700 Introduction to Safety Management

OSHA Training Requirements

Other voluntary standards and minimum criteria guidance on developing and delivering safety and health training exist and OSHA encourages you to review these documents as well:

• ANSI/ASSP Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health, and Environmental Training, ANSI/ASSP Z490.1-2009
• ANSI: American National Standards Institute
• ASSP: American Society of Safety Professionals
• NIEHS WETP Minimum Health and Safety Training Criteria Guidance for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER); HAZWOPER Supporting and All Hazards Prevention, Preparedness and Response.
• NIEHS: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• WETP: Worker Education and Training Program

OSHA has educational materials in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and other languages available in print or online. To view materials available online or for a listing of free publications, visit OSHA's Publications Page. You can also call 1-800-321-OSHA (6742) to order publications.

OSHA's web site also has information on job hazards and injury and illness prevention for employers and workers. To learn more about OSHA's safety and health resources online, visit OSHA's A-Z Index Page.

OSHA's training requirements guide, OSHA Pub 2254, Training Requirements in OSHA Standards and Training Guidelines (PDF), is a must-have publication for anyone responsible for the company's safety training program. This booklet contains a summary of the many OSHA training requirements. OSHA has also published OSHA Pub 3824, Resource for Development and Delivery of Training to Workers that gives you some ideas conducting training.

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