has many types of educational materials in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and other languages available in print or online. ese include: Brochures/booklets; Fact Sheets; Guidance documents that provide detailed examinations of speci c safety and health issues; Online Safety and Health Topics pages; Posters; Small, laminated QuickCardsTM that provide brief safety and health information; and QuickTakes, OSHA’s free, twice-monthly online newsletter with the latest news about OSHA initiatives and products to assist employers and workers in nding and preventing workplace hazards. To sign up for QuickTakes, quicktakes. To view materials available online or for a listing of free publications, visit.
publications. You can also call OSHA to order publications.
OSHA’s web site also has information on job hazards and injury and illness prevention for employers and workers. To learn more about OSHA’s safety and health resources online
Training Institute (OTI) Education Centers
OTI Education Centers are nonpro t organizations authorized by OSHA to deliver occupational safety and health training to workers, supervisors and employers. ese organizations are selected through a competitive process based on various criteria, including their occupational safety and health training experience, location and training facilities, and ability to provide training throughout a given region.
e OTI Education Centers o er courses and seminars on a variety of safety and health topics. ey also contribute to the OSHA training mission through other safety and health programs, including community outreach e orts, courses o ered in Spanish, and various youth initiatives.
e OTI Education Centers also support the Voluntary OSHA Outreach Training Program by o ering trainer courses and processing trainer requests for course completion cards. e Outreach Training Program is a voluntary program that is not required by OSHA—nor does it ful ll any OSHA requirements. Still the outreach program can provide basic safety and health information and education. However, under the OSHA law, all required training must be provided by and paid for by employers. rough the outreach program, safety professionals can become authorized to deliver 10-hour and 30-hour classes on the recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards in workplaces. e program also provides information about workers’ rights, employer responsibilities, and how to le a complaint.
It is important to note that this is a voluntary program and does not meet training requirements for any OSHA standards
Although some states, municipalities, or organizations may require outreach training as a condition of employment, it is not an OSHA requirement. None of the courses within the Outreach Training Program is considered a certi cation. For more information, including course descriptions and prerequisites, class schedules, tuition and fees, and featured organizations, visit OSHA’s
Worker Participation in Developing Training Programs
Training programs help ensure that safe jobs are no accident. Safe jobs exist because employers make a conscious decision, each and every day of the year, to make protecting workers a priority in the workplace. When this e ort includes participation from workers, workplace injury and illness prevention programs are improved because workers can identify missing safety procedures, make recommendations for changes and help ensure a safe workplace. When workers have a voice in the workplace and input about how training is developed, training programs are more accurately focused on speci c workplace hazards.
Readers with questions concerning worker safety and health training should contact their OSHA Regional or Area listed at the end of this publication.
