Professional Safety and Health Officer

This course covers OSHA Standards, policies, and procedures in the construction industry. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA Construction Standards, construction safety and health principles, and special emphasis on those areas in construction which are most hazardous. Upon course completion students will have the ability to define construction terms found in the OSHA Construction Standards, identify hazards which occur in the construction industry, locate and determine appropriate OSHA Construction Standards, policies, and procedures, and describe the use of the OSHA...

This course covers OSHA Standards, policies, and procedures in general industry.

This course is designed for individuals interested in teaching the 10- and 30-hour construction safety and health Outreach Training Program to their employees and other interested groups. Using OSHA Construction Standards as a guide, special emphasis is placed on those topics required in the 10- and 30-hour programs as well as those which are most hazardous. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Students are briefed on effective instructional approaches and use of visual aids and handouts. This course allows the student to become a trainer in the OSHA Outreach Training Program, to conduct both 10- and 30-hour...

This course is designed for individuals interested in teaching the 10 and 30-hour general industry safety and health Outreach training program to their employees and other interested groups. Using the OSHA General Industry Standards as a guide, special emphasis is placed on those topics required in the 10- and 30-hour programs as well as those which are most hazardous. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Students are briefed on effective instructional approaches and use of visual aids and handouts. This course allows the student to become a trainer in the OSHA Outreach Training Program, to conduct both 10-...

This course covers OSHA Electrical Standards and the hazards associated with electrical installations and equipment. Course topics include single- and three-phase systems, cord- and plug-connected and fixed equipment, grounding, ground fault circuit interrupters, and safety-related work practices. Emphasis is placed on electrical hazard recognition and OSHA Standards, policies, and procedures and applicable portions of the National Electrical Code (NEC). Students will participate in workshops on the safe and correct use of electrical testing equipment. Upon course completion students will...

This course covers an introduction to basic accident investigation procedures and describes accident analysis techniques. Course topics include reasons for conducting accident investigations, employer responsibilities related to workplace accident investigations, and a four-step accident investigation procedure. The target audience is the employer, manager, employee, or employee representative who is involved in conducting accident and/or near-miss investigations. Upon course completion, students will have the basic skills necessary to conduct an effective accident investigation at the...

This course covers industrial hygiene practices and related OSHA regulations and procedures. Course topics include recognition, evaluation, and control of chemical, physical, biological and ergonomic hazards, Permissible Exposure Limits (PEL), OSHA health standards, respiratory protection, engineering controls, OSHA sampling protocols and strategies, and workplace health program elements. The course features workshops in health hazard recognition, OSHA health standards and use of sampling equipment. Upon course completion students will have the ability to recognize basic industrial hygiene...

This course covers the use of ergonomic principles to recognize, evaluate, and control workplace conditions that cause or contribute to musculoskeletal and nerve disorders. Course topics include work physiology, anthropometry, musculoskeletal disorders, use of video display terminals, and risk factors such as vibration, temperature, material handling, repetition, and lifting and patient transfers in health care. Course emphasis is on industrial case studies covering analysis and design of work stations and equipment workshops in manual lifting, and coverage of current OSHA compliance...

A manager has employees that report to him or her, but not all managers have good leadership skills. Leadership can be defined as the ability to compel and motivate others towards the leader’s goals; a leader has followers and not simply reports. In safety, this translates into leaders that go beyond simply defining and implementing safety and health policies and procedures.

All employers are required by law to cover their workers for damages that result from work related injuries or illnesses, or to compensate surviving spouses or minor children when a worker is killed at work. Knowledge of the workers compensation system should be understood by all safety professionals, and those that are relied upon by their employers to manage the system must be well aware of how to control the costs of the insurance premiums.

This course covers the best practices in crane and derrick operation using the OSHA Cranes and Derricks in Construction Rule as a guide. Course topics include hazards associated with crane assembly and disassembly, types of cranes, lifting concepts, rigging and wire rope, signaling, employee qualifications and training, and maintenance, repair, and inspection requirements. Students will participate in workshops to reinforce concepts of safe crane operation. Upon course completion students will have the ability to identify the types of cranes and their components and attachments, determine...

This course covers the requirements for the establishment, maintenance, and monitoring of a respiratory protection program. Course topics include terminology, OSHA Respiratory Protection Standards, NIOSH certification, respiratory protection programs, and medical evaluation requirements. Program highlights include workshops on respirator selection, qualitative and quantitative fit testing, and the use of respiratory protection and support equipment. Upon course completion students will have the ability to identify and describe the elements of a respiratory protection program, the proper...

This course covers the safety and health hazards associated with permit-required confined space entry. Course topics include recognition of confined space hazards, identification of permit and non-permit required confined spaces, use of instrumentation to evaluate atmospheric hazards, ventilation techniques, development and implementation of a confined space program, proper signage, and training requirements. This course features workshops on permit entry classification, instrumentation, and program development. Upon course completion students will have the ability to identify permit and...

This course covers the OSHA Excavation Standard and safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching. Participants are introduced to practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of shored/unshored slopes and walls. Various types of shoring (wood timbers and hydraulic) are explained. Testing methods are demonstrated, allowing students to use instruments such as penetrometers, torvane shears, and engineering rods. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the ability to assess employer safety with the current standard, utilize soil-testing methods to...

This course covers the requirements for safe construction and use of scaffolding using OSHA’s construction scaffold standards as a guide. Course topics include hazards associated with scaffold design, assembly, disassembly and use, types of scaffolds, determining scaffold capacity, employee qualifications and training and maintenance, repair and inspection requirements. Students will participate in workshops to reinforce concepts of safe scaffolding. Upon course completion students will have the ability to identify the types of scaffolds and their components, determine safe assembly, use,...

This course covers the OSHA Fall Protection Standard for construction and an overview of fall protection methods. Course topics include principles of fall protection, components and limitations of fall arrest systems, and OSHA Standards and policies regarding fall protection. Students will participate in workshops demonstrating the inspection and use of fall protection equipment, residential construction fall protection, training requirements, and developing a fall protection program. Upon course completion students will have the ability to assess compliance with the OSHA Fall Protection...

This course covers OSHA guidelines for developing a Job Hazard Analysis.

This course is for contractors, military and government employees who enforce or must comply to the EM385-1-1 US Army Corps of Engineers safety and health requirements. You will learn procedures of the Navy and US Army Corps of Engineers contracts, and the safety and health requirements of the US Army Corps of Engineers Safety and Health Requirements manual. Upon completion, students receive an official OSHA 30 Hour card for Construction.

Every year thousands of workers face hot working conditions leading to illness and sometimes even death. This preventable exposure has recently received considerable attention and poses a risk to both outdoor and indoor workers. This course provides health and safety professionals and supervisory employees with in-depth information regarding heat stress.

Safety culture can be summed up as the approach, acceptance, attention, awareness and attitude that an organization and its employees have regarding safety in the workplace. Safety culture is a part of the larger organizational culture, and can be summed up as “the way we do things around here.” When workplace illnesses, injuries and deaths occur they can often be traced back to a breakdown in communicating, understanding and adhering to the safety policies and procedures – and/or the inadequacy of the policies and procedures themselves.

Gain the knowledge and skills to instruct a confined space entry class within your organization. Students should take this course ONLY if they have taken OSHA 2264 or have sufficient Confined Space Entry experience/training to be considered competent in the subject.

Continuation of the OSHA 3115 course, this course teaches student how to apply the fall protection standards, and teaches training techniques that are effective and develops an effective training course for both classroom and hands-on in the field.

This course reviews the Federal and State OSHA requirements for excavation and trenching activities.   Emphasis will be placed on training techniques, prevention strategies and practices such as inspections, permitting procedures, soil analysis, and competent person responsibilities.  

This course covers OSHA General Industry Standards and other consensus and proprietary standards that relate to the use of hazardous materials. Course topics include flammable and combustible liquids, compressed gases, LP-gases, and cryogenic liquids. Related processes such as spraying and dipping, and use of electrical equipment in hazardous locations are also discussed. Upon course completion students will have the ability to assess compliance with OSHA hazardous materials standards, determine hazardous (classified) locations, and proper moving, storing, and handling of hazardous...

This course covers the various types of common machinery, machine safe guards, and related OSHA regulations and procedures. Guidance is provided on the hazards associated with various types of machinery and the determination of proper machine safe guards. Course topics include machinery processes, mechanical motions, points of operation, control of hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout), guarding of portable powered tools, and common OSHA machine guarding violations. Program highlights include the ability to recognize hazards and provide options for control and hazard abatement through...

This course covers the requirements for the establishment, maintenance, and monitoring of a respiratory protection program. Course topics include terminology, OSHA Respiratory Protection Standards, NIOSH certification, respiratory protection programs, and medical evaluation requirements. Program highlights include workshops on respirator selection, qualitative and quantitative fit testing, and the use of respiratory protection and support equipment. Upon course completion students will have the ability to identify and describe the elements of a respiratory protection program, the proper...

This course covers the safety and health hazards associated with permit-required confined space entry. Course topics include recognition of confined space hazards, identification of permit and non-permit required confined spaces, use of instrumentation to evaluate atmospheric hazards, ventilation techniques, development and implementation of a confined space program, proper signage, and training requirements. This course features workshops on permit entry classification, instrumentation, and program development. Upon course completion students will have the ability to identify permit and...

This course covers the hazards and injuries likely to occur in public warehousing and storage operations, including encounters with powered industrial trucks, material handling, lifting and ergonomics, hazard communication, walking and working surfaces, and life safety including fire protection and evacuation. This course is intended for warehouse workers, supervisors, and employers responsible for developing safe work practices and procedures in a warehouse setting. Upon course completion students will have the ability to recognize the potential for injuries from forklifts, material...

This course covers OSHA requirements for emergency action and fire protection plans.

This course covers the role and responsibility of the employer to develop and implement an energy control program, or lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) for the protection of workers while performing servicing and maintenance activities on machinery and equipment. Course topics include types of hazardous energy, detecting hazardous conditions, implementing control measures as they relate to the control of hazardous energy, developing and implementing energy control programs including written isolation procedures, training of authorized and affected employees, and periodic inspection of energy control...

This course covers OSHA guidelines for developing a Job Hazard Analysis.

Every year thousands of workers face hot working conditions leading to illness and sometimes even death. This preventable exposure has recently received considerable attention and poses a risk to both outdoor and indoor workers. This course provides health and safety professionals and supervisory employees with in-depth information regarding heat stress.

Safety culture can be summed up as the approach, acceptance, attention, awareness and attitude that an organization and its employees have regarding safety in the workplace. Safety culture is a part of the larger organizational culture, and can be summed up as “the way we do things around here.” When workplace illnesses, injuries and deaths occur they can often be traced back to a breakdown in communicating, understanding and adhering to the safety policies and procedures – and/or the inadequacy of the policies and procedures themselves.

Gain the knowledge and skills to instruct a confined space entry class within your organization. Students should take this course ONLY if they have taken OSHA 2264 or have sufficient Confined Space Entry experience/training to be considered competent in the subject.

This course is designed to give the tools and knowledge needed to return to work and teach forklift operators OSHA requirements. Trainers should have a basic understanding of forklift operations and procedures. Forklift operating experience is helpful but not needed for this course.

Developed in partnership with Cal/OSHA, this 4-day course emphasizes Title 8 Construction Industry standards and compliance. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Topics include IIPP, Ergo, Electrical and many others. The course also provides existing Fed OSHA trainers an endorsement authorizing them to teach 10 & 30 hr Federal- Cal/OSHA outreach courses. Resources and Cal/OSHA training guidelines will be covered.

Developed in partnership with Cal/OSHA, this 4-day course emphasizes Title 8 General Industry standards and compliance.   WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Topics include IIPP, Ergo, Electrical and many others. The course also provides existing Fed OSHA trainers an endorsement authorizing them to teach 10 & 30 hr Cal/OSHA outreach courses. Resources and Cal/OSHA training guidelines will be covered.  

This course covers OSHA guidelines for developing a Job Hazard Analysis.

Every year thousands of workers face hot working conditions leading to illness and sometimes even death. This preventable exposure has recently received considerable attention and poses a risk to both outdoor and indoor workers. This course provides health and safety professionals and supervisory employees with in-depth information regarding heat stress.

This course includes a basic overview of Federal OSHA standards with main emphasis on Cal/OSHA standards. Students will be coached through a jobsite inspection process from the opening conference to the closing conference. Working group sessions will study actual court cases highlighting preparation for a hearing, burden of proof, affirmative defenses and discovery.

Safety culture can be summed up as the approach, acceptance, attention, awareness and attitude that an organization and its employees have regarding safety in the workplace. Safety culture is a part of the larger organizational culture, and can be summed up as “the way we do things around here.” When workplace illnesses, injuries and deaths occur they can often be traced back to a breakdown in communicating, understanding and adhering to the safety policies and procedures – and/or the inadequacy of the policies and procedures themselves.