OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 for General Safety in the Workplace
Posted:
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Category:
OSHA and Safety
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) initiative called the OSHA Outreach Training Program is OSHA’s latest to promote workplace safety and health. The program harnesses a national pool of over 17,000 independent, OSHA-authorized trainers, who can instruct and orient workers and employers on OSHA, on workers’ rights, and on how to identify, mitigate, and avoid or prevent hazards in the workplace. The program also familiarizes employees with employer responsibilities and the ins and outs of filing a complaint with OSHA.
The Outreach Training Program offers a number of voluntary courses, including 10- and 30-hour Outreach Training classes conducted by the OSHA-authorized trainers. Being voluntary, both 10-hour and 30-hour (also known as OSHA 10 and OSHA 30) are not required by OSHA for any OSHA certification. Nevertheless, most employers require them for employment and career advancement.
OSHA recommends the Outreach Training courses as necessary primers on occupational safety and health for workers covered by OSHA 29 CFR 1926. These workers, however, must later acquire supplemental training (when required by OSHA standards) on the specific hazards of their jobs. Four to six weeks after completing an Outreach Training course, whether OSHA 10 or OSHA 30, the worker receives a Department of Labor course-completion card from the Outreach Training course provider, the largest being OSHACampus.com.
Both OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 are available as a Construction Outreach Training Course (OSHA 10 Construction, OSHA 30 Construction) or as a General Industry Outreach Training Course (OSHA 10 General, OSHA 30 General).
OSHA 10 Construction and OSHA 10 General are intended for the entry-level worker and are designed to teach the worker to recognize, reduce, and prevent hazards in the workplace.
Both OSHA 10 courses are accepted in all 50 states, but only OSHA 10 Construction is required by the law for working on a public job site in the following states: Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Missouri, and Nevada.
OSHA 30 Construction and OSHA 30 General, on the other hand, are comprehensive safety programs designed for safety directors, foremen, and field supervisors. They cover all OSHA compliance issues.
Like OSHA 10, both OSHA 30 courses are accepted in all 50 states. In addition, OSHA 30 Construction is required at most sites in New York and Nevada, and meets the new requirements for these two states for OSHA 30-hour construction training for supervisors.
The successful completion of this course helps to meet the Construction Industry standards established by OSHA. The OSHA 30 Construction is not equivalent to the OSHA 510 or 511 courses and does not meet the course prerequisites for the OSHA 500 or OSHA 501 courses.
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