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OSHA Outreach Training Programs

Release Date: December 8, 2008

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) extends its training reach to workers through its various Outreach Training Programs. Through these programs, qualified individuals complete an OSHA trainer course and become authorized to teach student courses. This format is the agency's primary method of training employees in hazard recognition and prevention. In the past three years, the program has grown by 80 percent and has reached more than 1.6 million employees. Programs include:

• Construction and General Industry Outreach Training Program - Trainers are authorized to teach 10-hour or 30-hour courses in construction or general industry safety and health hazards.
• Maritime Industry Outreach Training Program - Trainers are authorized to teach 10-hour or 30-hour safety and health hazard recognition and prevention classes in Shipyard Employment (including ship repairing, shipbuilding, and shipbreaking), Marine Terminals, and Longshoring.
• Disaster Site Worker Outreach Training Program - Trainers are authorized to teach a 16-hour course in safety and health to workers who provide skilled support or site clean-up services.

A new Web site, http://www.outreachtrainers.org, promotes the availability of the courses in the Outreach Training Program. This is a free Web site that was developed in cooperation with OSHA's Directorate of Training and Education and provides easy access to scheduling information for 10- and 30-hour Construction and General Industry training classes. OSHA anticipates that this site will become a key component in helping organizations find training that matches their employees' needs.

Workers interested in training can search from more than 700 registered outreach trainers, and find course locations and schedules based on the type of training and proximity. Additionally, authorized outreach trainers can list their class schedules, profile, and contact information.

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The information contained in this publication was obtained from sources believed to be reliable. ISO Services Properties, Inc., its companies and employees make no guarantee of results and assume no liability in connection with either the information herein contained or the safety suggestions herein made. Moreover, it cannot be assumed that every acceptable safety procedure is contained herein or that abnormal or unusual circumstances may not warrant or require further or additional procedure.