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Occupational Health and Safety Training Must-Knows: ICYMI

May 5, 2025

Reduce workplace accidents, improve safety awareness, and comply with regulations by providing training to your staff. These five tips lay out the basics you need to know to keep workers safe.

Janelle Penny

Key Takeaways

After listening to this podcast, you’ll learn:

How to know when job training is needed
When you need to provide training
What type of training modalities you can use
How to make sure training is effective
Who is allowed to provide training

What kind of training are you required to provide and when? It depends on the job, but these five tips offer a roadmap to help keep workers safe on the job.

Written By: Janelle Penny

Read By: Janelle Penny

Read Article HERE: 5 Things You Need to Know About Occupational Health and Safety Training (Southern California Facilities Expo 2025)

Show Notes:

Check out the documents referenced in this article—OSHA Publication 2254 and ANSI Z490.1.
Review the NIOSH study Raul Guzman mentions in this article and learn whether training alone is enough to reduce injuries and fatalities.
Read the text version of this article.

About the Author

Janelle Penny | Editor-in-Chief at BUILDINGS

Janelle Penny has been with BUILDINGS since 2010. She is a two-time FOLIO: Eddie award winner who aims to deliver practical, actionable content for building owners and facilities professionals.