The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the addition of a new organization to its OSHA Training Institute Education Center network and the renewal of 25 existing education centers, according to osha.gov. The centers are nonprofit organizations that offer training courses for U.S. workers and employers regarding OSHA standards and occupational safety and health topics.
Since 1992, the OSHA Training Institute Education Center program has provided training nationwide to private sector and federal personnel from agencies outside OSHA and trained more than 42,000 people in fiscal year 2022.
The centers also help administer OSHA’s Outreach Training Program and fulfill the program’s monitoring requirements. They are the sole distribution channel for Outreach Training Program trainer courses, including OSHA standards and update courses. The voluntary program trained more than 3 million people from fiscal 2020 through fiscal 2022 and is not a training requirement for any OSHA standard.
The new and renewed centers were announced April 18 following a national competition that evaluated applicants based on organizational commitment, experience and qualifications; staff experience and qualifications; location and training facilities; marketing and administrative capabilities; diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility; and language accessibility.
OSHA does not fund OSHA Training Institute Education Center. The centers are supported through established tuition and fee structures and provide instructors and facilities. View more information and a list of new and renewed centers.
NRCA partner CPWR—The Center for Construction Research and Training, in partnership with West Virginia University, has once again been awarded a nonfinancial cooperative agreement to continue to offer OSHA Training Institute Education Center courses under CPWR’s National Resource Center.
