Are You Qualified?
As we mentioned earlier, many of our students ask if they'll be qualified to conduct safety training for their company after completing this course.
The answer is... "not yet!"
Completing a Train-The-Trainer course, whether it is online or in the classroom, is only one step toward becoming a qualified safety trainer within a company. You must do more. You may conduct safety training only after you are evaluated, certified, and authorized by your employer to do so. However, it's important for legal reasons that you meet specific criteria that enable your employer to justify certifying you as a qualified safety trainer within the company. To meet the qualifications of certification as a safety trainer in your company, you should:
- Acquire the necessary knowledge, training, and experience in the relevant safety topics, as determined by your employer.
- Consider enrolling in a comprehensive program such as our 36-Hour OSH Trainer (Train-the-Trainer) Program.
- Demonstrate your ability to develop and deliver training that employees can easily understand.
- Have your knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) evaluated by a competent and qualified person appointed by your employer.
- Continually assess the employees you train through periodic and annual evaluations conducted by a competent person to ensure they have acquired the necessary KSAs to work safely.
- Finally, obtain official written certification as a qualified safety trainer from your employer, which confirms your competency and authorization to conduct safety training within the company.
Your employer should formally certify that you meet their requirements as a qualified safety trainer. This certification is limited to your company and does not have a national scope.
Note: To obtain nationally recognized certification as a qualified safety professional/trainer, you must meet specific experience, educational, and exam requirements through a credentialing organization such as the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP). The BCSP awards the accredited Certified Instructional Trainer (CIT) credential to eligible candidates.
If you want to read more about becoming an authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer, visit OSHA's Outreach Training website.
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