OSHA #521 OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene

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Cost: $825 – 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): Mr. Troy Corbin
Seats Available: 13

OSHA #2225 Respiratory Protection

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Cost: $825 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.6

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.

Instructor(s): Stephanie Carter
Seats Available: 9

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

to Seattle, WA
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Cost: $825 – 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: 15

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

to Kennewick, WA
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Cost: $750 – 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): Ms. Dalena Tripplet
Seats Available: 12

OSHA #3095 Electrical Standards

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Cost: $825 – 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: 14

Supervisory Safety & Health Duties

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Cost: $725 – 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: 0

Transformational Leadership Development

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Live sessions: Dec 3, 10, 17, 2024 3pm-5:30pm PT
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Cost: $499
Course credits: 1.0

Transformational Leadership Development

This course focuses on three positive styles of leading others and the four components of each style. This course provides the opportunity to explore your thinking, feelings, and actions related to the different leadership capabilities. 

Past participants have shared that understanding the role of these three styles of leading in fostering health and safety outcomes in the workplace has significantly contributed to increasing their effectiveness in leading positive change. 

Participants and their invited colleagues will take a multi-rater survey to discover their strengths and opportunities for development into a more effective leader in operating in health and safety related functions and contexts.

Instructor(s): Molly Cox
Seats Available: 46

Transformational Leadership Development

Seattle, WA
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Cost: $499
Course credits: 1.0

Transformational Leadership Development

This course focuses on three positive styles of leading others and the four components of each style. This course provides the opportunity to explore your thinking, feelings, and actions related to the different leadership capabilities. 

Past participants have shared that understanding the role of these three styles of leading in fostering health and safety outcomes in the workplace has significantly contributed to increasing their effectiveness in leading positive change. 

Participants and their invited colleagues will take a multi-rater survey to discover their strengths and opportunities for development into a more effective leader in operating in health and safety related functions and contexts.

Instructor(s): Molly Cox
Seats Available: 25

OSHA #7845 Recordkeeping Rule Seminar

Online Virtual Classroom
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Cost: $145
Course credits: 0.4

This 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.

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

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

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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 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.

Instructor(s): Mr. Jesse Michaletz
Seats Available: 12

OSHA #2255 Principles of Ergonomics

to Portland, OR

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Cost: $725 – Some discounts available
Course credits: 2.0

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): Katia Costa-Black
Seats Available: 12

OSHA #2015 Hazardous Materials

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Cost: $825 – 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): Mr. Bruce Millies
Seats Available: 22

OSHA #511 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry

to Seattle, WA
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Cost: $825 – 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. David Baker
Seats Available: 4

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: 0

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

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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: 20

OSHA #2264 Permit-Required Confined Space Entry

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Cost: $725 – 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: 20

OSHA #3015 Excavation, Trenching and Soil Mechanics

to Seattle, WA
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Cost: $725 – 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. Rhett Carpenter
Seats Available: 21

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. David Baker
Seats Available: 23

OSHA #511 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry

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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): Edward Woodford
Seats Available: 25

OSHA #7500 Introduction to Safety and Health Management

Portland, OR

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Cost: $195
Course credits: 0.7

Using 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.

Instructor(s): Mr. Harvey McGill
Seats Available: 20

OSHA #7505 Introduction to Incident (Accident) Investigation

Portland, OR
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Cost: $195
Course credits: 0.75

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

Instructor(s): Mr. Harvey McGill
Seats Available: 20

OSHA #7845 Recordkeeping Rule Seminar

Portland, OR
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Cost: $145
Course credits: 0.4

This 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.

Instructor(s): Mr. Harvey McGill
Seats Available: 20

OSHA #5400 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Maritime Industry

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

This course is designed for individuals interested in teaching the 10- and 30-hour Maritime Safety and Health Outreach Training Program to their employees and other interested groups. Special emphasis is placed on hazards in the maritime industry, and OSHA Maritime Standards. Participants will prepare and deliver a presentation on a Outreach Training Program topic.

Prerequisites: Five years of maritime industry safety experience and successful completion of the OSHA #5410 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Maritime Industry course within the past seven years.

Instructor(s): Gina Facca
Seats Available: 18

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: 17

OSHA #521 OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene

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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: 30

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): Mr. Jesse Michaletz
Seats Available: 18

Advancing Leadership & Communication for Change Management

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Live sessions: Jan 28, Feb 4, Feb 11, 2025 3pm-5:30pm PT
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Cost: $499
Course credits: 1

Advancing Leadership & Communication for Change Management

As a health and safety professional, your needs for effectively managing change are complex. You often need to influence others without having positional authority.

Evidence-based models, frameworks, and practical experience come together in a course designed to develop and foster change management practices as a leader, supervisor, and individual. This course will provide frameworks to apply as you navigate through this course and beyond with clients, employees, and organizations that are not ready for or are resistant to change. 

Participants will learn strategies to foster effective change. You'll also build on your network of peers as you share real experiences and challenges. This includes discussions designed to challenge your assumptions and to provide specific ways of thinking that you can employ when addressing real-life interactions.

Instructor(s): Molly Cox
Seats Available: 26

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: 26

OEM Grand Rounds: Air Pollution and Dementia

Webinar

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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: 100

OSHA #510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction 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 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: 23


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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