General Industry Safety and Health Specialist Certificate

Overview

This program gives participants certification of their knowledge and skills in understanding OSHA regulatory standards, and in developing solutions to workplace safety challenges.

Participants in the Safety and Health Specialist Certificate Program can customize their program to reflect their own areas of interest through a selection of core required courses and electives. You must attend the 3 required courses and 3 choosen electives to attain this certificate.

In addition to individual course costs, there is a one-time application fee of $25.00.

Curriculum

Core Courses (Required)

Course #	Course Name
521	OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene
2045	Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards
Choose one of the following:
501	Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry
503	Update for General Industry Outreach Trainers
511	Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry

Electives

Course #	Course Name
Choose three of the following:
2015	Hazardous Materials
2225	Respiratory Protection
2255	Principles of Ergonomics
2264	Permit-Required Confined Space Entry
3095	Electrical Standards
7005	Warehousing and Storage
7115	Lockout/Tagout
7205	Health Hazard Awareness
7300	Understanding OSHA\'s Permit-Required Confined Space Standard
7500	Introduction to Safety and Health Management
7505	Introduction to Incident (Accident)Investigation
7845	Recordkeeping Rule Seminar

Course Transfers

Up to two transfer courses may be applied to this certificate program from any of the OSHA Training Institute Education Centers.

The 500 and 501 courses or the associated update courses, 502 or 503, must have been completed within the past four years to be transferrable.

All courses previously completed through the RIT OSHA Training Institute Education Center will be grandfathered.

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