Health and Safety Training – OSHA Outreach Training Program
Posted: July 12th, 2011 | Author: jsabuilder | Filed under: H&S Training | No Comments »
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Health and Outreach Training Program is a voluntary program intended to “promote workplace safety and health and to make workers more knowledgeable about workplace hazards and their rights.” Although the health and safety training offered through the Outreach Training Program does not fulfill the training requirements found in specific OSHA standards, it does provide training on the recognition, avoidance, abatement and prevention of workplace hazards.
Initiated in 1971, the Outreach Training Program has grown to the point that more than 3.5 million workers were trained in job hazard recognition and avoidance through the program during the period 2005 to 2010, according to OSHA.