Online Courses
We have selected and partnered with online training course vendors to provide clients with a convenient resource for internet-based training in general industry and construction.
Hilti Direct Fastening Tool Certification Online Description: Hilti Web based DX training for convenient operator certification allows you to avoid delays waiting for a trainer by using their new eLearning course that gets you setup and certified in minutes. Anytime, anyplace. Training offered includes operator use, maintenance, and storage for Direct Fastening (powder-actuated), and Gas Acutated Tools.
The course you will be guided through a set of interactive slides covering key topics for tool operation and handling with useful details and additional information available throughout.
Who Should Attend: To assure safety on the jobsite, OSHA and ANSI require that all powder actuated tool users become trained and certified for the particular tool being used.
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
Completion Requirements: Following the course, you will need to correctly answer a set of questions then your Qualified Operator's Card will automatically be issued. As you submit your answers, you will know immediately if your answer is right or wrong. If you do not pass on your first try, you can take it again.
Learning Aids: Training is available in English, Spanish, or French. Once you're on the training site, you'll be able to select your preferred language and get started. Toll manuals are available for download on the Hilti website and during the course.
Course Length: Approximately 30 minutes. Should you need to pause the course at any point, you can pick up where you left off.
Pricing:
Individual Participant Pricing: FREE
Housekeeping Awareness for Construction Online Course Description: Housekeeping Awareness for Construction R2 is an introductory online safety course on housekeeping hazards and how to anticipate, recognize and control those hazards. This housekeeping safety course deals with the importance of good housekeeping which is required on construction projects. Hotel housekeeping safety and office housekeeping safety are discussed. Good housekeeping prevents accidents and injuries and is under your control!
Intended Audience: This online safety course is for all workers and management at a construction office or work site.
- Construction Workers
- Construction Foremen
- Construction Supervisors
Learning Aids: While completing this online safety course, you will learn about preventing housekeeping hazards by recognizing and controlling them. The material covered in this course could also be applied to an industrial housekeeping safety program. OSHA regulations require providing containers for refuse, removing waste and debris regularly, removing combustibles and flammable waste material frequently and other activities to prevent hazards.
Course Topics
- Introduction to Housekeeping
- OSHA Regulations
- Housekeeping Hazards
- Housekeeping Hazard Control
- Situational Analysis
Features and Benefits: Online safety course focuses on the requirements of proper housekeeping on the job site. When you have successfully completed this course, you will:
- Remember that housekeeping hazards can mean injury or death
- Anticipate and recognize hazards
- Report hazards and warn others
- Take responsibility for work area
- Make sure it is clean and orderly
- Make sure it is safe and items are properly stored
Course Length: 15 Minutes
Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.
Pricing: $40.00
Housekeeping Awareness for General Industry Online Course Description: Housekeeping Awareness for General Industry is an introductory online safety course that reviews the rules and regulations covering housekeeping safety for hotel and office safety. OSHA's regulations are quoted and explained in simple terms so you can know exactly what is required to pass inspections and keep the workplace clean.
Intended Audience: This online safety course is designed for all employees working in the General Industry sector, including managers who are responsible for following OSHA workplace safety regulations. It is applicable to the following industries:
- Hospitality
- General Office
- Manufacturing
- Warehousing and Distribution
- Property Management
- Retail Services
Learning Aids: In this online course, we will cover the common causes of accidents as well as elements of housekeeping safety training and housekeeping awareness. In addition, you will be informed of the methods of protection, accident and fire prevention, benefits for companies and workers and official OSHA rules and regulations.
Course Topics
- Introduction to Housekeeping
- Housekeeping and OSHA
- Housekeeping Practices
- Summary and Tips
Features and Benefits: By taking Housekeeping Awareness for General Industry online safety course, you will be better prepared to keep your work area clean and safe. When you have successfully completed this course, you will:
- Be prepared to follow OSHA’s regulations regarding housekeeping safety
- Know the methods of protection and accident and fire prevention
- Understand the basic housekeeping practices
Course Length: 20 Minutes
Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.
Pricing: $30.00
How to Read a Safety Data Sheet for All Industries Online Course Description: No matter which industry you work in, you may be required to work near or directly with hazardous chemicals. As a result, it’s important to correctly read Safety Data Sheets (SDS), which contain information about the ingredients, physical characteristics, exposure limits, and health hazards of chemical products. By taking How to Read an SDS for All Industries, course participants will receive Safety Data Sheet training that adheres to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) and the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals’ (GHS) standard.
NOTE: This course is based on the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) as found in 29 CFR 1910.1200(g).
Intended Audience: How to Read an SDS for All Industries is designed for anyone who wants to learn how to evaluate and handle hazardous chemicals, including the following professionals:
- Workers
- Supervisors
- Managers
- Employers
There are no prerequisites for this course, but we recommend that participants first take our Hazard Communication Awareness (HazCom/GHS) for All Industries course and/or Hazard Communication Advanced for All Industries course. Each of these courses will help you develop the necessary vocabulary for a smoother transition into How to Read an SDS for All Industries.
If you have any concerns as to whether this course is appropriate for you or your industry, please browse our full selection of online courses and safety packs, call 800-971-1080, or contact us online.
Learning Aids: Combining theoretical training with brief, intermittent assessments, this course teaches participants to use the SDS to inform their evaluation and handling of hazardous chemicals. Some of the topics covered in this module include:
- SDS interpretation, focusing on sections 1 through 16
- Hazard communication (HAZCOM)
- Employer responsibilities
- Workers’ right-to-know
- Safe work practices
- OSHA and GHS standards for handling workplace chemicals
Features and Benefits: After completing this course, participants will be able to properly read and interpret an SDS. This skill will allow them to use safe work practices while handling chemicals, including personal protective equipment (PPE) and proper hygiene. By learning to read an SDS, they will also be able to determine the exposure, health effects, and emergency and first-aid procedures for specific chemicals. This course also teaches participants how to store and dispose of chemicals according to state and federal regulations and will allow participants to identify cancer-causing chemicals.
Upon completion, you will receive:
- Continuing Education Units from an accredited IACET provider
- A certificate of completion
All course participants must complete the full course with a score of at least 80% at each knowledge checkpoint and fill out the course evaluation to receive his or her certificate of completion.
Course Length: 60 Minutes
Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.
Pricing: $40.00
Hydrogen Sulfide Awareness for General Industry Online Course Description: This introductory Hydrogen Sulfide Awareness online safety course introduces you to this hazardous chemical. Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless, flammable, highly toxic gas that is shipped as liquefied compressed gas and has a familiar rotten egg odor. It is a by-product of many industrial processes, including petroleum refining, tanning, mining, wood pulp processing, rayon manufacturing, sugar beet processing and hot asphalt paving. Hydrogen sulfide is used to produce elemental sulfur, sulfuric acid, and heavy water for nuclear reactors. It is a useful but dangerous chemical.
Intended Audience: Hydrogen Sulfide is common in such environments as swamps and sewers and it occurs where there are volcanic gases, natural gas and around some well waters. If you work in these environments, or in the following industries, this course is intended to increase your safety. Industries principally concerned with Hydrogen Sulfide include:
- Oil Drilling and Gas Drilling
- Well Drilling
- Petroleum Refineries
- Paper Mills
- Tanneries
Learning Aids: While completing this online safety course, you will learn basic safety awareness tips for hydrogen sulfide. This course will discuss the background, health hazard summary and OSHA safe work practices for working with this chemical. The appropriate PPE and sources for information & assistance are also presented. You will be taught how to protect yourself in case of an emergency involving this chemical
Course Topics
- Introduction to Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)
- Origin of Hydrogen Sulfide
- Uses of Hydrogen Sulfide
- Detecting Exposure to Hydrogen Sulfide
- Health Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide Exposure
- Physical Properties of Hydrogen Sulfide
- Hydrogen Sulfide Methods of Exposure
- Environment Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide
- OSHA Guidance
- Common Testing Tools for Hydrogen Sulfide
- Encountering Hydrogen Sulfide in the Workplace
Features and Benefits: Hydrogen Sulfide Awareness online safety course explains the dangers involved with this industrial chemical. When you have successfully completed this course, you will know:
- The chemical's sources & uses
- The physical properties
- The health effects
- The exposure limits
- OSHA's rules and guidelines
- Tips and websites for additional helpful information
Course Length: 20 Minutes
Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.
Pricing: $30.00
Industrial Hygiene Awareness for General Industry Online Course Description: This introductory Industrial Hygiene online safety course will teach you about the important work performed by an industrial hygienist. We will also discuss why good hygienic practices can help keep you safe on the job site.
Intended Audience: This online course is intended for General Industry workers to learn about the importance of hygienic practices and what those practices entail.
- General Industry Workers:
Learning Aids: This online safety course will teach you about the science and art of Industrial Hygiene. In this industrial hygiene course, we will familiarize you with the methods used to control work site hazards, such as air contaminants, and chemical, biological, physical and ergonomic issues. We will also discuss OSHA requirements and how hazards to workers are detected.
Course Topics
- Introduction to Industrial Hygiene
- Industrial Hygiene Background
- History of Industrial Hygiene
- Nature of Industrial Hygiene Work
- Safety Drill 1
- Job Hazards and Control
- Safety Drill 2
Features and Benefits: By taking Industrial Hygiene Awareness online safety course, you will have a better appreciation of the importance of good hygienic practices. When you have successfully completed this course, you will:
- Know the role of industrial hygiene in making the workplace safer
- Understand the vital need for an industrial hygienist on the construction site
- Know more about detecting and controlling risks and hazards through good hygienic practices
Course Length: 15 Minutes
Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.
Pricing: $30.00
Introduction to Confined Space in Construction Online Course Description: This Introduction to Confined Space in Construction safety course is a more detailed review of confined spaces for attendants, entrants, supervisors and managers where the student will learn about OSHA’s new Confined Space in Construction regulation (29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA) and its fundamental requirements. This course focuses on the basics for recognizing, evaluating and controlling confined spaces. The student will learn about the guidelines set by OSHA for confined spaces and Confined Space Entry (CSE) program procedures that should be set by your company to ensure safety while working at the job site. In addition, you will be shown ways to prevent confined spaces injuries in your workplace.
Intended Audience: This course is principally intended for employees that may have the opportunity to enter (authorized entrant), attend (attendant), or act as entry supervisors for (entry supervisor) work in confined spaces including permit-required confined spaces. The course provides on-line classroom type information surrounding the OSHA Construction requirements, confined spaces hazards, basic tools and techniques commonly used to recognize and evaluate hazards and the fundamentals of confined spaces hazard control. This online safety course is intended for those who work with tanks, silos, boilers, sewers, pipelines, ship’s holds, and trenches.
- Confined Space Entry Supervisor
- Confined Space Entrant Worker
- Confined Space Attendant Worker
This Course is Based on: OSHA’s Confined Space in Construction Standard as found in 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA.
Learning Aids: This Introduction to Confined Space in Construction online safety course will explain the scope, definitions, requirements, processes and permits, training, duties of confined spaces personnel, rescue, and employee participation requirements. Case studies and interactive exercises are designed to support student learning. Upon successful completion of this course, you will:
- Recognize requirements of the OSHA Confined Space in Construction Standard, 29 CFR 1926, Subpart AA (effective August 3, 2015)
- Identify hazards typical to confined spaces, how they are recognized and evaluated, and ways these hazards are controlled
- Recognize components of the confined space permit process
- Identify duties of individual confined space team members
- Recognize the dangers of entry rescues and the preparations required for making a rescue
- Recognize basic employer requirements for protecting workers from exposure to confined space entry hazards
Course Topics
- Introduction to Confined Space
- Confined Spaces in Construction Standard
- Definitions
- General Requirements
- Confined Space Safe Working Practices
- Permit-required Confined Space Entry (CSE)
- CSE Equipment
- Duties of the CSE Team
- Rescue from Confined Space
- Special Considerations
Features and Benefits: This Introduction to Confined Space in Construction online safety course will explain the scope, definitions, requirements, processes and permits, training, duties of confined spaces personnel, rescue and employee participation requirements.
- Clear understanding of the requirements of OSHA’s Confined Space in Construction
- Standard (29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA)
- Enhanced learning through case studies and interactive exercises
Course Length: 1 Hour and 15 Minutes
Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.
Pricing: $35.00
Introduction to Heavy Construction Safety and Health Awareness for Construction Online Course Description: Intro to Heavy Construction Safety and Health Awareness for Construction is an introductory online safety course that focuses on civil construction safety. This course covers the general safety and health issues affecting the construction industry with emphasis on the heavy construction industry. In addition, this course offers guidelines to follow, according to OSHA standards.
Intended Audience: This Intro to Heavy Construction Safety and Health Awareness for Construction online safety course is intended for all construction employees, supervisors and managers.
- Construction Workers
- Construction Supervisors
- Construction Manager
Learning Aids: This online training course features a "Most Frequent Citations" section to help you identify what not to do. The safety course provides you with the history of Occupational Safety and Health, basic guidelines of OSHA, injury and illness statistics and additional sources for assistance and information. You are encouraged to further your knowledge by reviewing the OSHA reference guide on Construction (29 CFR, Part 1926) and General Industry (29 CFR, Part 1910).
Course Topics
- Introduction to Heavy Construction Safety & Health
- OSHA
- Construction Industry
- Most Frequent Citations
- General Safety and Health
- More General Provisions
- Means of Egress
- Emergency Action Plans
Features and Benefits: By taking Intro to Heavy Construction Safety and Health Awareness for Construction online training, you will be better prepared to work safely at the job site. Upon successful completion, you will:
- Be familiar with general safety and health issues
- Know the frequently cited regulations in heavy construction
- Be aware of basic hazards, injuries and illnesses associated with the construction industry
- Know how to conduct proper emergency action plans
Course Length: 30 Minutes
Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.
Pricing: $40.00
Introduction to NFPA 70E (2018) for All Industries Online Course Description: Introduction to NFPA 70E (2018) for All Industries is an online safety course that addresses the importance of electrical safety in the workplace. Content includes the role of the National Fire Protection Association and why NFPA 70E was developed. Training will provide information on the concepts of arc flash, approach boundaries, and risk assessments, as well as warning labels and personal protective equipment. This course introduces NFPA 70E to those who need to know the hazards involved with working around electrical dissemination systems with currents greater than 50 volts.
Several significant changes have been made in the 2018 edition of NFPA 70E, including the following:
- Updates to procedures for creating risk assessments
- Increased emphasis on the use of the hierarchy of risk controls when evaluating and implementing controls
- More logical step by step guidelines in Article 120 for establishing an electrically safe work condition
- Modifications to the arc flash hazard identification table to make it available to both incident energy analysis and PPE category methods for determining the likelihood of an arc flash
Intended Audience: This online safety course is for those who work around potential workplace electrical hazards, in all industries:
- Workers (including workers whose exposure may not be part of their regular job responsibilities)
- Electricians
- Supervisors
- Managers
Learning Aids: The topics covered in this course include identification of and protection from electrical safety hazards leading to arc flash, and how to establish an electrically safe work condition as outlined in the NFPA 70E standard, updated in 2018.
Specifically, the student will be able to:
- Recognize the history and purpose of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the 2018 NFPA 70E standard
- Identify responsibilities and training requirements for Qualified and Un-qualified persons
- Recognize what is required to achieve an electrically safe work condition through an effective safety program
- Identify safeguards and controls for work involving electrical hazards, including the use of personal protective equipment, labels, warnings, and barricades
- Identify host employer and contractor responsibilities required by NFPA 70E
Course Topics
- Overview of NFPA 70E (2018)
- Changes to 2018 Edition
- Electrical Safety Program
- Qualified Persons
- Work Involving Electrical Hazards
- PPE and Equipment
Based On: NFPA 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, 2018
Features and Benefits:
- Updated for 2018 Edition of NFPA 70E
- Introductory level for those potentially exposed to the hazards of electrical work
- Describes basic requirements for protecting workers from electrical hazards
Course Length: 45 Minutes
Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.
Pricing: $40.00
Ionizing Radiation Awareness for General Industry Online Course Description: Ionizing radiation can cause serious health complications for those who are exposed to it. Members of the general industry workforce often have more extensive contact with this radiation than those in other regulated industries. To help these professionals stay safe, our Ionizing Radiation Awareness for General Industry course provides introductory-level ionizing radiation awareness training that they can apply on the job. By discussing the basics of ionizing radiation, safety requirements, and more, this course can help promote the safety of your general industry team.
NOTE: This course focuses on Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards and provides links to the Department of Energy (DOE) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) guidelines as covered by Subpart Z 29 CFR 1910.1096 for general industry.
Intended Audience: This course was designed for the following members of the general industry workforce:
- General industry employees
- General industry managers
- General industry supervisors
If you have any concerns as to whether this course is appropriate for you or your industry, please call us directly at 800-971-1080.
Learning Aids: This course aims to protect its participants against workplace injury caused by ionizing radiation. To do so, it covers the following course topics:
- Effects and properties of ionizing radiation
- Routes of exposure
- Ionizing radiation permissible exposure limit (PEL) and action level (AL)
- Radiation exposure symptoms
- Safety requirements, including personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Procedures and guidance
Features and Benefits: After completing this course, participants will become more aware of the risk that ionizing radiation poses against them and where it is commonly found. They will also learn about the most common routes of ionizing radiation exposure, how to tell if they have been exposed, and how to read important signs, labels, and physical agent data sheets (PADS).
Participants will also gain familiarization with the regulations outlined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP), and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). They will be well-equipped to target and eliminate ionizing radiation hazards in their general industry workplaces upon completion of this course.
Course Length: 20 Minutes
Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.
Pricing: $30.00