This 30-hour training program is intended to provide construction workers with some safety responsibility a greater depth and variety of training.
30-hour
Construction Safety and Health
Program Description
The 30-hour Construction Safety and Health Program is intended to provide workers with some safety responsibility a greater depth and variety of training on an expanded list of topics associated with workplace hazards in general industry. The Program provides training for workers and employers on the recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards in their workplaces. The program also provides information regarding workers' rights, employer responsibilities, and how to file a complaint.
Free Access
You can sign up on our website, access our training material, including quizzes online, and complete all of our courses for FREE. OSHAcademy only charges a small fee if you want to receive a certificate to document your training. Other online training providers charge a fee to access training material and do not give you the option to choose the type of certificate you receive. This is a significant difference between OSHAcademy and other providers.
Immediate Access to Documentation
Once you complete and pay for your PDF training certificates, you will have immediate access to your documents via your student dashboard. If you choose to purchase original certificates and wallet card, you will receive them within 10 business days.
Do You Require a DOL Card?
Once you complete and pay for this training, you will receive an OSHAcademy 30-hour Construction Safety and Health wallet card. If you are required to have an OSHA Outreach card associated with the Department of Labor (DOL), please visit the US Dept of Labor's website.
Training Comparison
While other online training providers require you to make a payment to access their training material, OSHAcademy provides 100% free access to all of our training courses and material. There is no fee to sign up, complete any of our training courses, or to take the course exams. We do offer affordable prices if you want detailed exam results and course or program certificates. Whether you just want free training or want to purchase one of our certificate packages, we have what you need at OSHAcademy!
Features
- 2 transcripts
- 1 program certificate
- training record card
- FREE course certificates
(with program purchase)
Certificates
- FREE Training
- $ $* PDF & Original
- $* Original
* Shipping & Handling not included
What you get!
Program Certificate
Training Record Card
Course Certificate
Transcript
To qualify for this program certificate, students must complete all required courses listed below. There is no time limit to complete the required courses.
Why Sign up?
When you sign up for an OSHAcademy student account, you will be able to complete and track your training using our online Learning Management System (LMS). Through your personal LMS dashboard, you will be able to edit your account profile, track your individual training, view exam scores, print certificates, and much more!
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If you are already an OSHAcademy student, you can update your enrollment through your student dashboard. Need help? Call or email or office.
Module Quizzes
Each course is organized into modules. Each module has a quiz designed to help the student self-assess their understanding of the course content. After submitting their quiz answers, students receive immediate feedback. Quiz results are not recorded and can be taken multiple times.
Course Exams
After studying the course material and taking the module quizzes, students can take the course exam. The course exam is designed to test the students understanding of the course material. Course exams are composed of multiple choice questions selected from our extensive question bank.
Exam Characteristics
- Students have two hours to complete each course exam.
- The exams are open book. You can use your notes or the study guide to help answer questions as needed.
- You must achieve a minimum score of 70% to pass each exam.
- If you do not pass an exam, you may retake it.
- Students are only allowed to take an exam three (3) times within a 48-hour period.
- After the third attempt, students must wait 48 hours before attempting the exam again. During this time, students should review the course material to improve their understanding.
- If you pass each exam, you may not retake the exams to raise your score.
We want each student to choose the type of training that best fits their specific needs. If that is OSHAcademy training, great! If that is training through another organization, no problem.
Do you have more questions? Visit our general FAQs page or contact our office. We are here to help!
About 10- and 30-hour Training
The 10-hour training program is primarily intended for entry level workers. The 30-hour training program is intended to provide workers with some safety responsibility a greater depth and variety of training. All 10- and 30-hour training is intended to cover an overview of the hazards a worker may encounter on a job site.
Training emphasizes hazard identification, avoidance, control and prevention, not OSHA standards.
No, they are voluntary. OSHA recommends outreach training as an orientation to occupational safety and health for workers.
Important Note: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, and Rhode Island have enacted laws mandating the training. Also, some employers, unions, organizations or other jurisdictions may also require this training.
Yes.
OSHAcademy training exceeds OSHA Outreach training as each course in this program has individual quizzes and an open book final exam. This ensures you thoroughly understand the content.
Training Comparison
Yes.
Our OSHAcademy 10- and 30-hour programs were developed by Steve Geigle, the founder of OSHAcademy and a retired Oregon OSHA trainer. Each program was carefully designed to provide training content equivalent to the OSHA (DOL) Outreach courses.
Additionally, each course within the 10- and 30-hour programs includes an exam as evidence of student learning.
No.
All of our training is free to access, but once you complete and pay for the training, you will receive an OSHAcademy 30-hour General Industry Safety and Health wallet card. If you are required to have an OSHA Outreach card associated with the Department of Labor (DOL), please visit the US Dept of Labor's website.
Yes.
OSHAcademy training exceeds OSHA Outreach training by providing an OSHAcademy Safety and Health training record card, program certificate, and transcript.
Yes.
Students and employers can validate a program or course certificate using our website. It's quick and easy! Best of all, by validating a certificate, you will know the certificate is valid and was issued by OSHAcademy. On the other hand, OSHA does not provide individual verification of student course completion cards or authorized trainer cards.
No.
Like the OSHA (DOL) completion cards, OSHAcademy training record cards do not have an expiration date. Employers may require additional training depending on their specific requirements or needs.
OSHAcademy's 10- and 30-hour training programs are intended as an orientation to Occupational Safety and Health. Workers must receive additional training on specific hazards of their job.
About OSHA (DOL) Training
OSHA recommends outreach courses as an orientation to occupational safety and health for workers. Although some states, municipalities or others may require outreach training as a condition of employment, it is not an OSHA requirement. None of the OSHA 10-hour and 30-hour Outreach Training Program is considered a certification.
- Connecticut requires construction workers on some publicly-funded building projects over $100,000 must obtain the OSHA 10-hour course completion cards issued within the past 5 years. (Connecticut- Sec. 31‐53b)
- Massachusetts requires contractor workers who will do publicly funded work over $10,000 must complete an OSHA-approved 10-hour course prior to beginning work. (Chapter 30:Section 39S)
- Missouri requires contractor employees working on state or municipal publicly funded works projects must complete an OSHA 10-hour course or similar equivalent course approved by the department within 60 days of beginning work on the project. (Sec/n 292.675)
- Nevada requires construction workers and certain workers in the entertainment industry must undergo an OSHA 10-hour course at least once every 5 years. Construction and entertainment industry supervisors must complete the OSHA 30-hour course at least every 5 years. Fines and penalties will be issued for non-compliance. (Nevada-Bill No. 148)
- New Hampshire requires on-site employees on larger publicly funded sector contracts over $100,000 must complete an OSHA 10-hour construction course prior to beginning work. (Section 277:5-a)
- New York requires workers on public projects with contracts more than $250,000 must have completed an OSHA construction 10-hour course within the previous 5 years prior to beginning work. New York City requires Construction workers must complete OSHA/DOL outreach training. (New York State-A02721)
- Rhode Island requires all workers on publicly funded state and municipal construction projects over $100,000 must show proof of a completed an OSHA 10-hour course within 15 days. (Chapter 23, 37-23-1)
- West Virginia requires workers on public projects more than $50,000 must complete the OSHA 10-hour course, except workers employed less than 21 consecutive days are not required to complete the course. (WVC 21-3-22)
- Municipalities, such as New York City and Philadelphia, have implemented laws that require construction workers to complete the OSHA 10- and 30-hour courses.
Important Note: You should verify your specific state and municipality training requirements. Due to changes implemented by states and local municipalities, we cannot guaranttee this list is complete.
No.
Employers are responsible for training their workers on specific hazards of their job, as noted in many OSHA standards. A list of standards requiring training is found in OSHA Publication 2254 [PDF], "Training Requirements in OSHA Standards and Training Guidelines."
No.
The student course completion cards in Construction, General Industry, Maritime and Disaster Site do not have an expiration date. The form and content of additional training is left to the discretion of the student and/or employer.
The Outreach Training Program is intended as an orientation to Occupational Safety and Health. Workers must receive additional training on specific hazards of their job.