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OSHA 10 & OSHA 30
WHAT ARE THE OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 CERTIFICATIONS AND WHO DO THEY BENEFIT?
Training to receive an OSHA certification provides workers with basic and more advanced training about common safety and health hazards on the job. Our safety sessions are intended to improve productivity and to help your employees prevent workplace hazards.
AW Safety Services offers courses and assistance with testing for both the Construction and General Industry certifications. There are two main certifications available with us: OSHA 10-hour, and OSHA 30-hour.
These certifications will be valuable to all of your employees, but most businesses choose to certify people with a duty to safety first. Line workers, project managers, engineers, foremen, supervisors, managers, superintendents, competent persons, union reps, safety staff, human resource managers and others will be more aware of health and safety risks so they can be avoided at the end of the course.
COURSE COMPLETION
Once you have completed either training, AW Safety Services will present your employees with:
- A Student Course Completion Card – delivered to employees within 90 days of the course end date
- A Class Certificate – to help employees prove they completed the training
We encourage all of the businesses we work with to follow up regularly with their workers to ensure they are following through with the guidelines they learned during the certification process. AW Safety Services offers a number of additional services you may need post-certification. These include:
- Monthly Safety Meeting – to reinforce the company’s safety procedures
- On Site Safety Personnel – monitoring safety compliance
- OHSA Investigation Documentation – if an accident should occur and more information is needed
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WHY SHOULD YOUR EMPLOYEES GET CERTIFIED?
The goal of training should never be to just say you did it and continue the same behavioral patterns as before. The education we provide is meant to increase awareness, inspire safe actions in the workplace, and provide a standard set of guidelines to increase efficiency on the job. This training is imperative, and it can save lives.
In order to maximize the impact of the training, you’ll need to ensure that your employees are getting what they need. Get the right course and you will keep them awake, keep them interested, and keep them alive.
To that end, if you are in the construction industry, we recommend the certification geared specifically towards construction workers. All other industries will benefit from the general industry training. In the next section, you can read about the key differences in the 10-hour and 30-hour courses and decide which one makes more sense for your business and employees.
OSHA 10
- 10 hours of training
- Introduction to OSHA – 2 hours
- “Focus Four” – 4 hours
- “Stairways and Ladders” – Elective topic
- “PPE” and “Health Hazards” – 30 minutes each
- No single topic may be covered for more than 4 hours
OSHA 30
- 30 hours of training
- Introduction to OSHA – 2 hours
- “Focus Four” – 6 hours
- “Stairways and Ladders” – Mandatory topic
- “PPE” and “Health Hazards” – 2 hours each
- No single topic may be covered for more than 6 hours
- “Managing Safety and Health” – Mandatory topic
- Additional Electives
GENERAL INDUSTRY – OSHA 10 AND OSHA 30 CERTIFICATIONS
The certification training for General Industry begins with an “Introduction to OSHA,” which will cover OSHA history, principles, regulations, inspections, and informative resources. The OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 certifications have a bit of overlap, but there are more electives available with 30 hours of instruction. Both courses include additional time in which the instructor can choose to expand on any safety topics or discuss industry-related guidelines.
Electives, pre-determined briefs on industry or job-specific safety requirements are determined as the instructor gets to know the managers and employees at your business. They will help you decide the most pertinent electives for your field. You may have an elective in mind already. Feel free to bring this up with the instructor so they may include the topic of interest in the curriculum.
There are several important discrepancies between the 10-hour and 30-hour course. In the 30-hour course, “Managing Safety and Health” is a two-hour requirement. This topic is not mentioned at all in the 10-hour course and is primarily for managers. The table below can provide you with a quick reference to better understand some key differences in the two General Industry courses.
The number of subjects, course time, and the type of topics vary between the OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 certifications. Even within these parameters, the instructor has the authority to customize your course. With OSHA 30, safety leaders and people with greater responsibility will have a better opportunity to learn safety skills that are most relevant to their field of work.
OSHA 10
- “Hazardous Materials”
- “Material Handling”
- “Machine Guarding”
- “Intro to Industrial Hygiene”
- “Bloodborne Pathogens”
- “Ergonomics”
- “Safety and Health Programs”
- “Fall Protection”
“Hazardous Materials” – Elective topic
“Managing Safety and Health” – Not included
“Electrical Safety” – 1 hour
“Exit Routes, Emergency Planning, and Fire
Prevention” – 1 hour
OSHA 30
Options for electives: ALL electives included in 10-hour, PLUS
- “Confined Spaces”
- “Lockout / Tagout”
- “Welding”
- “Powered Industrial Trucks”
“Hazardous Materials” – Mandatory topic
“Managing Safety and Health” – Mandatory topic
“Electrical Safety” – 2 hours
“Exit Routes, Emergency Planning, and Fire
Prevention” – 2 hours
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CONTRUCTION – OSHA 10 AND OSHA 30 CERTIFICATIONS
Each OSHA course in construction begins with an “Introduction to OSHA,” which will cover OSHA history, principles, regulations, inspections, and informative resources. The construction course then dives into the “Focus Four,” which are:
- Fall Protection
- Electrical Safety
- Struck By
- Caught Between
These portions of the course, the introduction and “Focus Four,” are both integral parts of the certification process. There is only a slight difference in course length between the 10-hour and 30-hour sessions as more time is available to students in the 30-hour selection. There are a number of electives that do change significantly between OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 that could be a deciding factor in which one you choose for your team.
Electives are pre-determined briefs on industry or job-specific safety requirements. The instructor will get to know the managers and employees at your business in order to determine the best electives to discuss. You may have one in mind already. Feel free to bring this up with the instructor so they may include the topic of interest in the curriculum.
Here is a succinct chart for comparison of the content with OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 certifications in Construction.
As you can see, the number of subjects, course time, and the type of topics can vary considerably between the two certifications. Even within these parameters, the instructor has the authority to customize your course. The biggest benefit to getting your employees certified with OSHA 30 is that they will have a better opportunity to learn niche safety skills pertaining directly to their field of work.