Construction Corps Track: Safety, Tools and Trade Pathways
We learn how to join a crew safely, read the work, handle materials and choose a real training route. Our online track is a knowledge foundation, not a trade license.
We work through six core modules, followed by separate coursework for Ranks 4, 5 and 6. Each stage builds on the safety, tools and trade-pathway foundations.
We explore decisions an apprentice, experienced craft worker or crew lead may face. Surface Ops and Drilling have separate Department tracks, certificates and rank credit. Their previews help us compare the field work we want to explore next.
Passing the track earns a Mars Mining certificate of completion, not an OSHA card, NCCER credential, equipment authorization, apprenticeship completion or trade license. Those come from authorized trainers, employers, registered programs and licensing bodies. We record them separately in our inventory and claim only what we have earned.
We follow the Construction Corps ladder: Hard Hat for safety basics, Helper for pre-apprentice skills, Apprentice for supervised learning, Journeyman for experienced work, Master Builder for deeper craft responsibility, and Corps Super for crew leadership. These are Academy ranks. A rank name does not establish legal permission to work, inspect or supervise.
Module 1: First shift: hazards, limits and speaking up
We start by finding out who runs the site, how to report a hazard and what work we are allowed to do.
About 30 minutes · quiz of 10 questions on this module · sources include OSHA Outreach FAQs
Module 2: Emergency readiness and first aid boundaries
We learn the emergency plan before an emergency.
About 30 minutes · quiz of 10 questions on this module · sources include OSHA construction medical services and first aid, 1926.50 and OSHA interpretation on first aid and CPR training, August 2, 2012
Module 3: Helper skills: tools, measurements and drawings
We learn the everyday habits that make a helper useful: read the current drawing, check the units, choose the tool and ask before the first cut.
About 30 minutes · quiz of 10 questions on this module · sources include NCCER Core
Module 4: Moving materials: forklifts, aerial lifts and people
We keep people, loads and machines out of one another's path.
About 30 minutes · quiz of 10 questions on this module · sources include OSHA powered industrial trucks, especially 1910.178(l) and OSHA construction material-handling equipment, 1926.602(d)
Module 5: Surface Ops: site preparation and excavation awareness
We connect the Construction Corps foundation to the Surface Ops Department: site preparation, equipment, hauling and working around excavations.
About 30 minutes · quiz of 10 questions on this module · sources include OSHA Outreach FAQs and Department of Labor
Module 6: Drilling routes and the apprenticeship decision
We explore drilling without pretending that every rig or drilling job has the same rules.
About 30 minutes · quiz of 10 questions on this module · sources include Department of Labor and OSHA oil-and-gas drilling eTool
The full lessons, quizzes and final test are open to crew members. Joining is free.
A question from module 1
An unfamiliar machine is ready. What do we do?
A. Start because our badge is current.
B. Get the required training and authorization first. ✓
C. Copy another worker.
An unfamiliar machine needs the actual equipment training and site authorization. Our course score records learning and cannot supply either permission or practical preparation.
What you get
Sample certificate · Construction Corps Department · This sample has not been issued.Certificate text
Your name here · Mars Mining Certificate in Construction Safety and Trade Foundations
Construction Corps Track: Safety, Tools and Trade Pathways · Construction Corps Class · Construction Corps Department
First shift: hazards, limits and speaking up
Emergency readiness and first aid boundaries
Helper skills: tools, measurements and drawings
Moving materials: forklifts, aerial lifts and people
Surface Ops: site preparation and excavation awareness
Drilling routes and the apprenticeship decision
ID: SAMPLE · NOT ISSUED · Issued: Not issued · sample
This is a certificate of completion from Mars Mining, not academic credit or a license. It shows you studied the material and passed an unproctored online test.
