30 cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — download the OSHA 30 cheat sheet as a PDF with no sign-up and no account. It rounds out Career Employer's free OSHA 30 toolkit alongside the practice test, study guide, and flashcards, so you can cram the whole 30-hour course down to one quick-reference page.
The sheet condenses the high-yield 29 CFR 1926 facts the course final leans on: the Focus Four hazards and their trigger numbers, the hierarchy of controls, PPE duties, health-hazard exposure limits, and the stairways, ladders, scaffold, and excavation rules — grouped by the required and elective topics OSHA weights the 30 hours around.
No — OSHA 30 requires a full 30 contact hours delivered by an authorized Outreach trainer, and attendance is mandatory to earn the DOL card. The cheat sheet is a review and last-day cram layer for the module quizzes and course final, not a shortcut around the contact-hour requirement.
OSHA sets no official passing score, so each authorized trainer or online provider decides how to test — most use module quizzes plus a final at roughly 70 percent with a limited number of attempts. The cheat sheet locks in the trigger numbers and standards those questions target so you clear whatever threshold your provider sets.
Tap the download button or the preview card at the top of this page and the PDF opens instantly — no email required. Bookmark this page so you can pull the sheet back up the morning of your course final and do one last memory-hook pass.
References
- 1.Occupational Safety and Health Administration. “Outreach Training Program — Construction Industry Requirements.” OSHA.gov, 2026. ↑
- 2.Occupational Safety and Health Administration. “Construction Focus Four Training.” OSHA.gov, 2026. ↑
- 3.Occupational Safety and Health Administration. “Fall Protection in Construction (29 CFR 1926 Subpart M).” OSHA.gov, 2026. ↑
- 4.Occupational Safety and Health Administration. “Trenching and Excavation (29 CFR 1926 Subpart P).” OSHA.gov, 2026. ↑
- 5.U.S. Government (eCFR). “29 CFR Part 1926 — Safety and Health Regulations for Construction.” eCFR.gov, 2026. ↑
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