Question: What is the difference between the OSHA #510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Construction course and the 30-hour construction industry Outreach training class?

Answer:

The OSHA #510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Construction course and the 30-hour construction industry Outreach training class are not equivalent courses. The OSHA #510 course is based on OSHA construction standards while the 30-hour construction industry Outreach training class focuses on workers' rights, employer responsibilities, how to file a complaint, as well as how to identify, abate, avoid and prevent job-related hazards in the construction industry.

The OSHA #510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Construction course is offered through authorized OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Centers. The OSHA #510 covers OSHA standards, policies, and procedures in the construction industry, as well as construction safety and health principles.  Topics include scope and application of the OSHA construction standards. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.  Students that successfully complete the course receive a course completion certificate.

The 30-hour construction industry Outreach training class is taught by OSHA authorized construction industry Outreach trainers and is intended to provide a variety of training to workers with some safety responsibility.  Outreach training emphasizes construction hazard identification, avoidance, control, and prevention, not OSHA standards.  Students that successfully complete this training will receive a 30-hour construction industry Outreach training class completion card.