OnDemand · Self-paced · Built on the 2024 edition
EM 385-1-1, 2024 Edition (15 March 2024) · ENG Form 6293
Learn to prepare an Accident Prevention Plan that a USACE or NAVFAC project will accept — the work, the site-specific plans it requires, the people, the safety program and the appendices — and prove it by completing an APP worksheet that gets read and graded by the instructor.
Why this course exists
EM 385-1-1, paragraph 2-7.b: “No contract work can begin without a KO or COR accepted APP.”
EM 385-1-1 (15 March 2024) requires ENG Form 6293 — thirteen parts and six appendices. A reviewer reads it part by part, and every part has to say something about this project.
Sixty-six rows of site-specific plans, each needing an option and a justification. “Not applicable” down the side of the page tells the reviewer nothing.
Every plan attached and every person named should trace back to a line in the work inventory. Write the APP from the scope of work outward, not from Part 1 downward.
The assignment is your own project. You complete the APP worksheet for a project you have worked on or are working on now, so you finish the course with a worksheet you can actually use.
Who it is for
No prior EM 385-1-1 experience is assumed. The second module teaches you to navigate the manual from scratch.
Who prepare the APP and submit it for acceptance.
Who run the work the APP describes.
Who keep the APP current for the life of the project.
Who review and approve it before it goes to the Government.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Curriculum
Each instructional module ends with a ten-question quiz. The assignment is graded by the instructor.
What the course covers and what it asks of you, how the platform works, what to download, how the pop-up checkpoints and module quizzes behave, and what you have to finish to earn the certificate.
All thirty-seven chapters run the same ten numbered sections, so learning one chapter teaches you all of them. Paragraph 7 of every chapter is Minimum Plan Requirements — the paragraph every row of Part 11 points to.
The five core hazard families, the hierarchy of controls in order of decreasing effectiveness, and the twelve injury-source codes — Struck By, Caught Between, Fall to Below and the rest — with a worked example for each.
Define the work, select the plans, name the people, set the program, assemble and approve, keep it current. Each step is taught, then applied to one project: My Repair Garage, a 4,000 square foot concrete masonry maintenance facility, shown part by part on the actual ENG Form 6293.
Part 11 is worked row by row — Option 1, 2 or 3 — with every selected plan traced back to the work that requires it.
You complete ENG Form 6293 — all thirteen parts — for a project you know, using the six-step method. You mark in Part 13 which appendices your APP would carry; you do not have to write the plans themselves.
It is read against eight checks and returned within two business days. There is no percentage — it either meets the standard or it comes back with the reasons, and you revise and re-upload.
Assessment
Three layers. Each one establishes something the others do not.
| Layer | What it is | To pass |
|---|---|---|
| Module quizzes | Ten multiple-choice questions at the end of each instructional module, one correct answer each. Every learner answers all ten. | 70% — seven of ten. Two attempts, then the module resets and you work through it again. |
| The APP worksheet you prepare | ENG Form 6293 for your own project, read by the instructor against eight checks. | Pass or revise. Two business days’ turnaround, up to three rounds. |
| Final examination | Ten multiple-choice questions drawn at random from the module question pool. Twenty-minute limit. | 70%. Two attempts. |
There are also short pop-up checkpoints inside each video. If a checkpoint is not answered within a minute the video returns to the last bookmark, so the course only advances when someone is actually watching.
To finish the course you pass every module quiz, submit an acceptable APP worksheet, pass the final examination, complete the course evaluation and the attestation statement, and then download your Certificate of Completion.
What you download
The blank APP worksheet — the mandatory USACE form. Opens in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
The My Repair Garage worksheet from Module 3, all thirteen parts filled in, to work from.
All 80 pages of the My Repair Garage APP: the worksheet, the six appendices and fifteen site-specific plans.
The manual, in the marked-up reading format used throughout the course.
Logging in, navigating, downloading handouts, uploading the assignment, printing the certificate.
The standard your APP worksheet is graded against, and the five things that most often send one back.
The details
| Format | OnDemand and self-paced. There is no live session and no scheduled start date — you begin when you enroll. |
| Contact hours | Six, covering the video modules, the quizzes and the time you spend preparing your APP worksheet. |
| Access | Thirty days from first login. Extensions are not available; if the time runs out you re-enroll and the clock starts again. |
| Prerequisites | None. Construction site experience helps, but the manual is taught from the ground up. |
| What you need | A desktop, laptop or tablet, a current version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari, Adobe Acrobat Reader to fill in ENG Form 6293, and an internet connection. Two monitors are recommended — one for the video, one for the manual. Video cannot be downloaded. |
| Instructor | Kugan Panchadsaram, PE, PMP. Office hours Monday to Saturday, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM California time. |
| Standard | EM 385-1-1 (15 March 2024) and ENG Form 6293 (AUG 2023). This course does not include OSHA 30. |
No. The assignment is the APP worksheet, ENG Form 6293. You select the plans your project needs in Part 11 and mark in Part 13 which appendices your APP would carry. The complete My Repair Garage APP shows you what the plans themselves look like.
You receive an email naming exactly what needs to change. You revise and re-upload. Up to three rounds are available.
You have two attempts. If you do not pass in two, your progress resets to the start of that module and the quiz reopens once you have worked through it again. Resets happen within two hours on a weekday between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM Pacific time, and otherwise the next morning between 8:00 and 10:00 AM.
Yes. Call (858) 212-2941 or email info@kugan.com and we will set up the enrollments for you.
You get a Certificate of Completion you download at the end, and the APP worksheet you prepared for your own project — reviewed, and revised if it needed it.
Self-paced, thirty days, and you finish with an APP worksheet that has been read by someone who grades them.
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EM 385-1-1 and ENG Form 6293 are publications of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and are in the public domain. Kugan & Associates, Inc. is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NAVFAC or any U.S. Government agency. Kugan Panchadsaram and Kugan & Associates, Inc. have no financial or proprietary interest in any product, instrument, device, software or material referenced in this course.