• Five years of safety and health experience.

• Completion of course 510 (Construction)

or 511 (General Industry) or equivalent.

• Trainer courses are conducted by the OSHA

Training Institute (OTI) and OTI Education

Centers.

• Trainers are authorized to teach 10-hour or

30-hour courses in construction or general

industry.

Classes Conducted

• Trainers assemble their class materials from

many sources, including OSHA’s Outreach

website.

• Trainers are provided a 10-hour PowerPoint

CD to use.

• OSHA maintains a Spanish-language reference list to support training in Spanish.

• Trainers document their training and receive

OSHA course completion cards for their students.

Training Locations

• www.OutreachTrainers.org is a free website

that assists employees looking for outreach

training classes.

• OSHA and its Education Centers distribute

lists of active outreach trainers by state.

Use these lists to contact trainers for information on training.

• Education Center outreach contact(s) -

www.osha.gov/dte/outreach/construction_ge

neralindustry/construction.pdf

• Provide the following information:

• State(s) you are considering training.

• Specify whether you want the trainers list

for construction and/or general industry.

• Your e-mail address, fax number or mailing address.

• Check with your OSHA state office or OSHA

Consultation office.

• Search the Internet for – “10-hour Outreach,”

“OSHA Outreach Training.”

General Facts

• In FY 2008, over 680,000 students were

trained in over 43,000 classes.

• In the past three years, the number of

students trained has increased by 80%.

• 80 percent of the students trained work in

construction.

• Training is conducted nationwide, in other

languages, and beyond the U.S. borders.

• Participation is voluntary.

Who is the training for?

• Employees

• Supervisors

• Youth

• Contractors

• Spanish-speaking individuals

• Small businesses

Courses Covered

• Construction and general industry safety

and health.

• 10-hour and 30-hour courses.

• Maritime industry and disaster site.

• General awareness training for employees

on primary safety and health matters at

their work sites.

• The training content is flexible. Trainers follow OSHA guidelines that enable them to

cater the courses to their specific audience.

• Employees are taught to recognize, control

and prevent safety and health hazards.

• Employees must receive additional training

on specific hazards of their job.

About theTrainers

• They are authorized trainers from all fields

who have completed a one-week OSHA

training course in either:

• 500 – Construction

• 501 – General Industry

• Trainers meet both experience and educational prerequisites:

FactSheet

OutreachTraining Program

Each year, OSHA’s Outreach Training Program provides thousands of employees training

in basic occupational safety and health practices they can use at their work sites.
This is one in a series of informational fact sheets highlighting OSHA programs, policies or

standards. It does not impose any new compliance requirements. For a comprehensive list of

compliance requirements of OSHA standards or regulations, refer to Title 29 of the Code of Federal

Regulations. This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request.

The voice phone is (202) 693-1999; teletypewriter (TTY) number: (877) 889-5627.

U.S. Department of Labor

www.osha.gov

(800) 321-OSHA

For more complete information:

DTE 02/2009

• On-line training. For a current list, e-mail

outreach@dol.gov.

• Check with:

• Community colleges

• Voc-ed schools

• Union groups, especially building trades

• Contractor groups

• Safety and health organizations

• Chambers of commerce

• Your company

Program Growth

• In the past three years, over 1.65 million

students were trained.

• Many employees who took the 10-hour

course are advancing to 30-hour. In the past

two years, there has been a 50 percent

increase in 30-hour students.

• Although OSHA has stringent guidelines,

we allow online outreach training. Less

than five percent of outreach students

receive their completion card via on-line

training. Spanish and youth outreach training are now available in this format.

• Alliance and partnership programs often

include a goal of providing the 10- or 30-

hour outreach training specific to their

audience.

Program Benefits

• Delivers safety and health information to

employees and instills the value of safety

and health.

• Receive training in other languages.

• Training has flexibility, allowing specific

audience needs to be met.

• The training implies a certain level of safety

training and the program has become a

widely known standard for OSHA orientation training.

• The completion card signifies that an

employee has received training in specific

core elements of safety and health.

• The program has grown from a grass roots

level – based on backing from significant

groups (unions, contractors, associations)

and companies. The endorsement by these

groups results in the training of their own

employees or members, with others often

following.

• OSHA recognizes the completion card as an

indication of the importance of safety and

health at an organization.

• Laws enacted in a number of states, including New York, Massachusetts, and Missouri

require 10-hour construction training for

public project work.

Additional Information

For more information on this program,

contact outreach@dol.gov or the OSHA

Directorate of Training and Education, 2020

South Arlington Heights Road, Arlington

Heights, IL 60005, (847) 297-4810 or see

“Training” on OSHA’s website at www.osha.gov.