The Outreach Training Program is a voluntary program. Its purpose is to promote workplace safety and health and to make workers more knowledgeable about workplace hazards and their rights.
Outreach training does not fulfill the training requirements found in OSHA standards. Employers are responsible for providing additional training for their workers on specific hazards of their job as noted in many OSHA standards. A list of standards requiring training may be found in OSHA Publication 2254, Training Requirements in OSHA Standards and Training Guidelines.
Program overview
- Promotes safety culture through peer training
- Training is intended to be participatory, using hands-on activities
- Trainers are able to tailor the training topics based on specific needs of their audience
- Outreach training content includes hazard recognition and avoidance, workers' rights, employer responsibilities, and how to file a complaint; it emphasizes the value of safety and health to workers, including young workers
- Outreach training is available in languages other than English (Spanish, Polish, etc.)
10-hour and 30-hour programs
The 10-hour training program is primarily intended for entry level workers. The 30-hour training program is intended to provide workers with some safety responsibility a greater depth and variety of training.
All outreach training is intended to cover an overview of the hazards a worker may encounter on a job site. Training emphasizes hazard identification, avoidance, control and prevention, not OSHA standards.
Becoming an authorized trainer
Becoming an Authorized Outreach Trainer will allow you to conduct 10-Hour and 30-Hour Hazard Awareness classes.
Authorization requires 5 years of verifiable Occupational Safety and Health Oversite experience, attending a pre-requisite class, competing the Pre-Requisite Verification Form (PVF) and being approved to attend the trainer the trainer class.
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1. Attendance of pre-requisite OSHA 510 OSHA Standards for Construction Industry class within the last 7 years.
2. Demonstrating 5 years direct Occupational Safety and Health related experience/oversight in a Construction environment.
A bachelor or higher college degree in occupational safety and health or industrial hygiene by an accredited college or university, a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) designation in the applicable training area may be substituted for two years of experience.
3. Complete PVF and be approved. We suggest you search for the 29 CFR 1926 table of contents and pick the areas that pertained to your experience.
Applicants must provide detailed information about your safety responsibilities relating to safety oversight, management or instruction in the construction industry. You will need to describe in detail your specific construction safety work experience (leadership, program management, construction safety standards, remediation tasks, etc.) for each job you describe on the PVF.
Be sure to address construction safety specific work experience. Working safely and taking safety training classes is not adequate for work experience.
4. Attend OSHA 500 Trainer Course in OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry.
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1. Attendance of pre-requisite OSHA 511 OSHA Standards for General Industry class within the last 7 years.
2. Demonstrating 5 years direct Occupational Safety and Health related experience/oversight in a Construction environment.
A bachelor or higher college degree in occupational safety and health or industrial hygiene by an accredited college or university, a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) designation in the applicable training area may be substituted for two years of experience.
3. Complete PVF and be approved. We suggest you search for the 29 CFR 1910 table of contents and pick the areas that pertained to your experience.
Applicants must provide detailed information about your safety responsibilities relating to safety oversight, management or instruction in general industry. You will need to describe in detail your specific general industry safety work experience (leadership, program management, general industry safety standards, remediation tasks, etc.) for each job you describe on the PVF.
Be sure to address general industry safety specific work experience. Working safely and taking safety training classes is not adequate work experience.
4. Attend OSHA 501 Trainer Course in OSHA Standards for the General Industry
Note: Trainers are required to update every 4 years by completion OSHA 502 for Construction and OSHA 503 for General Industry. OSHA does not allow for an extension to update your training.
If your authorization expires, you will be required to start over. This means completing the PVF, attend 510/511 with last 7 years, and being approved to attend/complete 500/501class. Contact safety.first@mcckc.edu to obtain the paperwork to complete.
Resources
Outreach portal
- Outreach portal for report entry
- Sample Sign In Sheet
- Sample Topic Outline
- Student Contact List
Training materials
- Training information for the construction industry
- Training information for the general industry
- OSHA Training & Reference Material Library
- OSHA data related to workplace safety and health
- Susan Harwood Grantee-Developed Training by Topic
- CPWR Foundations of Safety Leadership
- CPWR Hazard Specific Resources & Training Tools
- ELCOSH Electronic Library of Construction OSHA
- Outreach Training Program FAQs