Fundamentals of Workplace Safety, with Cal/OSHA 10-Hour Card Certification

This course provides 10 hours + of instruction on the basic skills needed to manage a safety program for your company. This course intends to give an overview of the hazards a worker may encounter on a job site while emphasizing hazard identification, avoidance, control, and injury and illness prevention. This class is for all levels at your organization, from entry-level workers to managers and supervisors.

 

Cal/OSHA General Industry 10-Hour Card

While you are learning safety management techniques and what is required of an employer to comply with regulations specific to California, this program is also designed to obtain your Cal/OSHA GENERAL INDUSTRY 10-HOUR CARD. Many California employers are now implementing this in their hiring processes. A 10-hour Cal/OSHA card may be a condition of employment at your facility or organization.

*Participants must attend all sessions and pass a written exam to receive a certificate and a Cal/OSHA General Industry 10-Hour card.*

Now more than ever, employers require employees, managers, and supervisors to receive the appropriate training to ensure further hazard recognition, compliance, and knowledge of all safety and health aspects affecting their daily work activities. It is typical for many California employers to require employees to obtain an OSHA card as a condition of employment.

Our In-Person General Industry Cal/OSHA Card course allows participants to ask for clarifications and questions instead of a pre-recorded class.

 

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the training, participants will know how to:

  1. Understand the requirements of the California-mandated Injury and Illness Prevention Program.
  2. Discuss techniques to improve management commitment and employee involvement as the basis for an effective Safety and Health Program.
  3. Choose and develop at least two different techniques for hazard analysis and identification at the job sites
    • Job Hazard Analysis (JHAs)
    • Pre-job hazard analysis
    • Personal Protective Equipment Hazard Assessment Certification (Required by California Law)
  4. Develop step-by-step an Injury and Illness Prevention Program
    • Name 3 essential elements of your organization's Injury and Illness Prevention Program
    • Identify 3 common hazard on job sites and the controls you may put in place to abate such hazards
  5. Use techniques to remove barriers to promote a safe and healthy environment (language, culture literacy and skill levels)
    • Name 3 techniques to overcome cultural and/or language barriers
  6. Conduct compelling Incident Investigation
    • Identify the root cause(s) in a case scenario
    • Identify and adopt injury prevention controls that work

 

Agenda/Topics:

  • Requirements to obtain a Cal/OSHA 10-Hour card
  • Introduction to OSHA and Cal/OSHA in general
  • Elements of an Effective Safety and Health Program.
  • The Required Cal/OSHA Injury and Illness Prevention Program
  • Electrical Safety
  • Walking and Working Surfaces
  • Exit Routes
  • Emergency Action Plans
  • Fire Prevention Plans
  • Fire Protection
  • Materials Handling and Back Injury Prevention
  • Flammable and Combustible Liquids
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Machine Guarding
  • Hazard Communication
  • Bloodborne Pathogens

Plus:

  • Incident Investigation/ Root Cause Analysis / The Fundamentals of How to Effectively Investigate Incidents
  • The Basics of Repetitive Motion Injury Prevention
  • The required Cal/OSHA logs. The most recent requirement for electronic submission of the summary log.
  • Recording and reporting to Cal/OSHA and how to use the logs as a tool for injury and illness prevention
  • Resources and more

*Agenda subject to modification

 

Who Should Attend?

Health and Safety Professionals, Industrial Hygienists, Safety Engineers, Labor/Management Health and Safety Committee Members, Supervisors, Union representatives, Risk Managers, Loss Control Specialists. Ideal candidates have responsibilities that include safety from firms that recognize safety as paramount—designed for entry-level industrial hygienists/technicians, safety professionals, safety coordinators, managers, supervisors, or other employees who may have safety and health or industrial hygiene responsibilities.

 

Other Registration Options

Register by phone: 310-206-2304

Email Us: lmlorenzana@ucla.edu, erc@ph.ucla.edu

 

Payment Terms:

Classes are subject to cancellation by the host due to low registration or scheduling issues. If a class is cancelled by the host, participants will receive a full refund of their original payment.

(rev. 11/6/09):

Participant cancellations must be in writing. Refund schedule due to participant-requested cancellations:

  • 15 or more business days before the class: 80% of registration fee
  • 7-14 business days before the class: 50% of registration fee
  • Less than 7 days before the class and "no shows": No refund

If course materials such as books have been sent to course participants in advance, the cost of that material will be subtracted from the refund.

UCLA reserves the right to postpone an offering 7 days prior to the course date should minimum enrollment requirements not be met. If a program is canceled, you will be notified and your registration fee will be refunded in full, less the cost of course materials sent in advance if they are not returned in the condition in which they were received. The liability of UCLA is limited to the course fee.