OSHA #510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry

to Pocatello, ID
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Cost: $595 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.6

Federal and state policies, procedures, and standards, as well as construction safety and health principles. Emphasis on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.

Instructor(s): Edward Woodford
Seats Available: 13

OSHA #510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry

to Portland, OR

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Cost: $795 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.6

Federal and state policies, procedures, and standards, as well as construction safety and health principles. Emphasis on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.

Instructor(s): Mr. Harvey McGill
Seats Available: 4

OSHA #3095 Electrical Standards

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Cost: $795 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.6

Students learn about the production of electricity and how it is delivered to the end user as well as the hazards associated with high and low voltage current. Basic definitions and explanation of electric generation provides the required skills needed to understand electrical systems.

Instructor(s): Mr. Bruce Millies
Seats Available: 21

OSHA #502 Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers

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Cost: $695 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 1.8

This course is for OSHA Outreach Training Program construction industry trainers who have completed OSHA #500 and whose trainer authorization has not expired before the first day of class. Provides an update on OSHA construction standards, policies, and regulations. Trainers are required to attend this course (or OSHA #500) once every four years to maintain their authorized trainer status.

Prerequisites: OSHA #500 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health for Construction

Instructor(s): Gina Facca
Seats Available: 16

OSHA #2055 Cranes in Construction

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Cost: $695 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.25

This course covers the requirements for operation of cranes in the construction industry using the OSHA construction Cranes and Derricks Standard as a guide.

Instructor(s): Mr. Jesse Michaletz
Seats Available: 26

OSHA #5410 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Maritime Industry

to Seattle, WA
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Cost: $945 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 3.5

OSHA standards, policies, and procedures for the maritime industry are the focus of this course. Students will learn about the OSHA Maritime Standards, identify hazards in the maritime industry, determine appropriate hazard controls and abatement, and describe the use of the OSHA Maritime Standards and regulations to supplement an ongoing safety and health program.

Instructor(s): Ms. Amy Liu
Seats Available: 16

OSHA #2015 Hazardous Materials

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Cost: $795 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.6

This course covers general industry standards, and integrates materials from other consensus and proprietary standards relating to hazardous materials.

Instructor(s): Edward Woodford
Seats Available: 28

OSHA #2255 Principles of Ergonomics

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Cost: $695 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 1.8

Introduces the application of ergonomic principles to prevent musculoskeletal disorders. Topics include: work physiology; anthropometry; video display terminals; and risk factors, such as vibration, temperature, manual handling, repetition, and continuous keyboard use. Industrial case studies cover analysis and design of work stations and equipment; laboratory sessions focus on manual lifting and OSHA's proposed ergonomic protection standard.

Instructor(s): Gina Facca
Seats Available: 22

OSHA #2045 Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards

to Seattle, WA
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OSHA #3095 Electrical Standards

to Richland, WA
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Cost: $745
Course credits: 2.6

Students learn about the production of electricity and how it is delivered to the end user as well as the hazards associated with high and low voltage current. Basic definitions and explanation of electric generation provides the required skills needed to understand electrical systems.

Instructor(s): Mr. Bruce Millies
Seats Available: 12

OSHA #7505 Introduction to Incident (Accident) Investigation

Online Virtual Classroom
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Cost: $195
Course credits: 0.75

This course is an introduction to basic accident investigation procedures and accident analysis techniques. Course topics include accident investigation methods, employer responsibilities related to workplace accident investigations, and a six-step accident investigation procedure.

Instructor(s): Mr. Richard Gleason
Seats Available: 22

OEM Grand Rounds: Research to Practice in the Development of Exoskeleton Guidelines

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Cost: $39
Course credits: 0.1

Occupational and environmental health exposures cause thousands of illnesses and injuries each year. This lecture series addresses the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of disease and injuries related to environmental and occupational exposures encountered by physicians and their colleagues in local, regional, and international settings.

Seats Available: 94

OSHA #7205 Health Hazard Awareness

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Course credits: 0.6

This course covers common health hazards that are encountered in the workplace. These health hazards include exposure to chemicals, asbestos, silica and lead. Course topics include identification and evaluation of health hazards and their sources of exposure, health hazard information, and engineering and work practice controls.

Instructor(s): Mr. Richard Gleason
Seats Available: 0

OSHA #510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry

to Spokane, WA
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Cost: $695 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.6

Federal and state policies, procedures, and standards, as well as construction safety and health principles. Emphasis on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.

Instructor(s): Ms. Dalena Tripplet
Seats Available: 17

OSHA #510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry

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Cost: $795 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.6

Federal and state policies, procedures, and standards, as well as construction safety and health principles. Emphasis on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.

Instructor(s): Mr. Jesse Michaletz
Seats Available: 13

OSHA #511 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry

to Seattle, WA
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Cost: $795 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.6

Federal and state policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Emphasis on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.

Instructor(s): Mr. Bruce Millies
Seats Available: 15

OSHA #3015 Excavation, Trenching and Soil Mechanics

to Portland, OR

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Cost: $695 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.0

Focus on OSHA standards and on the safety aspects of excavation and trenching. Introduction to practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of shored and unshored slopes and walls of excavation.

Instructor(s): Mr. Harvey McGill
Seats Available: 13

OSHA #511 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry

to Anchorage, AK

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Cost: $795 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.6

Federal and state policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Emphasis on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.

Instructor(s): Ms. Ann Lindsey
Seats Available: 29

OSHA #7215 Silica in Construction, Maritime, and General Industries

Online Virtual Classroom
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Cost: $195
Course credits: 0.7

This course covers the development and implementation of controls and strategies to prevent or mitigate silica exposures in construction, maritime, and general industries.

Instructor(s): Mr. Richard Gleason
Seats Available: 29

Accelerating Leadership Development

to Virtual Instructor Led
Live sessions: April 15, 22, 29, 2025; 3pm-5:30pm PT
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Cost: $499 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 1.0

Accelerating Leadership Development

Leadership development at all levels of professional experience can be accelerated by understanding what theories, capabilities, and motivation fosters leader and follower effectiveness.  Before you can engage in acquiring these new capabilities and skills, you first need to be in a position of being ready and willing to learn and develop. This course will provide insight into unlocking both the motivation and abilities related to launching your leadership development. 
 
Our past participants have been health and safety professionals looking to motivate others to foster safety compliance, to face challenges in working with other departments to bring about the adoption of fast-changing requirements in the workplace. Participants will complete an online self-survey to explore their motivation and ability to understand how to activate positive leadership capabilities, which we refer to as leader developmental readiness.
Instructor(s): Molly Breysse Cox
Seats Available: 46

OSHA #7515 Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)

Online Virtual Classroom
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Cost: $195
Course credits: 0.7

This course covers OSHA guidelines for developing a Job Hazard Analysis. Course topics include the purpose and requirements of a job hazard analysis, the relationship between worker tasks and tools in a work environment, identifying job hazards before they occur, and techniques for completing a job hazard analysis.

Instructor(s): Mr. Richard Gleason
Seats Available: 23

OEM Grand Rounds - Traumatic Brain Injuries

Online, On-Demand Recording
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Cost: $25
Course credits: 0.1

Occupational and environmental health exposures cause thousands of illnesses and injuries each year. This lecture series addresses the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of disease and injuries related to environmental and occupational exposures encountered by physicians and their colleagues in local, regional, and international settings.

On-Demand, Online Recording of Live Lecture from March 20, 2023

OEM Grand Rounds - Traumatic Brain Injuries

Presenter: Jennifer M Zumsteg, MD, Inpatient - Rehabilitation Medicine (PM&R), Consultant, UW Medicine, Valley Medical Center


OSHA #3115 Fall Protection

to Anchorage, AK

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Cost: $695 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 1.8

This course provides an overview of state-of-the-art technology for fall protection. Topics covered include the principles of fall protection, the components of fall arrest systems, the limitations of fall arrest equipment, and OSHA policies regarding fall protection.

Instructor(s): Mr. Jesse Michaletz
Seats Available: 15

OSHA #521 OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene

to Portland, OR

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Cost: $795 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.6

Permissible exposure limits, OSHA health standards, regulations and procedures, respiratory protection, engineering controls, hazard communication, sampling instrumentation, workplace health program elements, and other industrial hygiene topics. Workshops in health hazard recognition, OSHA health standards, and safety and health programs.

Instructor(s): Gina Facca
Seats Available: 17

Supervisory Safety & Health Duties

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Cost: $695 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.0
This course covers general safety and health requirements from the standpoint of supervising, training, administering, and organizing safety and health programs. It includes regulatory requirements and specific applications for written program requirements, documentation, discipline, hazard evaluation, and control and compliance.
Instructor(s): Mr. Harvey McGill
Seats Available: 22

OSHA #501 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry

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Cost: $795 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.6

Students who successfully complete this course will be authorized to conduct 10- and 30-hour General Industry Outreach classes. This is a trainer course so enrollees will give a presentation on an assigned OSHA General Industry Outreach Training Program topic and must successfully pass a written exam at the end of the course.

Prerequisites: Five years of construction safety and health work experience and successful completion of the OSHA #511 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry course within the past 7 years.

Instructor(s): Edward Woodford
Seats Available: 15

OSHA #2264 Permit-Required Confined Space Entry

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Cost: $695 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.0

This course covers the recognition of confined space hazards, use of instrumentation to evaluate atmospheric hazards, ventilation techniques, and confined space program elements. The requirements for a permit, non-permit and alternate procedures confined space are also covered. Specific duties of entrants, attendants, supervisors and rescue are discussed.

Instructor(s): Mr. Bruce Millies
Seats Available: 22

OSHA #502 Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers

to Seattle, WA
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Cost: $695 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 1.8

For individuals who have completed OSHA 500 and who are active trainers in an outreach program. Required every four years. Provides an update on OSHA construction standards, policies, and regulations.

Instructor(s): Mr. Jesse Michaletz
Seats Available: 20


The Continuing Education programs offered by the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences provide workplace safety and health training for the fields of general industry, construction, agriculture and the maritime industries.

We serve four states—Washington, Alaska, Oregon and Idaho—with monthly in-person courses, as well as on-demand programs and online virtual instruction led by our expert instructors.

We are the home of the Pacific Northwest OSHA Education Center—the only training facility authorized by OSHA in our region—offering continuing education courses on federal and state safety and health regulations. 

We are also home to the Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety (NWCOHS). NWCOHS prepares graduate students for careers in occupational health and safety through training programs in occupational medicine, occupational health nursing, industrial hygiene, safety, hazardous materials management, leadership, green chemistry and related disciplines. The NWCOHS Continuing Education Programs provide professional development opportunities for health and safety professionals.

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