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October 01, 2019
Step-By-Step Guide to Safety Training Resources
This guide offers six steps to help you develop a comprehensive, OSHA-compliant training program at your facility and provides links to the essential resources you need to complete each step.
Step 1: Assess your training needs.
Training the Trainer 30-Minute Course shows you how to assess training needs at your workplace and identify training objectives to meet these needs.
Training Needs Assessment Checklist helps you determine the hazards and conditions that require worker training.
Job Hazard Analysis Guide provides step-by-step instructions to identify workplace hazards and determine who should be trained, and how, when, and where training should take place.
The OSHA Training Requirements Chart (web version or downloadable Word document) helps you determine which OSHA standards require training, the required training frequency, and trainer qualifications for each standard. To find state-specific information, select your state from the drop-down menu near the top of the page.
Step 2: Determine which employees need training.
Provide appropriate training for each of the following groups. Click on the links below for resources applicable to each group:
Step 3: Determine the appropriate topic, depth, method, and length of training.
- Initial in-depth training (20-30 minutes each session):
- PowerPoint presentations: Complete and customizable instructor-led slideshow presentations with associated exercises, handouts, and quizzes
- Audio presentations: Complete automated slideshow including voice narration for classroom or self-paced presentation; associated exercises, handouts, and quizzes provided
- Introductory and refresher training:
- 7-Minute Safety Trainer: Shorter instructor-led written training sessions with supporting handout and quiz
- Safety Meetings: Written meetings intended to be delivered by an instructor; many include sample handouts and checklists
- Monthly or weekly safety meetings:
- 7-Minute Safety Trainer: Shorter instructor-led written training sessions with supporting handout and quiz
- Safety Meetings: Written meetings intended to be delivered by an instructor; many include sample handouts and checklists
- Daily or weekly safety talks:
- Toolbox Talks: 5-minute talks on specific tasks and hazards intended for use on a job site
- Training Activities: Short written sessions with checklists on specific topics intended to be delivered by an instructor
- Reinforcement materials:
- Safety Posters: Posters to place at strategic locations in your facility to reinforce your training message
- Cartoons: fun images with captions that add humor to reinforce a safety message.
- Employee Safety Newsletters: Newsletters covering a variety of safety and health topics to distribute to your employees
Step 4: Provide supervisors and other employees who will conduct training with the resources they need to train effectively.
- Training Tips provides topic-specific ideas to make sessions more interesting and effective.
- Basic Principles of Adult Learning is a guide that explains the four key elements of adult learning and provides tips for training reluctant or resistant learners.
- Training the Trainer (PowerPoint) explains effective strategies for engaging trainees and motivating learners.
Step 5: Seek employee feedback on your training program.
- Training Evaluation Form: Ask attendees at your safety training sessions to fill out this evaluation form to get objective feedback on your training practices
Step 6: Keep records of your training program.