2025 NAXSA Washington Trench Safety Summit
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Total Worker Health®: Advancing Well-Being in the Workplace
to – Virtual Instructor-ledThis course serves as the key required course for individuals enrolling in the joint UW DEOHS CE/OHWCTotal Worker Health® (TWH) Certificate Program. Individuals not seeking the TWH Certificate may enroll and attend this introductory course as a standalone. This course is offered in collaboration with the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center and Portland State University Occupational Health Psychology and Total Worker Health Program.
Grand Rounds Occupational and Environmental Medicine Lecture Series Webinar Package
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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.
OSHA #501 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry
to – Online Virtual ClassroomStudents 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.
OSHA #2055 Cranes in Construction
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This course covers the requirements for operation of cranes in the construction industry using the OSHA construction Cranes and Derricks Standard as a guide.
OSHA #2015 Hazardous Materials
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This course covers general industry standards, and integrates materials from other consensus and proprietary standards relating to hazardous materials.
OSHA #510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry
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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.
OSHA #2225 Respiratory Protection
to – Seattle, WAThis course covers the requirements for the establishment, maintenance, and monitoring of a respirator program. Topics include OSHA and ANSI standards, NIOSH certifications, and medical evaluation recommendations. Course includes a discussion of both quantitative and qualitative respirator fit testing.
Course 1 - Foundations of Green Chemistry and Toxicology for Chemical Stewardship
to – OnlineOSHA #7500 Introduction to Safety and Health Management
– Richland, WAUsing interactive assignments and thought-provoking group projects, students of this one day workshop come away with a strong understanding of the benefits in implementing a safety and health management system in the workplace.
OSHA #511 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry
to – Seattle, WAFederal 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.
OSHA #7515 Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
– Richland, WAThis 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.
OSHA #7500 Introduction to Safety and Health Management
– Online Virtual ClassroomUsing interactive assignments and thought-provoking group projects, students of this one day workshop come away with a strong understanding of the benefits in implementing a safety and health management system in the workplace.
OSHA #2264 Permit-Required Confined Space Entry
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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.
OSHA #7505 Introduction to Incident (Accident) Investigation
– Richland, WAThis 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.
OSHA #7845 Recordkeeping Rule Seminar
– Richland, WAThis 4-hour course is designated to assist employers in identifying and fulfilling their responsibilities for posting certain records, maintaining records of illness and injuries, and reporting specific cases to OSHA. Several practice sessions are included.
OSHA #7510 Introduction to OSHA for Small Businesses
– Online Virtual Classroom - FREEThis course covers an introduction to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the OSH Act for owners and managers of small businesses.
OSHA #2045 Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards
to – Seattle, WAFocus on common machinery types and related safety standards, hazards associated with various types of machinery, and control of hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout).
OSHA #3095 Electrical Standards
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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.
OSHA #7845 Recordkeeping Rule Seminar
– Online Virtual ClassroomThis 4-hour course is designated to assist employers in identifying and fulfilling their responsibilities for posting certain records, maintaining records of illness and injuries, and reporting specific cases to OSHA. Several practice sessions are included.
OSHA #7505 Introduction to Incident (Accident) Investigation
– Online Virtual ClassroomThis 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.
OSHA #510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry
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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.
OSHA #521 OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene
to – Seattle, WAPermissible 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.
OSHA #501 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry
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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.
OSHA #500 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Construction
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Students who successfully complete this course will be authorized to conduct 10- and 30-hour Construction Outreach classes. This is a trainer course so enrollees will give a presentation on an assigned OSHA Construction 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 #510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry course within the past 7 years.
OSHA #502 Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers
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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
OSHA #511 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry
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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.
OSHA #3015 Excavation, Trenching and Soil Mechanics
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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.
OSHA #7115 Lockout/Tagout
– Online Virtual ClassroomThis course covers the role and responsibility of the employer to develop and implement an energy control program, or lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) for the protection of workers while performing servicing and maintenance activities on machinery and equipment. Upon course completion the student will have the ability to explain the importance of energy control programs, procedures, training, audits and methods of controlling hazardous energy.
Fostering Psychological Capital & Emotional Effectiveness
to – Virtual Instructor LedLive sessions: November 4, 11, 18, 2025; 3pm-5:30pm PT
Fostering Psychological Capital & Emotional Effectiveness
People, and how they feel about their work, can have a very significant impact on how they emotionally engage in the workplace each and every day.
Today’s safety leaders need to understand stress, and emotions in the workplace in order to design a healthy work environment for the 21st century. This course will provide opportunities to examine, explore, and practice positive approaches for increasing individual and group levels of motivation, inclusivity and emotional effectiveness with the ultimate goal of fostering a safe work environment.
Past participants have shared the importance of learning about psychological capital, hope, efficacy, resiliency and optimism, as a resource in themselves and in others, in order to prepare the people they lead to effectively cope with stress and to effectively manage their emotions.
Participants will complete an online self-survey to discover what constitutes their positive psychological strengths and potential areas for development.
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.