Basic Workplace Safety Certificate

• If you have little or no previous safety and health experience.
  
• If you have full or part-time responsibility for employee safety and health, including supervisors, safety committee members and safety advisors.
• Those who have experience in safety and health but no formal training may find this a useful refresher.

This series of classes provides you with the basic tools you need to take to your workplace.

The Basic Workplace Safety Certificate can be earned by completing the following series of three one-day courses within a two-year period. Successful candidates will receive a wall plaque.

Intro to Occupational Safety
(Course 101)

(click course title to register) If you are newly responsible for your company's safety and health program, a supervisor or a member of your safety committee, this course provides the basics of:

Safety Management: Management Commitment, Safety Committees, Regulatory Compliance, and Employee Involvement

Hazard Identification: Safety Inspections, Task Analysis, Training and Orientation

Ergonomics: Problem Identification, and Practical Approaches

Record keeping: OSHA 300 Logs and Form 301 and Accident/Incident Frequency Rates

Emergency Preparedness: Written Plans, Bloodborne Pathogens and Fire Safety Plan

Intro to Occupational Health
(Course 102)

(click course title to register) This course reviews basic occupational health and industrial hygiene principles and covers three basic concepts: health hazard recognition, health hazard evaluation, and health hazard control.

Health Hazard Recognition: Overview of Hazard Comm-unication, Chemical Handling, Stress Management and Environmental Awareness

Health Hazard Evaluation: Applicable OSHA Standards, Overview of Industrial Hygiene, Monitoring, and How to Work with an Industrial Hygienist

Health Hazard Control: Overview of Control Methods, Personal Protective Equipment, and Compliance Training

Intro to Loss Control
(Course 103)

(click course title to register) This course reviews loss control topics and covers the fundamentals of recognizing, evaluating and controlling those situations that initiate unintentional and unplanned losses.

Accident Cost Analysis: Direct and Indirect Costs

Workers’ Compensation: The System and How it Works

Accident Investigation: Investigation, Analysis and Cost

Electrical Safety: Conducting Electrical Inspections

Material Handling: Manual and Mechanized Handling

Fire Extinguishers: Classification and Control of Fires

Office Safety: Hazard Checklist for Offices

New Employee Orientation: Motivate New Employees

Machine Safeguarding: Point-of-Operation Safeguards

Lock-out/Tag-out: Essential Concepts and Procedures

Professional Credit
Each one-day course earns 5.5 Contact Credit Hours from the Colorado Safety Association.