Principles of Occupational Safety and Health (POSH) Course

Description

4 Days (32 hours)

The certificate in Principles of Occupational Safety and Health (POSH) is an intensive four-day course covering 19 topics that provide a solid understanding of fundamentals of workplace safety and health. This course focuses on best practices for implementing and managing a safety program.

POSH is a great introduction for anyone new to safety responsibilities and an excellent review for experienced safety practitioners.

What You Will Learn:

• How to examine prior incidents to help you avoid mistakes and maximize the effectiveness of your safety initiatives
• Record-keeping to prevent injuries and meet OSHA requirements
• How to develop an emergency action plan
• How to plan and conduct safety inspections
• The impact of industrial hygiene and HazCom standards on your safety plan

This class is ideal for safety and health managers, coordinators, specialists and other full-time safety practitioners, safety committee members, operations managers, loss control managers, human resource managers, and anyone else with safety and health responsibilities in an organization.

*Completion of Principles of Safety and Occupational Health (POSH) prior to enrollment in other ASC courses is required to qualify for the ASC®.

Earn Your NSC Advanced Safety Certificate

Completion of POSH qualifies you to pursue the NSC Advanced Safety Certificate, a nationally recognized safety program that sharpens your safety and leadership skills so you can drive fundamental safety change throughout your organization.

For individuals on a career path in safety, this certificate program provides a clear roadmap and best in-class education to meet many industry-leading certification requirements.