Developing Occupational Safety and Health Training

What is the Developing Occupational Safety and Health Training?

The Developing Occupational Safety and Health Training course from the American Institute of Safety Professionals teaches safety professionals, training managers, and instructional designers how to design, develop, and manage safety training programmes from initial needs analysis through content creation, assessment design, delivery planning, and programme governance. This is the programme development course — it teaches you how to create the training that others will deliver. Where the CSHT (Certified Safety and Health Trainer) focuses on delivering training effectively, this course focuses on developing training that is worth delivering: training that addresses real hazards, meets specific OSHA requirements, uses sound instructional design principles, includes valid assessments, and can be maintained and improved over time.

Most organisations have safety training that was created years ago by someone who has since left, using methods that amount to copying regulations onto slides and reading them aloud. The result is training that workers endure rather than learn from, that checks compliance boxes without changing behaviour, and that cannot be demonstrated as effective when OSHA asks for evidence of training quality. This course teaches the systematic approach to training development that produces programmes which actually work: training grounded in needs analysis (what do workers actually need to know to stay safe?), built on measurable learning objectives (what specifically will workers be able to do after training?), developed using ADDIE instructional design methodology, assessed through valid knowledge and skills evaluations, and governed through a programme management system that ensures currency, quality, and continuous improvement.

The curriculum covers training needs analysis (regulatory requirement mapping, gap analysis, incident-driven training needs), instructional design using the ADDIE model (Analyse, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate), learning objective writing using Bloom’s taxonomy, content development for classroom, field, and e-learning delivery, assessment design (knowledge tests, skills demonstrations, competency verification), training material creation (presentations, handouts, job aids, toolbox talk guides), e-learning and LMS integration, and the programme governance system (training matrix, annual calendar, record management, review cycle, effectiveness measurement) that sustains the training function over time. Content aligns with OSHA training requirements and ANSI Z490.1 (Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health, and Environmental Training).

All training is delivered 100 percent online through Microsoft Teams and the American Institute of Safety Professionals Learning Management System (LMS). Upon successful completion, graduates receive an American Institute of Safety Professionals certificate, professional wallet card, and official transcript, all employer-verifiable at amiosp.com/student-verifications.

Who should take this course?

• Safety managers and HSE managers responsible for the organisation’s training programme who need to develop or rebuild their training content
• Training coordinators and training managers who create safety training materials and manage the training function
• Safety officers who develop toolbox talks, training presentations, and competency assessments for their facilities
• Instructional designers and e-learning developers creating safety-specific content for LMS platforms
• CSHT holders who want to add training development competency to their training delivery skills
• Safety consultants who develop training programmes and materials for client organisations
• Corporate safety directors establishing standardised training programmes across multiple facilities

What will you study?

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