Strengthen Your Workplace Through Knowledge
States in New England are enacting laws requiring safety measures be at least as protective as the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) for state and municipal employees. The goal is to stem the high human and financial toll of workplace injury, illness and death. Public sector employees face just as many on-the-job risks and dangers as those in the private sector. By participating in educational courses meeting OSHA’s learning objectives, workers learn to protect not only themselves, but fellow employees. Achievement of a certificate in Public Sector Safety and Health Fundamentals, signed by the OSHA Directorate of Training and Education, pays off in employee well-being and saves the taxpayers costly workers compensation costs. By creating and sustaining a culture of workplace safety, everyone wins!
Occupational Safety & Health Education for Public Sector Employees
- Learn from OSHA Education Center master instructors and adjunct faculty/ Keene State College
- Course learning objectives designed for successful outcomes
- Networking in the classroom enhances education exponentially
- Opportunities to advance to an OSHA Outreach Trainer in Construction, General Industry, Maritime, or Disaster Site Work to teach Department of Labor ten and thirty hour outreach classes in your workplace
- Continuing Education Units, Certification Maintenance Points, Training Contact Hours
Why is this certificate program unique?
Designed for, but not restricted to, public sector workers seeking to strengthen current efforts in workplace safety, it is the only certificate signed by the Directorate of Training and Education/OSHA.
Program Structure:
To earn the Public Sector Safety & Health Fundamentals Certificate in Construction or General Industry, participants must complete a minimum of seven OSHA Training Institute Education courses comprised of required and elective courses representing a minimum of 68 contact hours, prior to fee payment and application for the program.
Public Sector Safety & Health Fundamentals Program Requirements: Applicants for Public Sector Safety and Health Fundamentals certificate(s) must complete all required courses prior to submitting the certificate completion form. See registration forms for further instructions
Construction Course Work
PSSHF Construction Application
Core Requirements – 3 courses
OSHA #510 OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry
OSHA #7500 Safety & Health Management Systems
OSHA #7505 Introduction to Accident/Incident Investigation
Elective Courses – 4 minimum (total of 29 hours)
OSHA #521 Guide to Industrial Hygiene
OSHA #2225 Respiratory Protection
OSHA #2255 Principles of Ergonomics
OSHA #7300 or OSHA #2264 Permit-Required Confined Space Entry
OSHA #3085 Principles of Scaffolding
OSHA #3095 Electrical Standards
OSHA #7410 or OSHA #3015 Excavation, Trenching & Soil Mechanics
OSHA #7405 or OSHA #3115 Fall Arrest Systems
OSHA #7105 Evacuation and Emergency Planning
OSHA #7110 Safe Bolting: Principles & Practices
OSHA #7205 Health Hazard Awareness
OSHA #7215 Silica in Construction, Maritime, & General Industries
OSHA #7400 Noise Hazards & Hearing Protection in Construction & General Industries
OSHA #7845 Recordkeeping Rule Seminar
General Industry Course Work
PSSHF General Industry Application
Core Requirements – 3 courses
OSHA #511 OSHA Standards for General Industry
OSHA #7500 Safety & Health Management Systems
OSHA #7505 Introduction to Accident/Incident Investigation
Elective Courses – 4 minimum (total of 29 hours)
OSHA #521 Guide to Industrial Hygiene
OSHA #2225 Respiratory Protection
OSHA #2255 Principles of Ergonomics
OSHA #3095 Electrical Standards
OSHA #7300 or OSHA #2264 Permit Required Confined Space
OSHA #7000 OSHA Training Guidelines for Safe Patient Handling
OSHA #7005 Public Warehousing and Storage
OSHA #7100 or 2045 Machinery & Machine Guarding
OSHA #7105 Evacuation and Emergency Planning
OSHA #7115 Lock Out Tag Out
OSHA #7200 Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control for Healthcare
OSHA #7205 Health Hazard Awareness
OSHA #7210 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
OSHA #7215 Silica in Construction, Maritime, & General Industries
OSHA #7845 Recordkeeping Rule Seminar