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703 Introduction to OSH Training
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Introduction

Preventing injuries and illnesses in the workplace should be a key value for everyone at work. Most managers know that competent employees are valuable. Your business probably depends on them. In this course, we'll introduce you to an educational model that "fits" OSHA and ANSI requirements and evaluation criteria.

This is an important course for anyone managing a safety training program or conducting safety training. The course helps safety professionals gain the knowledge and skills necessary to develop and implement an effective safety training program that meets OSHA safety and health requirements and ANSI/ASSE Z490.1, Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health, and Environmental Training. Note: OSHA does not certify or approve individuals as competent safety trainers: that's the employer's responsibility.

Students often ask us if they will be qualified to conduct safety training for their company after completing this course? Click on the button for the answer.

The answer is "not yet."

Training certification, whether it is online or in the classroom, is only the first step toward becoming a qualified safety trainer within a company. You must do more. You may conduct safety training only after you are evaluated, certified, and authorized by your employer to do so. However, it's important for legal reasons that you meet specific criteria that enable the employer to justify certifying you as a qualified safety trainer within the company. To meet the qualifications of certification as a safety trainer in your company, you should:

  • have the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), as determined by the employer, in the safety topics being trained;
  • complete a "Safety Train-the-Trainer" course of study like our 36-Hour OSH Trainer (Train-the-Trainer) Program;
  • demonstrate the ability to develop and present training in a manner and in the language that is understood by employees;
  • have your knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) evaluated by an employer-appointed competent and qualified person;
  • demonstrate, through evaluation by a competent person, that employees have gained the required KSAs to work in a safe and healthful manner on the job; and
  • receive, from the employer, and official written certification as a qualified safety trainer.

The employer should appoint and formally certify that you have met their requirements as a qualified safety trainer. In effect, you become a certified safety trainer, but the scope of your certification is limited to the company. The certification is not national in scope.

Note: If you are interested in nationally recognized certification as a qualified safety professional/trainer, you need to meet certain experience, educational, and exam requirements from a credentialing organization like the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP). The BCSP awards the Certified Instruction Trainer (CIT) to those who qualify.

If you want to read more about becoming an authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer, go to OSHA's Outreach Training Program.

The information in this course is intended to apply to a broad range of safety training and training programs. Ultimately, the goal of this course and others is to help you prevent accidents. With this goal in mind, have fun, study hard, and remember, if you have questions please feel free to send us an email or call.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, you should be able to:
ID Objective
TO 1.0 Achieve a minimum score of 70% on the final course assessment.
LO 1.1.1 Define education and training and distinguish the difference between the two concepts.
LO 1.2.1 List and describe the two primary categories of safety education: instruction and technical training.
LO 1.3.1 Describe the primary components of an effective safety training program.
LO 1.4.1 Discuss the role, responsibilities, and qualification requirements for occupational safety trainers.
LO 1.5.1 Describe the basic training program evaluation requirements detailed within ANSI Z490.1.
LO 1.6.1 Describe the basic training program evaluation requirements detailed within OSHA's 1910.120 standard.
LO 1.7.1 List and give examples of each of Kirkpatrick's five levels of safety training evaluation.
LO 1.8.1 Describe Deming's Plan-Do-Study-Act process for obtaining continuous improvement in safety training.

Key: Terminal Objective (TO), Learning Objective (LO)