Safety and Health Training: Getting Ready to Train

Welcome to Safety and Health Training: Get Ready to Train! Do you want to know how to prepare state-of-the-art occupational safety and health training system? Here is your chance to explore regulatory issues, training theory, needs assessment, and program development. We will also examine OSHA resources, how OSHA interacts with the EPA, and how to meet the training standards set by various regulatory agencies.

Through this course, you'll learn:

1. Identify three methods recommended by OSHA for prioritizing training needs.
2. Identify examples of both mandated and implied training requirements in OSHA standards.
3. Identify training needs, content, goals and objectives, develop learning activities, conduct the training, evaluate training effectiveness, and improve the training program.
4. Explain the variety of OSHA resources available to the safety and health professional to develop and implement safety and health training.
5. Recognize regulatory and non-regulatory environmental training issues.
6. Identify the interaction among OSHA, EPA and other training requirements.
7. Prepare state-of-the-art occupational safety and health training systems that will conform to ANSI, NIOSH, and other standards.
8. Apply knowledge of specific learning theories.
9. Document training to meet governmental standards.
10. Recognize factors that contribute to the costs and financial benefits of SH & E training.
11. Define the desirable characteristics of a safety and health trainer.