On-Demand Courses
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.
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 #7415 OSHA Construction Industry Requirements (Major Hazards and Prevention)
to – Online Virtual Classroom - FREEThis course provides pertinent information regarding OSHA requirements and guidelines applicable to construction industry activities and operations.
OSHA #503 Update for General Industry Outreach Trainers
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This course is for OSHA Outreach Training Program general industry trainers who have completed OSHA #501 and whose trainer authorization has not expired before the first day of class. Provides an update on OSHA general industry standards, policies, and regulations. Trainers are required to attend this course (or OSHA #501) once every four years to maintain their authorized trainer status.
Prerequisites: OSHA #501 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health for General Industry
OSHA #7400 Occupational Noise Exposure Hazards
– Post Falls, IDThis course focuses on describing noise hazards in the workplace. Upon completion, students will have the ability to describe sound properties and their relationship to noise-induced hearing loss, hearing protection usage, and using a sound level meter.
OSHA #7410 Managing Excavation/Trenching Operations
– Post Falls, IDThis course focuses on OSHA’s excavation standard (CFR 1926 Subpart P) with explanations of competent person responsibilities, inspection requirements, soil analysis, use of protective systems, and emergency response procedures for excavation work (cave-in).
OSHA #5602 Update for Disaster Site Worker Trainer Course
– Online Virtual ClassroomFor individuals who have completed OSHA #5600 and whose trainer authorization has not expired before the first day of class. This course provides an update of new technical and regulatory information related to disaster response. Participants will have the opportunity to share lessons learned and refresh their knowledge about various topics covered previously in the OSHA #5600 trainer course. Trainers are required to attend this course (or OSHA #5600) once every four years to maintain their authorized trainer status.
Prerequisite: OSHA #5600 Disaster Site Worker Trainer Course
OSHA #7300 Understanding OSHA's Permit-Required Confined Space Standard
– Post Falls, IDThis course covers the requirements of the OSHA Permit-Required Confined Space Standard. Course topics include safety and health hazards associated with confined space entry, and the evaluation, prevention, and abatement of these hazards.
OSHA #7215 Silica in Construction, Maritime, and General Industries
– Post Falls, IDThis course covers the development and implementation of controls and strategies to prevent or mitigate silica exposures in construction, maritime, and general industries.
OSHA #7405 Fall Hazard Awareness for the Construction Industry
– Post Falls, IDThis one day course is designed to teach to students how to identify fall hazards and methods to control and abate the hazards.
OSHA #7845 Recordkeeping Rule Seminar
– Post Falls, IDThis 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 #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 #3115 Fall Protection
to – Seattle, WAThis 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.
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 #503 Update for General Industry Outreach Trainers
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This course is for OSHA Outreach Training Program general industry trainers who have completed OSHA #501 and whose trainer authorization has not expired before the first day of class. Provides an update on OSHA general industry standards, policies, and regulations. Trainers are required to attend this course (or OSHA #501) once every four years to maintain their authorized trainer status.
Prerequisites: OSHA #501 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health for General Industry
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 #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.
Supervisory Safety & Health Duties
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OSHA #2225 Respiratory Protection
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This 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.
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, using OSHA standards as a guide.
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.
Fostering Psychological Capital & Emotional Effectiveness
to – Virtual Instructor LedLive virtual sessions: March 11, 18, and 25, 2025 3pm-5:30pm PT
Effective Emotions and Psychological Capital in the Workplace
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.
Advancing Methods for Worker Exposure Evaluation and Judgements
to – Virtual Instructor-ledMarch 11 AND 13, 2025 8:30am-12:00pm PT
The occupational and environmental health and safety professional uses personal judgement, qualitative information and quantitative data to evaluate worker exposures to airborne contaminants, and other agents. New tools and strategies are emerging to improve professional judgment in health-related exposure assessments. This course will explain why and how it is feasible to apply multiple approaches and new tools to make judgments with a higher degree of precision and accuracy. The instructors have developed curriculum to augment and expand the concepts identified in the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s course entitled “Improving Exposure Judgements: An Introduction to Industrial Hygiene Statistics.”
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 #2264 Permit-Required Confined Space Entry
to – Seattle, WAOSHA #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, using OSHA standards as a guide.
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 #3115 Fall Protection
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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.
OSHA #6005 Collateral Duty Course for Other Federal Agencies
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This course enables participants to recognize basic safety and health hazards in the workplace, learn abatement methods for selected safety and health hazards, learn workplace inspection procedures consistent with established OSHA policies, procedures, and directives, learn the OSH Act, 29 CFR 1960, 29 CFR 1910, and major provisions of Executive Order 12196, and conduct a mock inspection of a government facility.
OSHA #7105 Evacuation and Emergency Planning
– Online Virtual Classroom - FREEThis course covers OSHA requirements for emergency action and fire protection plans and includes workshops pertaining to the development of emergency action plans. Upon course completion students will have the ability to list the elements of an emergency action plan and emergency evacuation floor plans, recognize violations of OSHA exit route requirements, determine whether their organization requires an emergency action plan, and develop and implement workplace emergency action and fire protection plans.
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.