Osha general industry safety and health certification

This OSHA 30-Hour General Industry course is designed to educate workers on workplace and jobsite safety. Specifically, those who successfully complete this specialized training should become familiar with recognizing, avoiding, preventing and stopping potential jobsite hazards. It's OSHA Education Center's mission to ensure that workers at all responsibility levels and across all industries receive education about common workplace hazards with this OSHA 30 General Industry Training.

In an effort to maintain workplace safety and hazard recognition standards, OSHA recommends regular workplace safety training. This OSHA-authorized course can benefit workers in the following fields: factory operations, manufacturing, storage, warehousing, health care and more.

What's Covered in OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Training?

You'll learn about:

  • Electrical Hazards
  • Walking and Working Surfaces
  • Hazard Communication
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

  • Exit Routes and Emergency Plans
  • Bloodborne Pathogens
  • Machine Guarding
  • And more!

The OSHA 30-hour General Industry Outreach Training course has been reviewed and authorized by OSHA for online distribution.
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Osha general industry safety and health certification
Course Description

This OSHA 30-hour General Industry Outreach Training course is a comprehensive safety training program designed for those working within general industry. The course design structure and content provides vital information for those working the following jobs:

  • safety directors
  • foremen
  • field supervisors

This 30-hour program offers a complete instruction of OSHA compliance issue training.
OSHA.com recommends training programs on a job site. These programs are an orientation to occupational safety and health for employees. This 30-hour course provides information from OSHA 29 CFR 1910. 

Additional training is a requirement for all general industry workers. This course meets OSHA standards to teach the potential of specific job hazards and how to prevent them from happening.

Participants receive an OSHA 30-Hour General Industry course completion card in the mail after 1-2 weeks of completing the course. The 30-hour General Industry Online Course is NOT equivalent to the OSHA 510 or 511 courses. This 30-hour course does not meet the course prerequisites to take the OSHA 500 or OSHA 501 courses.

The OSHA 30-hour courses provide essential information that helps safety committee members, forepersons, supervisors, superintendents, managers, competent persons, safety staff, safety managers, and others monitor workplace safety and implement OSHA health and safety regulations apply to their workplaces. 

The OSHA 30-hour training course equips students with an extensive overview of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Students learn how to find the OSHA regulations that apply to the operations where they are working. 

Osha general industry safety and health certification
Who is This Course For?

  • Foremen
  • Job supervisors
  • Industries include but not limited to: Healthcare, Manufacturing, Warehouse, Distribution, Retail

Osha general industry safety and health certification
Course Outline

  • Orientation
  • Introduction
  • Labels and SDS
  • Module 1: Introduction to OSHA
  • Module 2: Managing Safety and Health
  • Module 3: Walking & Working Surfaces, including Fall Protection
  • Module 4: Emergency Action Plan
  • Module 5: Electrical Safety
  • Module 6: Personal Protective Equipment
  • Module 7: Materials Handling
  • Module 8: Hazard Communication
  • Module 9: Hazardous Materials (Flammable and Combustible Liquids, Spray Finishing, Compressed Gases, Dipping and Coating Operations)
  • Module 10: Permit-Required Confined Space
  • Module 11: Lockout / Tagout
  • Module 12: Machine Guarding
  • Module 13: Welding and Cutting
  • Module 14: Hazardous Substances & Industrial Hygiene
  • Module 15: Bloodborne Pathogens
  • Module 16: Ergonomics
  • Module 17: Fall Protection
  • Module 18: Safety and Health Programs
  • Module 19: OSHA Recordkeeping
  • Module 20: Process Safety Management
  • Module 21: Asbestos in Workplace
  • Module 22: Scaffolds
  • Module 23: HAZWOPER

Osha general industry safety and health certification
Course Credit

30 hours

Osha general industry safety and health certification
Testing

At the end of each module, you must pass a 10-question module quiz. To pass, a score of 70% or higher is required. You have up to three opportunities to pass each module quiz. Failure to successfully pass the quiz results in a participant being locked out of the course. Participants who fail the exam after three tries are not allowed to continue with an online training format for your Outreach training.

Once you have completed each module, you must pass a final exam to receive full credit for the course. The final exam consists of 20 questions. It tests your knowledge of the information covered throughout the course. After three tries, participants who fail the exam are not allowed to continue with an online training format for your Outreach training.

Osha general industry safety and health certification
Time to Completion

Once you enroll in the OSHA 30-hour General Industry Outreach Training course you have six months from the time you start this course to complete it in order to receive credit. After six months, your account will expire and you will be required to purchase the course again if you wish to complete it.

A temporary printable certificate will be made available immediately upon successful completion of course. Passing participants will receive a DOL General Industry Outreach course completion wallet card within 2 weeks.

In order to receive your DOL Wallet Card you must complete the survey at the end of the course.

Includes free OSHA 30 Hour General Industry Study Guide! This PDF Study Guide will ensure you are ready to take the final exam to receive your wallet card. This is a great supplement to the OSHA 30 Hour General Industry Outreach Course and can serve as a quick reference guide for future use.

What is OSHA general industry safety and health?

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.

What does it mean to be OSHA certified?

Safeopedia Explains OSHA Certification OSHA Certification ensures that the certificate holder is equipped to work towards a healthier and safer work environment. A certificate holder is able to monitor and report on workplace safety and ensure legislative compliance in the specific industry in which he or she works.

What is the highest OSHA certification?

At the top of the hierarchy are the trainer cards which reflect the highest level of achievement and proficiency. Trainer card. Signifies authority to teach 10- and 30-hour outreach courses and receive OSHA student completion cards.

Is OSHA a industry certification?

OSHA's Safety and Health Fundamentals Certificate program support's OSHA's mission by training public and private sector employees in occupational safety and health to reduce incident rates for workers. Participants have the opportunity to earn certificates for Construction, Maritime, and General Industry training.