The OSHA Training Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District offers three levels of Professional Safetycertificates to take your career and your organization’s safety program to the next level. These courses provide focused, real-world information
that can be immediately applied in your organization and give you knowledge in many safety and health topics allowing you to build a broader safety expertise. The OSHA Training Center’s certificates recognize individuals who, through training, have received specialized information in a particular area and ensure that you:
- Are informed about today’s changing regulations, guidance documents, and regulatory interpretations
- Have developed an awareness of government agencies affecting your industry
- Can communicate safety and health problems to your management team and staff members
- Avoid costly citations by staying compliant with OSHA regulations
- Demonstrate proficiency and ambition to enhance your career
- Create a network of others who share similar concerns and resolutions
- Continue your professional development in a growing and changing field
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Safety and Health Specialist Certificate Program
Gain a solid foundation to quickly and accurately address the OSHA regulations affecting your industry and keep your company safe and compliant. This program gives participants certification of their knowledge and skills in understanding OSHA regulatory standards and in developing solutions to workplace safety challenges. Participants in the Safety Associate Certificate can tailor their program to reflect their own areas of interest through a selection of core required courses and electives.
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How You Will Benefit
- Understand the OSHA standards and how it affects your business
- Learn the fundamentals needed to deal with potential hazards
- Reduce injuries and health problems among your co-workers
- Understand the essential elements of an effective safety program
- Develop accident investigation skills
Who Should Participate
- Job supervisors
- Warehouse foremen
- Logistics personnel
- Food processing workers
- Landscape workers
- Agricultural workers
- Engineers
- Human resources personnel
- Anyone concerned about safety in their workplace
Required Courses
- OSHA 510: OSHA Standards for Construction OR
OSHA 511: OSHA Standards for General Industry - OSHA 7505: Introduction to Accident Investigation
- OSHA 7300: 8 Hour Permit Required Confined Space
Elective Courses
- Take any three courses from the OSHA Training Center not used as above required courses.
Specialist in Safety and Health
 If you are responsible for employee health and safety at your workplace, it may be time to expand your knowledge of current health and safety issues and regulations and learn new skills to create and maintain a safer work environment. The Specialist in Safety and Health Certificate Program is designed to expand and improve the practical skills of those responsible for employee health and safety at their facility. The courses examine critical safety and health issues of private business, industry and government, and provide training necessary for managing a proactive health and safety program. Participants in the Specialist in Safety and Health Certificate Program can customize the certificate program to their field of expertise and focus their training to their own areas of interest. |
How You Will Benefit
- Develop the skills to implement a risk management system to avoid injuries and health problems at your workplace
- Build on your knowledge of OSHA regulations
- Gain knowledge of changing regulations, guidance documents and regulatory interpretations
- Implement ergonomics and develop the management tools to avoid disabilities
- Teach safety skills to your team
- Demonstrate competency when dealing with regulatory agencies
Who Should Participate
- Safety professionals
- Industrial hygienists
- Supervisors
- Risk managers
- Trainers
- Employees handling workers compensation
- Human resource managers
- Government agencies
- Anyone concerned about safety in the workplace
Required Courses
- OSHA 500: Trainer course for the Construction Industry (must be current) OR
OSHA 501: Trainer course for the General Industry (must be current) - OSHA 5109: Cal/OSHA standards for the Construction Industry OR
OSHA 5119: Cal/OSHA standards for the General Industry
Elective Courses
- Take any three courses from the OSHA Training Center not used as above required courses.
Certified Safety and Health Official
 Businesses today face an overwhelming maze of safety and health regulations including employee safety, liability, training requirements, loss control, and program development and implementation. The Certified Safety and Health Official certificate guides you through this growing maze of increasingly important safety regulations by helping you develop your staff’s expertise in safety and health strategies. Participants in the Certified Safety and Health Official certificate program can complete an OSHA certificate in either construction or general industry. |
How You Will Benefit
- Develop the skills and knowledge for developing and delivering health and safety programs
- Develop your staff’s expertise in health and safety strategies
- Gain knowledge of changing regulations, guidance documents and regulatory interpretations
- Earn appropriate credentials to teach and lead others
- Demonstrate competency when dealing with regulatory agencies
Who Should Participate
- Safety directors and officers
- Union representatives
- Health and safety technicians
- Occupational health specialists
- Risk managers
- Compliance managers
- Plant or facility managers
- Production supervisors
- Human resource supervisors
- Workers’ compensation specialists
Required Courses – CONSTRUCTION
- OSHA 500: Trainer course for the Construction Industry (certification card must be current)
- OSHA 5109: Cal/OSHA standards for the Construction Industry
- OSHA 3010: Excavation, Trenching and Soil Mechanics
- OSHA 3110: Fall Protection
- OSHA 3095: Electrical Standards
- OSHA 5119: Cal/OSHA standards for the General Industry OR
OSHA 511: OSHA standards for the General Industry OR
OSHA 501: Trainer for the General Industry (certification card must be current)
Elective Courses
- Take any three courses from the OSHA Training Center not used as above required courses.
Required Courses – GENERAL INDUSTRY
- OSHA 501: Trainer course for the General Industry (certification card must be current)
- OSHA 5119: Cal/OSHA standards for the General Industry
- OSHA 2250: Principles of Ergonomics
- OSHA 2045: Machinery and Machine Guarding
- OSHA 2264: Permit Required Confined Space Entry
- OSHA 5109: Cal/OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry OR
OSHA 510: OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry OR
OSHA 500: Trainer for the Construction Industry (certification card must be current)
Elective Courses
- Take any three courses from the OSHA Training Center not used as above required courses.
Certified Safety and Health Official
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Businesses today face an overwhelming maze of safety and health regulations including employee safety, liability, training requirements, loss control, and program development and implementation. The Certified Safety and Health Official certificate guides you through this growing maze of increasingly important safety regulations by helping you develop your staff’s expertise in safety and health strategies. Participants in the Certified Safety and Health Official certificate program can complete an OSHA certificate in either construction or general industry. |
How You Will Benefit
- Develop the skills and knowledge for developing and delivering health and safety programs
- Develop your staff’s expertise in health and safety strategies
- Gain knowledge of changing regulations, guidance documents and regulatory interpretations
- Earn appropriate credentials to teach and lead others
- Demonstrate competency when dealing with regulatory agencies
Who Should Participate
- Safety directors and officers
- Union representatives
- Health and safety technicians
- Occupational health specialists
- Risk managers
- Compliance managers
- Plant or facility managers
- Production supervisors
- Human resource supervisors
- Workers’ compensation specialists
Required Courses – CONSTRUCTION
- OSHA 500: Trainer course for the Construction Industry (certification card must be current)
- OSHA 5109: Cal/OSHA standards for the Construction Industry
- OSHA 3010: Excavation, Trenching and Soil Mechanics
- OSHA 3110: Fall Protection
- OSHA 3095: Electrical Standards
- OSHA 5119: Cal/OSHA standards for the General Industry OR OSHA 511: OSHA standards for the General Industry OR OSHA 501: Trainer for the General Industry (certification card must be current)
Elective Courses
- Take any three courses from the OSHA Training Center not used as above required courses.
Required Courses – GENERAL INDUSTRY
- OSHA 501: Trainer course for the General Industry (certification card must be current)
- OSHA 5119: Cal/OSHA standards for the General Industry
- OSHA 2250: Principles of Ergonomics
- OSHA 2045: Machinery and Machine Guarding
- OSHA 2264: Permit Required Confined Space Entry
- OSHA 5109: Cal/OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry OR OSHA 510: OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry OR OSHA 500: Trainer for the Construction Industry (certification card must be current)
Elective Courses
- Take any three courses from the OSHA Training Center not used as above required courses.
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