Fundamentals of  Occupational Safety and Health 

The objective of this required course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to effectively organize and operate a safety program for any size or type of industry.  This intensive five-day course is designed primarily for those recently appointed to safety responsibilities, although it is also an excellent review and update for an experienced safety professional.  Each student will develop a complete safety program for a company through an extensive series of workshop sessions.

TOPICS INCLUDE...

  • Accident Investigation and Reporting

  • Safety Inspections

  • Record Keeping

  • Communications for Safety

  • Office Safety

  • Human Factors Engineering

  • Safety Meetings

  • Industrial Hygiene - basics

  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

  • Federal and State Legislation

  • Job Instruction Training (JIT)

  • Fire and Electrical Safety

  • New Employee Indoctrination

  • Materials Handling

  • Principles of Machine Safeguarding

  • Safety Organization

  • Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

Fundamentals of Occupational Safety and Health is one course of three required for Safety Certificate.