2009 OSHA Outreach Training Program Guidelines
Summary of major changes
- Topics
- Construction 10-hr, 4 hours mandatory (was 3 hrs)
- included Electrical & Falls within new “Focus Four” category (2 hrs)
- added ½ hr each for PPE and Health Hazards
- Construction 30-hr, 12 hours mandatory (was 6 hrs)
- included Electrical & Falls within new “Focus Four” category (5 hrs)
- added 2 hrs each for PPE and Health Hazards and 1 hr for Stairways &
Ladders
- General Industry 10-hr, 6 hours mandatory (was 4 hrs)
- added 1 hr each on PPE and Hazard Communication
- General Industry 30-hr, 11 hours mandatory (was 7 hrs)
- added 1 hr each on PPE & Hazard Communication and 2 hrs on Materials
Handling
- Outreach Training Program Report
- Trainer must sign statement of certification to certify that the class
was conducted in accordance with OSHA’s guidelines attesting to the accuracy
of the documentation submitted
- Requests additional course information: if conducted in another
language, for youth, related to OSHA Alliance or Partnership, and where
training took place
- Added 30-hour topic block and student list to the report
- Completing the report is all existing trainers (with ID numbers) need to
do to request cards
- E-mail and fax requests for cards require topic list and signed
statement of certification
- Eliminated short mail format
- Records - trainers must maintain class files for 5 years which include:
- Student sign-in sheets for each class day
- Student addresses
- Copy of the documentation sent in to request cards
- Records which indicate the card number dispensed to each student
- Trainers complete student cards
- By printing or typing their name
- May also sign card, but name must be printed or typed in.
- May not alter the cards or use white out on them
- Holding a class of over 50 students
- must take attendance and obtain prior approval from OSHA Education
Center
- Video conferencing – must provide materials and obtain prior approval from
OSHA Education Center
- Outreach Training Tips, added
- importance of safety and health, that they add value
- ensure workers are trained in their language
- Further Assistance - additional information provided for:
- Teen Workers, Spanish Trainers, Alliance products, Construction and
General Industry websites and products, OSHA Quick Cards, Making the
Business Case for Safety and Health, and Finding Outreach Training and
trainers
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