Federal Employees to be Trained by OSHA
OSHA is about to initiate a training on making the workplaces safe and healthful. The training will include federal employees and federal contractors. It may even be attended by private sector attendees. The federal employees can attend this training for free. The training will be held to ensure that OSHA is fulfilling its duty of offering education, training and assistance to federal workers.
Details of the Training Held for Federal Employees
OSHA is preparing to organize the training event for 3 days in August. The event will be held at Illinois on second to fourth August 2016. The aim of this particular event would be to educate the safety and health personnel of the federal agencies to get knowledge on how they can provide healthful and safe workplaces to all the federal workers.
Main Topics
The main topics of the training would include construction safety, fire protection, and fall protection. It would also cover details of forklift and material handling as well as industrial hygiene sampling methods.
The Collaboration and Location Details
The training is not just organized by OSHA Training Institute alone. It will be organized by the institute in collaboration with the agency’s Office of Federal Agency Programs. The location of the training would be the training institute that is situated at 2020 South Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, IL.
How to Attend?
Any person or persons who are interested in becoming a part of this useful training must register their names by July 20, 2016. For any other queries, the OTI Student Services can be contacted by sending an e-mail to [email protected].
Fee Details
The training is absolutely free for all the federal workers but the federal contractors and private sector attendees will have to pay a tuition fee. The fee will be collected in accordance with the Department of Labor regulations.
OSHA Responsibilities
It is pertinent to mention here that OSHA provides education and training on occupational health and safety to not only federal employees but also to other personnel. The list includes state consultants, state compliance officers, other federal agency workers and even some private sector personnel. To know more about the eligibility for the program, the official web page of OSHA’s Directorate of Training and Education must be visited.
The responsibilities of the OSHA’s Office of Federal Agency Programs’ include coordinating OSHA inspections and coordinating OSHA investigations of safety and health complaints. These tasks are done from time to time to ensure that all federal employees are getting safe work environments.
