Health and Safety Compliance Auditor Training Course

Health & Safety Legislative/Regulatory Applicability

This section relates to an auditor’s need to understand what health and safety laws and regulations apply to particular worker activities or operations at audited facilities.  Training will focus on topics such as:

• Major Regulatory Thrust of General and Construction Standards and Recordkeeping

• Federal OSHA/State Jurisdiction/Enforcement of Laws

• Regulatory Process (interim, draft, final)

• Ability To Determine Applicability Of Occupation Safety and Health Laws/Regulations to Typical Worker Activities and Work Place Environments at the Audited Facility

• Relationship of OSHA standards to:  ANSI Standards,  National Electric Code,NFPA,  ASTM, ASME

• DOT Hazmat regulations

Occupational Safety & Health Impacts of Various Worker Activities and Work Place Environments and Related Exposure Reducing Practices and Technologies

This section relates to an auditor’s ability to evaluate what occupational safety and health impacts and compliance issues result from typical worker activities and work place environments and understanding the generic engineering, administrative, and personal protective equipment and technologies to control the impacts.  Training will focus on topics such as:

• Typical Health and Safety Exposures Generated by Various Work Place Activities and Environments

• Exposure Thresholds that Trigger Compliance Requirements

• General Concepts of Operation of Engineering, Administrative, and Personal Protective Equipment Practices and Technologies

• Typical Compliance Related Requirements Associated with Engineering, Administrative, and Personal Protective Equipment Practices and Technologies

Health & Safety Specific Regulatory Knowledge (29 CFR 1910 and 1926)

This section relates to an auditor’s knowledge of key regulatory requirements that are typically evaluated during an audit.  Training will focus on topics such as:

           
1910 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards
(General Industry)

• Injury/Illness Recordkeeping

• Hazard Communication

• Emergency Action Planning

• Respiratory Protection

• Hearing Conservation

• Control of Hazardous Energy

• Confined Space Entry

• Blood borne Pathogens

• Ergonomic Programs

• Laser Safety

• Laboratory Safety Management

• Process Safety Management

• Radiation Safety

• Walking - Working Surfaces

• Powered Platforms, Man lifts, and Vehicle-Mounted Work Platforms

• Occupational Health and Safety Environmental Controls

• Hazardous Materials

• Personal Protective Equipment

• General Environmental Controls

• Medical and First Aid

• Fire Protection

• Compressed Gas and Compressed Air Equipment

• Materials Handling and Storage

• Machinery and Machine Guarding

• Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Other Hand-Held Equipment

• Welding, Cutting and Brazing

            (Special Industries)

• Electrical

• Construction Safety