Conducting Occupational Safety and Health Training

Upon completing this program, participants will be able to:

• Deliver classroom safety training effectively: opening with relevance (why this matters to THIS audience), structuring content in digestible segments, using visual aids that support rather than replace the trainer, incorporating real-world examples and stories, managing time and energy, and closing with clear action items.
• Conduct hands-on safety training: the explain-demonstrate-practice-verify sequence that builds physical skills, managing practice sessions safely, providing real-time correction, and the hands-on methodology that produces competency rather than observation.
• Deliver effective toolbox talks: keeping them brief (5–15 minutes), selecting relevant topics, engaging workers through questions and discussion, connecting to current work conditions, and the toolbox talk delivery that workers actually listen to rather than endure.
• Conduct on-the-job training: structured OJT methodology (task breakdown, step-by-step instruction, supervised practice, gradual independence), documentation, and the OJT that supplements classroom learning with workplace application.
• Engage diverse learners: adapting delivery for language barriers (visual aids, demonstrations, translated materials), literacy differences (verbal and visual emphasis), experience gaps (linking new content to existing knowledge), and managing resistant learners constructively.
• Assess competency during training: using observation, targeted questioning, and practical demonstration to verify learners have actually acquired the knowledge and skills, not just attended the session.

Core Topics

• Classroom Delivery: opening, structure, visual aids, storytelling, time management, closing
• Hands-On Training: explain-demonstrate-practice-verify, safety during practice, correction
• Toolbox Talks: brief, relevant, engaging, discussion-based, action-oriented
• On-the-Job Training: task breakdown, instruction, supervised practice, independence
• Presentation Techniques: voice, body language, eye contact, movement, energy
• Learner Engagement: questions, discussions, activities, real-world examples, problem-solving
• Visual Aid Use: slides that support, props, demonstrations, videos, whiteboards
• Managing Diverse Learners: language, literacy, experience, resistance, cultural sensitivity
• Competency Assessment: observation, questioning, practical demonstration, documentation
• Training Documentation: attendance, content covered, assessment results, follow-up
• Room Setup: layout for engagement (U-shape, clusters), equipment, materials preparation
• Self-Improvement: recording, self-reflection, peer feedback, continuous development

• No academic degree required
• All instruction in English

Upon completion, graduates receive an American Institute of Safety Professionals certificate, wallet card, and transcript. Employer-verifiable at amiosp.com/student-verifications.

• Safety officers who deliver training to workers
• Supervisors who conduct toolbox talks and OJT
• Safety trainers seeking to improve delivery skills
• Subject matter experts designated to train others
• Anyone who delivers safety training in any format

• Conducting OSH Training — YOU ARE HERE (delivery skills)
• Train the Trainer: OSH (comprehensive trainer development)
• Fundamentals of Adult Learning and Instructional Design (theory and design)
• Safety Training for Managers and Workers (programme management)
• CSHT: Certified Safety and Health Trainer (trainer certification)