Principles of Occupational Safety & Health (POSH)

30 MESH Hours
$1195 Member     $1550 Non-Member

** Must take this core course for the Advanced Safety Certificate!

Overview

Our Certificate in Principles of Safety provides you with solid knowledge of safety practices and terminology. You’ll get the confidence you need to implement a comprehensive safety process in your organization.

• Get a balanced perspective of the full scope of occupational safety and health issues.

• Organize and communicate an effective safety program.

• Learn techniques to identify and target hazards specific to your organization, and take actions to prevent incidents and related costs.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• How OSHA affects your organization.

• Uses and benefits of recordkeeping to prevent injuries and illness - and meet OSHA requirements.

• The reason behind safety inspections and how to effectively plan and conduct them.

• The who, what, when, where, and how of incident investigations.

• The impact of industrial hygiene and HazCom standards on your safety plan.

• Components of the communication process and how to improve the effectiveness of safety messages.

• How to:

1. Recognize, evaluate, and control hazards and determine an acceptable level of risk.

2. Create an effective safety team and facilitate productive safety meetings.

3. Define ergonomics, assess ergonomic risk factors, and recommend corrective actions.

4. Determine when personal protective equipment (PPE) should be used and ways to increase employee acceptance of PPE.

5. Develop an emergency action plan.

6. Use a safety orientation program to improve employee performance and reduce incidents and costs. Implement various employee involvement techniques.