CATEGORY | Construction Safety

The Occupational Health & Safety Administration – otherwise known as OSHA – is a governmental organization in the U.S. that ensures the overall safety and health of men and women in the workforce. OSHA’s stated mission is to support this workforce through “setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.” (via OSHA.gov). As one can imagine, the amount of industries and occupations that OSHA covers is vast, and there are too many types of working environments in the U.S. to cover all job-specific hazards with one cover-all training program. Thus, there are a huge variety of OSHA certifications out there! Just in the world of construction, there many common OSHA training programs across all sorts of project types. One of the most common OSHA training programs in the field of construction is the OSHA 30-Hour, aka the ‘OSHA 30’. An OSHA 30 completion certificate is obtained after receiving 30 hours of specific construction safety training from a qualified instructor. While this is traditionally done in the classroom, more and more people are getting OSHA 30 “certified” online – I know, because I’ve done it myself! Let’s discuss getting OSHA 30 training online (pros and cons), along with my own personal 360Training review from when I received my OSHA 30 training online.