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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

OSHA Training Institute Education 

Center; Notice of Competition and 

Request for Applications 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of competition and 

request for applications for the OSHA 

Training Institute Education Centers 

Program. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

opportunity for interested non-profit 

organizations, including qualifying 

trade associations, labor unions, and 

community-based and faith-based 

organizations that are not an agency of 

a state or local government to submit 

applications to become an OSHA 

Training Institute Education Center and 

deliver standard classroom instruction 

on a regional basis. State or local 

government-supported institutions of 

higher education are eligible to apply. 

Eligible organizations can apply 

independently or in partnership with 

other eligible organizations, but in such 

a case, a lead organization must be 

identified along with a list of any 

consortium partners. Current OSHAauthorized OSHA Training Institute 

Education Centers must submit a new 

application in order to maintain their 

OSHA Training Institute Education 

Center status. Applications will only be 

accepted during the solicitation period 

and will be rated on a competitive basis. 

Complete application instructions are 

contained in this notice. 

Please note that all applicants 

selected to be OSHA Training Institute 

Education Centers must attend a 

mandatory orientation meeting at the 

OSHA Directorate of Training and 

Education, 2020 South Arlington 

Heights Rd., Arlington Heights, Illinois 

60005–4102, at a time and date to be 

determined. 

This notice also contains information 

on a proposal conference designed to 

provide potential applicants with 

information about the OSHA Training 

Institute Education Centers Program. 

The conference will clarify OSHA 

expectations for OSHA Training 

Institute Education Centers, courses and 

methods of instruction, as well as 

administrative and program 

requirements for OSHA Training 

Institute Education Centers and the 

OSHA Outreach Training Program. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

attend the proposal conference. 

OSHA will enter into five-year, nonfinancial cooperative agreements with 

successful applicants. These 

authorization agreements are intended 

solely to facilitate the ongoing 

monitoring and evaluation of safety 

training provided by authorized OSHA 

Training Institute Education Centers. 

These cooperative agreements will not 

constitute a grant or financial assistance 

instrument, and OSHA will provide no 

compensation to authorized OSHA 

Training Institute Education Centers. 

DATES: Applications (three copies) must 

be received no later than 4:30 p.m. 

Central Time on Friday, June 15, 2012. 

Requests for extension of this 

application deadline will not be 

granted. 

A proposal conference will be held on 

Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at the OSHA 

Directorate of Training and Education, 

2020 South Arlington Heights Rd., 

Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005–4102. 

Attendees are required to pre-register for 

this conference. Specific details are 

discussed in the Proposal Conference 

section of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Submit applications (three 

copies) to the OSHA Directorate of 

Training and Education, Office of 

Training and Educational Programs, 

Attn: Kimberly Newell, 2020 South 

Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington 

Heights, Illinois 60005–4102. 

Applicants selected to be OSHA 

Training Institute Education Centers 

must attend a mandatory orientation 

meeting to be held at the OSHA 

Directorate of Training and Education, 

2020 South Arlington Heights Rd., 

Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005–4102 

at a time and date to be determined. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

questions regarding this opportunity 

should be directed to Kimberly Newell, 

OSHA Training Institute Education 

Centers Program Manager, email address 

newell.kimberly@dol.gov, or James 

Barnes, Director, Office of Training and 

Educational Programs, OSHA 

Directorate of Training and Education, 

email address barnes.james@dol.gov. 

Both can be reached at (847) 759–7700. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

supplemental information contains 

details concerning the following: 

• Background Information 

Overview of the OSHA Directorate of 

Training and Education (DTE) 

Overview of the OSHA Training Institute 

(OTI) 

Overview of the OTI Education Centers 

Overview of the OSHA Outreach Training 

Program 

• Organizational Responsibilities 

OTI Education Centers Responsibilities 

OSHA DTE Responsibilities 

• OSHA Jurisdiction 

• Geographic Distribution 

• Application Submission Requirements 

• Selection Guidelines 

• Selection Criteria 

• Consortia and Partnerships 

• Funding Provisions 

• Cooperative Agreement Duration 

• Proposal Conference 

• Application Submission 

• Application Deadline 

• Application Evaluation and Selection 

Process 

• Notification and Selection 

• Freedom of Information Act 

• Transparency 

• Notification of Non-Selection 

• Non-Selection Appeal 

• Appendix A—Current List of Required, 

Elective, and Optional Courses 

Background Information 

Overview of the OSHA Directorate of 

Training and Education (DTE) 

DTE, located in Arlington Heights, 

Illinois, supports the Agency’s mission 

and performance goals of securing safe 

and healthy workplaces and increasing 

workers’ voice in the workplace through 

the development and delivery of 

training courses and educational 

programs. The Directorate has four 

distinct functional areas: the OSHA 

Training Institute (OTI), the Office of 

Training and Educational Programs, the 

Office of Training and Educational 

Development, and the Office of 

Administration and Training 

Information. 

The Directorate provides training for 

federal and state compliance officers 

and State consultants. The Directorate 

administers three distinct external 

training programs including the OTI 

Education Centers Program, the 

Outreach Training Program, and the 

Susan Harwood Training Grants 

Program. The Resource Center Loan 

Program supports safety and health 

training through the loan of educational 

materials to authorized borrowers. The 

Directorate also develops training and 

educational materials that support OTI 

courses and the Agency’s compliance 

assistance initiatives. 

Overview of the OSHA Training 

Institute (OTI) 

OTI, located in Arlington Heights, 

Illinois, is OSHA’s primary training 

provider. OTI conducts over 50 unique 

course offerings on an annual basis. 

Training includes job hazard 

recognition as well as OSHA standards, 

policies, and procedures for persons 

responsible for enforcing or directly 

supporting the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970. Courses include 

practical exercises that utilize the 

industrial hygiene, safety and 

construction laboratories in addition to 

field sites. The OTI’s primary 

responsibility is to federal and state 


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compliance officers and state 

consultation program staff. Private 

sector personnel and federal personnel 

from agencies other than OSHA may 

receive training from OTI when space is 

available. However, the OTI Education 

Centers are the primary training 

providers for private sector personnel 

and federal personnel from agencies 

other than OSHA. 

Overview of OTI Education Centers 

The OTI Education Centers are a 

national network of non-profit 

organizations authorized by OSHA to 

deliver occupational safety and health 

training to private sector workers, 

supervisors, and employers on behalf of 

OSHA. The OTI Education Centers 

Program was initiated in 1992 when 

OSHA began partnering with other 

training and educational institutions to 

conduct OTI courses for private sector 

personnel, federal personnel from 

agencies other than OSHA, and state 

and municipal employees. The OTI 

Education Centers Program support 

OSHA’s training and education mission 

through a variety of safety and health 

programs. 

OTI Education Center courses include 

OSHA standards and Outreach Training 

Program trainer and update courses. 

Additional course offerings include 

topics such as recordkeeping, machine 

guarding, confined space, electrical 

standards, and fall arrest systems. 

Information regarding the OTI 

Education Centers Program background, 

including a complete list of current 

organizations, course offerings, and 

descriptions can be found on the OSHA 

Web site at: http://www.osha.gov/dte/ 

training/edcenters/index.html. 

OTI Education Centers are selected 

through a national competitive process 

and receive no funding from OSHA; 

they support their OSHA training 

through their normal tuition and fee 

structures. OTI Education Centers are 

located in all OSHA Regions and work 

closely with OSHA Regional and Area 

offices to meet the needs of the regional 

constituency. OTI Education Centers are 

encouraged to conduct courses at hostsites other than their own facilities and 

in other states within their Region. Hostsite organizations must be non-profit 

organizations. OTI Education Centers 

are also responsible for authorizing 

trainers, processing trainer card 

requests, and conducting monitoring 

activity for the OSHA Outreach Training 

Program. 

Overview of the OSHA Outreach 

Training Program 

The OSHA Outreach Training 

Program was established during the 

early years of the Agency to provide an 

overview of OSHA and to rapidly 

disseminate basic occupational safety 

and health workplace hazard 

information to workers using 

independent authorized trainers. 

Courses are intended to provide 

information on worker rights, employer 

responsibilities, and how to file a 

complaint as well as focusing on workrelated hazards. Outreach Training 

Program courses do not focus on or 

teach OSHA standards. Workers who 

complete the construction industry, 

general industry, maritime industry, or 

disaster site worker courses receive 

OSHA course completion cards from the 

authorized trainer who conducted the 

training. OSHA Outreach Trainers are 

authorized exclusively through the OTI 

Education Centers. OTI Education 

Centers are responsible for 

administering the Outreach Training 

Program, including issuing course 

completion cards to authorized 

Outreach trainers and conducting 

monitoring activity such as record 

audits and training observations. 

The Outreach Training Program is a 

voluntary program. OSHA recommends 

Outreach Training Program courses as 

an introduction to worker rights, 

employer responsibilities, how to file a 

complaint and occupational safety and 

health hazard recognition for workers. 

However, some states have enacted laws 

mandating the training. In addition, 

some employers, unions, organizations 

or other jurisdictions may also require 

this training. Please note that Outreach 

Training Program courses do not meet 

specific training requirements contained 

in OSHA standards. Employers are 

responsible for training their workers on 

specific hazards of their job, as noted in 

many OSHA standards. A list of 

standards requiring training is found in 

OSHA Publication 2254 Training 

Requirements in OSHA Standards and 

Training Guidelines located at: 

www.osha.gov/pls/publications/

publication.athruz?pType=

Types&pID=1. 

The OSHA Outreach Training 

Program requirements and procedures 

contain instructions and assistance 

information for Outreach Trainers. 

Among the issues addressed in the 

requirements and procedures are course 

topic requirements, minimum lengths 

for course topics, advertising 

restrictions, records retention, and 

reporting requirements. OSHA Outreach 

Training Program guidelines are located 

at: http://www.osha.gov/dte/outreach/ 

index.html. 

Organizational Responsibilities 

OTI Education Centers Responsibilities 

OTI Education Centers are responsible 

for the following: 

(1) Develop and update course 

curriculum to support learning 

objectives provided by the OSHA/DTE. 

(2) Ensure that instructors are 

qualified in the courses/subjects they 

will be teaching. 

(3) Meet annual program goals that 

include the following: 

(a) Conduct a minimum number of 

courses per month and achieve annual 

student training goals and objectives as 

established by OSHA/DTE. Please note 

that program goals are revised on an 

annual basis. 

(b) Provide adequate coverage 

throughout the Region and target 

underserved areas identified by OSHA/ 

DTE. 

(c) Conduct courses on a year-round 

basis with each required, elective, and 

optional course being offered in 

accordance with annual program goals. 

Required, elective, and optional courses 

are subject to change. 

(4) Publicize and promote the 

availability of courses to ensure 

attendance and the delivery of the 

scheduled courses. 

(5) Register students, provide course 

materials for students, and issue course 

completion certificates to students. This 

includes: 

(a) Ensuring that students have met all 

prerequisites prior to registration. 

(b) Collecting student registration and 

attendance records in accordance with 

OSHA/DTE guidelines. 

(6) Comply with reporting 

requirements as identified by OSHA/ 

DTE. This includes: 

(a) Providing OSHA/DTE with 

training summary reports. 

(b) Collecting student surveys from 

students in accordance with OSHA 

procedures and providing that data to 

OSHA within established timelines. 

(7) Administer Outreach Training 

Program activities. This includes: 

(a) Distributing student cards to 

authorized Outreach Training Program 

trainers. 

(b) Monitoring OSHA Outreach 

trainers including record audits and 

training observations. 

(8) Attend the bi-annual OSHA 

Training Institute Education Centers 

Directors’ Meetings. 

OSHA DTE Responsibilities 

DTE is responsible for the following: 

(1) Develop program policy. 

(2) Provide answers and technical 

assistance on questions regarding OSHA 

policy and program requirements. 


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(3) Provide OTI Education Centers 

with learning objectives for courses to 

be presented. 

(4) For select courses, provide 

curriculum and test questions. 

(5) Coordinate the development of 

new OTI Education Center courses. 

(6) Monitor the performance of the 

OTI Education Centers through on-site 

program visits, training observations 

and examination of course reports and 

attendance records. 

(7) Provide quarterly summaries of 

student evaluation results. 

(8) Coordinate the efforts of the 

Executive Committee. 

(9) Evaluate the effectiveness of the 

OTI Education Centers and provide each 

organization with an annual 

performance appraisal. 

OSHA Jurisdiction 

OSHA is a federal agency within the 

United States. The Agency covers 

workers and employers in the 50 United 

States and certain territories and 

jurisdictions under federal authority. 

Those jurisdictions include the District 

of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin 

Islands, American Samoa, Guam, 

Northern Mariana Islands, Wake Island, 

Johnston Island, the Panama Canal 

Zone, and the Outer Continental Shelf 

Lands as defined in the Outer 

Continental Shelf Lands Act. 

Geographic Distribution 

There is currently at least one OTI 

Education Center in each OSHA Region. 

However, OSHA may elect to select 

more than one OTI Education Center in 

some or all OSHA Regions. The OSHA 

Regions contain the following states: 

Region I: Connecticut, Maine, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 

Rhode Island, and Vermont. 

Region II: New Jersey, New York, Puerto 

Rico, and Virgin Islands. 

Region III: Delaware, District of 

Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 

Virginia, and West Virginia. 

Region IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 

Kentucky, Mississippi, North 

Carolina, South Carolina, and 

Tennessee. 

Region V: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, 

Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. 

Region VI: Arkansas, Louisiana, New 

Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. 

Region VII: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and 

Nebraska. 

Region VIII: Colorado, Montana, North 

Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and 

Wyoming. 

Region IX: American Samoa, Arizona, 

California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, 

and Trust Territories of the Pacific. 

Region X: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and 

Washington. 

For this notice of competition, special 

consideration will be given to applicant 

organizations with physical locations in 

the following major metropolitan areas 

(the list is in alpha order, not order of 

preference): 

1. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA– 

NH. 

2. Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC– 

SC. 

3. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL–IN– 

WI. 

4. Cincinnati-Middletown, OH–KY– 

IN. 

5. Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH. 

6. Columbus, OH. 

7. Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI. 

8. Indianapolis, IN. 

9. Jacksonville, FL. 

10. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa 

Ana, CA. 

11. Memphis, TN–MS–AR. 

12. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami 

Beach, FL. 

13. Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, 

WI. 

14. Minneapolis-St. PaulBloomington, MN–WI. 

15. Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, 

TN. 

16. New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA. 

17. New York-Northern New JerseyLong Island, NY–NJ–PA. 

18. Philadelphia-CamdenWilmington, PA–NJ–DE–MD. 

19. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ. 

20. Pittsburgh, PA. 

21. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, 

OR–WA. 

22. Providence-New Bedford-Fall 

River, RI–MA. 

23. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, 

CA. 

24. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 

CA. 

25. Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport 

News, VA–NC. 

26. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, 

DC–VA–MD–WV MSA. 

Application Submission Requirements 

Submissions that are not in 

accordance with the application 

submission requirements listed below 

will not be considered. The application 

must include the following. 

(1) Program Summary. The program 

summary is a one-to-two page doublespaced abstract that succinctly 

summarizes the applicant 

organization(s) and any consortium 

partners’ background, experience and 

qualifications. The program summary 

must also provide: 

(a) Contact information including the 

following: 

• The name, address, and phone 

number of the lead organization and all 

consortium partners. A post office box 

will not be accepted. 

• The name, title, address, telephone 

number, and email address of the 

program director who can answer 

questions regarding the application. 

(b) Information on which OTI 

Education Center courses may be 

offered and any relevant language or 

target audience information. 

(2) Program Narrative. The program 

narrative must be numbered and not 

exceed 30 double-spaced pages. 

Attachments will not be included in the 

page count. 

(3) Applicant Eligibility. In order to be 

eligible, each organization must 

document the following. Organizations 

that do not address the following will 

not be given further consideration. 

(a) Non-Profit Status. Include 

evidence of non-profit status of the lead 

organization and each member 

organization if applying as a 

consortium. A letter from the Internal 

Revenue Service, State, or a statement 

included in a recent audit report is 

preferred. In the absence of either of 

these, a copy of the articles of 

incorporation showing the non-profit 

status will be accepted. 

(b) Authority to Apply. Provide a 

copy of the resolution by the Board of 

Directors, Board of Regents, company 

president, Chief Executive Officer or 

other governing body of the organization 

approving the submittal of an 

application to OSHA to become an OTI 

Education Center. 

(c) Occupational Safety and Health 

Training Experience. Demonstrate 

previous experience delivering 

occupational safety and health training 

to adults. 

(d) Status as a Training Organization. 

(This applies only to applicants that are 

not colleges or universities.) Document 

that training or education is a principal 

activity of the organization. Through 

audit reports, annual reports, or other 

documentation, the applicant must 

clearly demonstrate that for the last two 

years more than 50% of the 

organization’s funds have been used for 

training and education activities and 

more than 50% of staff resources have 

also been used for this purpose. 

(e) Curriculum Development. Explain 

the organization’s process for 

developing and updating occupational 

safety and health curriculum to learning 

objectives provided by OSHA. 

(f) Training Facilities. Provide detail 

regarding classrooms, laboratories, and 

testing facilities available; and 

organization’s ability to provide 

standard classroom training across the 

OSHA Region in which the organization 

is physically located. 

(g) Nondiscrimination. Provide copies 

of the organization’s nondiscrimination 


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policies covering staff and students. In 

the absence of a written policy, explain 

how the organization will ensure that 

staff and students are selected without 

regard to race, color, religion, national 

origin, sex, age, or disability. 

Selection Guidelines 

OSHA does not have a predetermined 

number of organizations to be selected 

to act as authorized OTI Education 

Centers. The number of organizations 

selected will be determined by a 

competitive basis using the selection 

criteria contained in this 

announcement. 

Selection Criteria 

Applications that meet the factors 

listed in the ‘‘Applicant Eligibility’’ 

section above will be reviewed by a 

technical panel based on the criteria 

listed below. 

(1) Organizational Experience and 

Qualifications (25 Points) 

(a) Experience delivering 

occupational safety and health training 

in construction and general industry. 

(b) Experience training adults. 

(c) Ability to deliver required, 

elective, and optional OTI Education 

Center courses; (See Appendix A for a 

current list of required, elective and 

optional OTI Education Center courses). 

(d) Provision for a systematic process 

for developing and updating 

occupational safety and health 

curriculum to support learning 

objectives provided by OSHA. 

(e) Resources for supporting a largescale occupational safety and health 

training program, such as appropriate 

management, instructional staff, and 

administrative staff to fulfill all program 

requirements, including marketing, 

registration, handouts, instruction, 

reporting, and Outreach card 

administration. 

(f) To fully address this element, the 

proposal must: 

(i) Describe experience delivering 

occupational safety and health training 

including the number of classes offered, 

number of trainees taught in each class, 

and number of trainee contact hours for 

each course during the last three years. 

(ii) Include copies of catalogs and 

other recruitment materials that provide 

descriptive material about the courses. 

(iii) Describe ability to deliver OTI 

Education Center courses including 

required, elective, and optional courses. 

Please note the required, elective and 

optional course offerings are subject to 

change. A current list of required, 

elective and optional courses may be 

found at Appendix A. The complete list 

of courses and descriptions are available 

online at http://www.osha.gov/dte/ 

edcenters/course_description.html. 

(iv) Indicate the number of 

occupational safety and health courses 

for which your organization has 

developed curriculum, including the 

title and student contact hours for each 

course, within the last three years. 

(v) Indicate the number of 

occupational safety and health courses 

your organization has conducted live 

training, including title, student contact 

hours, and number of trainees within 

the last three years. 

(vi) Demonstrate that your 

organization is capable of providing 

training throughout the OSHA Region in 

which the lead organization and 

consortium partner(s) are physically 

located. 

(2) Staff Experience and 

Qualifications (15 Points). 

(a) Staff experience in delivering 

training courses for adults in 

occupational safety and health in 

construction and general industry. 

(b) Staff experience in occupational 

safety and health subjects with the 

application of OSHA standards to the 

recognition, avoidance, abatement, and 

prevention of workplace hazards. 

(c) Professional certifications related 

to occupational safety and health held 

by staff such as such as Certified Safety 

Professional, Professional Engineer, or 

Certified Industrial Hygienist. 

(d) To fully address this element, the 

proposal must: 

(i) Include an organizational chart of 

the department responsible for training. 

(ii) Describe staff knowledge of and 

experience with OSHA standards and 

their application to hazard recognition 

and hazard abatement. 

(iii) For instructors responsible for 

conducting OSHA courses, include 

resumes for current staff and position 

descriptions for positions to be filled. 

(3) Location and Training Facilities 

(15 Points). 

(a) Ability to conduct standard 

classroom instruction training in 

multiple locations within the OSHA 

Region. 

(b) Classroom facilities available for 

presentation of the courses, including 

room capacity, availability of 

audiovisual equipment, and appropriate 

laboratories and other facilities available 

for hands-on exercises. 

(c) Availability of testing center or 

comparable facility. 

(d) Provisions for accessibility for 

persons with disabilities. 

(e) Accessibility of the training facility 

to population centers, including such 

factors as distance from a major airport, 

number of airlines serving the airport, 

transportation from the airport to hotels, 

and distance from the interstate system. 

(f) Availability and affordability of 

lodging and accommodations, food 

service and restaurants available both in 

the area in which the classes will be 

held and in the area where the hotels 

are located. 

(g) Availability and affordability of 

local transportation, including how 

students will be transported between 

the hotels and classes using hotel 

shuttles, public transportation, or other 

means. 

(h) To fully address this element, the 

proposal must: 

(i) Describe the accessibility of the 

training facility for students within local 

commuting area. 

(ii) Clearly identify that your 

organization has classrooms, 

laboratories, and testing facilities 

available. Floor plans are encouraged 

and may be included as an attachment. 

(iii) Include such items as distance 

from a major airport, number of airlines 

serving the airport, transportation from 

the airport to hotels, and distance from 

the interstate system. 

(iv) Provide a representative listing of 

hotels available for student 

accommodation and give sample room 

rates. Explain how students will be 

transported between the hotels and 

classes. Describe the food service and 

restaurants available both in the area in 

which the classes will be held and in 

the area where the hotels are located. 

(v) Describe the organization’s ability 

and plan to provide off-site host-site 

training within their respective Region 

including procedures to assure that 

classroom facilities and 

accommodations are adequate. Off-site 

training includes the ability to conduct 

courses at sites other than your own 

facility and in other states within your 

OSHA region. Host-site training 

organizations must be non-profit 

organizations and proof of non-profit 

status is required. 

(4) Marketing and Recruitment (15 

Points). 

(a) Experience in marketing training 

to adults. 

(b) Ability to effectively market 

occupational safety and health training 

programs. 

(c) Utilization of various media to 

support marketing efforts. 

(d) Ability to solicit and deliver 

training on a contract basis. 

(e) Resources sufficient to support 

participation in national industry 

conferences in order to market training 

programs. 

(f) To fully address this element, the 

proposal must: 

(i) Explain the procedures for 

marketing your organization’s training 

courses and recruiting trainees. 


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(ii) Include examples of current 

course marketing materials such as 

catalogs, flyers, brochures, emails, Web 

site urls and screen shots, postcards, use 

of social media, and any other 

associated relevant materials. 

(iii) Explain how your organization 

will promote its status as an OTI 

Education Center. 

(iv) Describe your organization’s 

experience in exhibiting at conferences 

and trade shows. 

(5) Administrative Capabilities (20 

Points). 

(a) Ability to administer a large-scale 

occupational safety and health training 

program, including clerical and support 

staff, customer service capabilities, to 

fulfill all program requirements and 

meet customer needs. 

(b) Ability to administer the Outreach 

Training Program, including processing 

card requests for trainers and 

conducting monitoring activity such as 

record audits and training observations. 

(c) Ability to compile and submit 

reports and other training data. 

(d) Applicants must be capable of 

providing mandatory reports consistent 

with current OSHA guidelines, 

including the capability to submit 

reports in Excel format on a template 

provided by OSHA/DTE. Please note 

OSHA periodically revises reporting 

requirements. 

(e) Ability to respond to inquiries 

from OSHA and the public. 

(f) Ability to manage student records. 

(g) To fully address this element, the 

proposal must: 

(i) Describe registration procedures 

including provisions for course 

cancellation, furnishing students with 

course materials, verifying course 

prerequisites are met in advance of 

registration, and tuition or fee 

collection. 

(ii) Describe capabilities to process 

and issue course completion documents 

to students and collect related fees. 

(iii) Describe personnel and resources 

available to conduct monitoring activity, 

including record audits and training 

observations. 

(iv) Include information about 

organization’s record retention policy 

and ability to issue replacement course 

completion documents, and collect 

related fees. Please note OSHA requires 

records must be maintained for a 

minimum of five years. OTI Education 

Centers may establish a longer retention 

policy. 

(v) Explain what procedures will be 

put in place for reporting to OSHA/DTE. 

(vi) Provide specific details regarding 

the organization’s full-time customer 

service staff, capabilities, and/or 

planned approach for responding to 

questions from students; handling 

questions and concerns related to 

occupational safety and health; 

resolving problems associated with a 

course, whether receiving them via 

student satisfaction surveys or direct 

communication from a student; and 

issuing replacement course complete 

certificates in a timely manner 

including verification of student 

identity and training completion. 

(vii) Provide a copy of the 

organization’s tuition and fee schedule; 

explain how tuition or fees will be 

computed for each OTI numbered 

course, referencing the organization’s 

tuition and fee schedule; and describe 

tuition and fee procedures including 

provisions for the collection of tuition, 

cancellation fees, and issuing refunds. 

(6) Evaluation (10 Points). 

OSHA utilizes Kirkpatrick’s Levels of 

Evaluation as described below. Each 

OTI Education Center is responsible for 

collecting and submitting student 

surveys. 

Satisfaction Survey (Level I Evaluation) 

to Measure Reaction. Each student 

must receive a satisfaction survey to 

assess the students’ reactions and 

perceptions of the quality of the 

training. 

Testing (Level II Evaluation) to Measure 

Learning. Learning assessments 

measure the skills and knowledge that 

the trainee retains as a result of the 

training. Testing is mandatory at the 

end of some courses. 

Follow-up Impact Survey (Level III 

Evaluation) to Measure Results. Each 

student must receive a follow-up 

impact survey to assess the 

effectiveness of the training after a 6- 

month period, using survey questions 

provided by OSHA. 

(a) Ability to administer student 

surveys in a classroom setting. 

(b) Ability to administer exams and 

ensure test integrity. 

(c) Ability to assess the effectiveness 

of the training after a 6-month period 

using a follow-up impact survey. 

(d) Ability to summarize and report 

evaluation results. 

(e) To fully address this element, the 

proposal must: 

(i) Describe the organization’s 

experience in conducting evaluation of 

training programs. 

(ii) Describe organization’s experience 

in administering student surveys. 

(iii) Describe organization’s 

experience in administering classroom 

exams and its process for ensuring test 

integrity. 

(iv) Describe organization’s 

experience conducting follow-up 

evaluations that measure behavior and/ 

or results. 

Consortia and Partnerships 

Applicants may join with one or more 

other non-profit organizations in their 

Region to apply as a consortium. A 

training or education institution may 

elect to apply for this program in 

partnership with a safety and health 

organization that is not primarily a 

training organization. For example, a 

university could enter into an agreement 

with a labor union that provides for the 

use of university classrooms and faculty 

supplemented by union safety and 

health professionals. All consortium 

partners must be physically located in 

the same OSHA region. Partners must 

designate a lead organization that will 

be responsible for program reporting 

and Outreach Training Program 

administration including Outreach card 

distribution. 

Funding Provisions 

OSHA provides no funding to OTI 

Education Centers. OTI Education 

Centers Program participants are 

expected to support their training 

through their normal tuition and fee 

structures. 

Cooperative Agreement Duration 

Selected applicants will sign five-year 

non-financial cooperative agreements 

with OSHA. With satisfactory 

performance by the OTI Education 

Center, agreements may be renewed 

without additional competition for an 

additional five years. The agency 

reserves the right to revoke the 

authorization of an OTI Education 

Center. Either party may terminate the 

cooperative agreement with advance 

written notice. 

Proposal Conference 

A proposal conference will be held to 

provide potential applicants with 

information about the OTI Education 

Centers Program. The conference will 

also clarify OSHA expectations for OTI 

Education Centers, courses and methods 

of instruction, as well as administrative 

and program requirements for OTI 

Education Centers and the OSHA 

Outreach Training Program. Attendance 

at the proposal conference is not 

mandatory, but applicants are strongly 

encouraged to attend. 

The proposal conference is scheduled 

for Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at the 

OSHA Directorate of Training and 

Education, 2020 S. Arlington Heights 

Rd., Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005 

4102. 

It is necessary for all attendees to 

register for this proposal conference. 

Applicants interested in attending this 

conference must contact Kimberly 

Newell, Program Manager, 


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(newell.kimberly@dol.gov), or Jim 

Barnes, (barnes.james@dol.gov), 

Director, Office of Training and 

Educational Programs, OSHA 

Directorate of Training and Education, 

2020 S. Arlington Heights Rd., 

Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005–4102; 

telephone (847) 759–7700. Required 

registration information includes: 

(1) Name and street address of the 

organization; 

(2) Name, title, telephone number, 

and email address of the attendees 

Registration information must be 

submitted no later than Friday, April 27, 

2012. 

Application Submission 

Applications must be submitted to the 

attention of Kimberly Newell, Program 

Manager, Office of Training and 

Educational Programs, OSHA 

Directorate of Training and Education, 

2020 S. Arlington Heights Rd., 

Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005–4102. 

The submission is to consist of three 

copies of the application. Applications 

may be bound. The program narrative 

must not exceed 30 double-spaced 

pages. Attachments will not be included 

in the page count. Applications must be 

double-spaced, in 12-point font, with all 

pages numbered including any 

attachments. Attachments must only 

include essential documents that are 

relevant to this program. 

Application Deadline 

Applications must be received by the 

OSHA Directorate of Training and 

Education no later than 4:30 p.m., 

Central Time, on Friday, June 15, 2012. 

Requests for extension to this 

application deadline will not be 

granted. 

Application Evaluation and Selection 

Process 

Applications will be reviewed by 

technical panels comprised of OSHA 

staff. The technical panels will review 

applications based on criteria listed in 

this notice to determine which 

applicants best meet the stated 

requirements. As part of the evaluation 

and selection process, OSHA may 

request additional information from 

applicants. This may include written 

requests for clarification, phone or inperson interviews, access to existing 

programs, and on-site visits of applicant 

facilities. The panels’ recommendations 

to the Assistant Secretary are advisory 

in nature. The final decision will be 

made by the Assistant Secretary of 

Labor for Occupational Safety and 

Health. 

Notification of Selection 

Applicants will be notified by a 

representative of the Assistant Secretary 

of Labor for Occupational Safety and 

Health if their organization is selected 

as an OSHA Training Institute 

Education Center. Applicants selected 

to be OSHA Training Institute 

Education Centers must attend a 

mandatory orientation meeting at the 

Directorate of Training and Education in 

Arlington Heights, Illinois at a time and 

date to be provided. 

An organization may not conduct 

OSHA Training Institute Education 

Center courses until the program has 

been authorized, the organization has 

signed a non-financial cooperative 

agreement with OSHA, and the 

organization has participated in the 

Orientation meeting. 

Freedom of Information Act 

Information submitted in the 

respondent’s application is not 

considered confidential. Organization 

applications data may be releasable 

under the Freedom of Information Act. 

Transparency 

The Department of Labor is 

committed to conducting a transparent 

selection process and publicizing 

information about program outcomes. 

Applications or abstracts may be posted 

on public Web sites as a means of 

promoting and sharing innovative ideas. 

Notification of Non-Selection 

Applicants will be notified in writing 

if their organization is not selected to be 

an OSHA Training Institute Education 

Center. 

Non-Selection Appeal 

All decisions by the Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health are final. The 

Department of Labor does not provide 

an appeal procedure for applicants that 

are not selected. 

Authority and Signature 

Section 21 of the Occupational Safety 

and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 670). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on April 9, 

2012. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

Appendix A—Current List of Required, 

Elective and Optional Courses 1

(1) Present OTI Courses: 

(a) FY 2012 rating criterion is 60 courses 

conducted annually with a minimum of five 

in-person courses per month. 

(b) Present all OTI Courses as follows: 

(i) OTI Education Centers are required to 

present the following eight courses: 

(1) #500 Trainer Course for the 

Construction Industry 

(2) #501 Trainer Course for General 

Industry 

(3) #502 Update for Construction Industry 

Outreach Trainers 

(4) #503 Update for General Industry 

Outreach Trainers 

(5) #510 Occupational Safety and Health 

Standards for Construction 

(6) #511 Occupational Safety and Health 

Standards for General Industry 

(7) #7500 Introduction to Safety and Health 

Management 

(8) #7845 Recordkeeping Rule Seminar 

(ii) OTI Education Centers are required to 

present at least five of the following elective 

courses: 

(1) #521 OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene 

(2) #2015 Hazardous Materials 

(3) #2045 Machinery and Machine 

Guarding Standards 

(4) #2225 Respiratory Protection 

(5) #2250 Principles of Ergonomics 

(6) #2264 Permit-Required Confined Space 

Entry 

(7) #3095 Electrical Standards 

(8) #3010 Excavation, Trenching, and Soil 

Mechanics 

(9) #3110 Fall Arrest Systems 

(10) #5400 Trainer Course for the Maritime 

Industry 

(11) #5402 Update for Maritime Industry 

Trainers 

(12) #5600 Disaster Site Worker Trainer 

Course 

(13) #5602 Update for Disaster Site Worker 

Trainers 

(14) #6000 Collateral Duty Course for Other 

Federal Agencies 

(iii) OTI Education Centers may present 

any of the following optional courses: 

(1) #5109 Occupational Safety and Health 

Standards for the Construction Industry 

including Cal/OSHA Requirements 

(2) #5119 Occupational Safety and Health 

Standards for General Industry including 

Cal/OSHA Requirements 

(3) #7000 OSHA Ergonomic Guidelines for 

Nursing Homes 

(4) #7005 Public Warehousing and Storage 

(5) #7100 Introduction to Machinery and 

Machine Safeguarding 

(6) #7105 Evacuation and Emergency 

Preparedness 

(7) #7110 Safe Bolting: Principles and 

Practices 

(8) #7115 Lockout/Tagout 

(9) #7120 Introduction to Combustible Dust 

Hazards (2 days) 

(10) #7125 Seminar on Combustible Dust 

Hazards (1 day) 

(11) #7200 Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure 

Control for Healthcare Facilities 

(12) #7205 Health Hazard Awareness 

(13) #7210 Pandemic Influenza Workplace 

Preparedness 

(14) #7300 OSHA’s Permit-Required 

Confined Space Standard 


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(15) #7400 Trainer Course in Construction 

Noise 

(16) #7405 Fall Hazard Awareness for the 

Construction Industry 

(17) #7410 Managing Excavation Hazards 

(18) #7415 OSHA Construction Industry 

Requirements Awareness of Major 

Hazards and Prevention Strategies 

(19) #7505 Introduction to Accident 

Investigation 

(20) #7510 Introduction to OSHA for Small 

Business 

(21) #7515 Writing Material Safety Data 

Sheets (MSDS) 

[FR Doc. 2012–8884 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2012–0006] 

Federal Advisory Council on 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(FACOSH) 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Announcement of FACOSH 

meeting and member appointments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Advisory Council 

on Occupational Safety and Health 

(FACOSH) will meet May 3, 2012, in 

Washington, DC. This Federal Register 

notice also announces the appointment 

of seven individuals to serve on 

FACOSH. 

DATES: FACOSH meeting: FACOSH will 

meet from 1 to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, 

May 3, 2012. 

Submission of comments, requests to 

speak, speaker presentations, and 

requests for special accommodations: 

You must submit (postmark, send, 

transmit) comments, requests to speak at 

the FACOSH meeting, speaker 

presentations, and requests for special 

accommodations to attend the meeting 

by April 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: 

FACOSH meeting: FACOSH will meet 

in Room N–4437 A–D, U.S. Department 

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. 

Submission of comments, requests to 

speak, and speaker presentations: You 

may submit comments, requests to 

speak at the FACOSH meeting, and 

speaker presentations using one of the 

following methods: 

Electronically: You may submit 

materials, including attachments, 

electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. Follow the online 

instructions for making submissions; 

Facsimile: If your submission, 

including attachments, does not exceed 

10 pages, you may fax it to the OSHA 

Docket Office at (202) 693–1648; or 

Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, 

or messenger/courier service: You may 

submit materials to the OSHA Docket 

Office, Docket No. OSHA–2012–0006, 

Room N–2625, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 

693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–5627). 

Deliveries (hand, express mail, 

messenger or courier service) are 

accepted during the Department’s and 

the OSHA Docket Office’s normal 

business hours, 8:15 a.m.–4:45 p.m., e.t. 

Requests for special accommodations 

to attend the FACOSH meeting: You 

may submit requests for special 

accommodations by telephone, email, or 

hard copy to Ms. Veneta Chatmon, 

OSHA Office of Communications, Room 

N–3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–1999; 

email chatmon.veneta@dol.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this Federal Register notice 

(Docket No. OSHA–2012–0006). 

Because of security-related procedures, 

submissions by regular mail may result 

in a significant delay in their receipt. 

Please contact the OSHA Docket Office 

for information about security 

procedures for making submissions by 

hand delivery, express delivery, and 

messenger or courier service. For 

additional information on submitting 

comments, requests to speak, and 

speaker presentations, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. 

OSHA will post comments, requests 

to speak, and speaker presentations, 

including any personal information 

provided, without change at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions interested parties about 

submitting certain personal information, 

such as Social Security numbers and 

birthdates. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For press inquiries: Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N–3647, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone (202) 693–1999; email 

meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

For general information: Mr. Francis 

Yebesi, OSHA, Office of Federal Agency 

Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Room N–3622, 200 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone 

(202) 693–2122; email ofap@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

FACOSH Meeting 

FACOSH will meet May 3, 2012, in 

Washington, DC. FACOSH meetings are 

open to the public. The tentative agenda 

for the FACOSH meeting includes: 

• Revised recommendations on 

permissible exposure limits (PELs) from 

FACOSH’s Emerging Issues—PELs Work 

Group; 

• Proposed changes to the Federal 

Agency Recordkeeping rule; and 

• H1N1 recommendations the 

Secretary of Labor (Secretary) recently 

approved. 

FACOSH is authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

7902, section 19 of the Occupational 

Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH 

Act) (29 U.S.C. 668), and Executive 

Order 11612, as amended, to advise the 

Secretary on all matters relating to the 

occupational safety and health of federal 

employees. This includes providing 

advice on how to reduce and keep to a 

minimum the number of injuries and 

illnesses in the federal workforce and 

how to encourage each Federal 

Executive Branch department and 

agency to establish and maintain 

effective occupational safety and health 

programs. 

OSHA transcribes and prepares 

detailed minutes of FACOSH meetings. 

The Agency puts transcripts, minutes, 

and other materials presented at the 

meeting in the public record of the 

FACOSH meeting, which is posted at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Public Participation, Submissions, and 

Access to Public Record 

FACOSH meetings: FACOSH 

meetings are open to the public. 

Individuals attending meetings at the 

U.S. Department of Labor must enter the 

building at the Visitors’ Entrance, 3rd 

and C Streets, NW., and pass through 

building security. Attendees must have 

valid government-issued photo 

identification to enter the building. For 

additional information about building 

security measures for attending the 

FACOSH meeting, please contact Ms. 

Chatmon (see ADDRESSES section). 

Please submit your request for special 

accommodations to attend the FACOSH 

meeting to Ms. Chatmon. 

Submission of requests to speak and 

speaker presentations. You may submit 

a request to speak to FACOSH about the 

topics of the meeting and speaker 

presentations by one of the methods 

listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your 

request must state: 

• The amount of time you request to 

speak; 

• The interest you represent (e.g., 

organization name), if any; and, 

• A brief outline of your presentation. 


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