Workplace Training
If your company is facing challenges tackling its normal duties, now is the perfect time to take advantage of ATSSA’s new on-demand training courses covering human resources and workplace safety issues.
Training includes human resources topics such as how to hire legally, hours-of-service rules, workers’ compensation, workplace privacy and sexual harassment prevention and response. Workplace safety topics comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards and include tips for avoiding injuries, identifying hazardous materials, working outdoors and working around heavy equipment. Some courses are offered in Spanish as well as English.
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Do your supervisors need to know how to manage their employees? Does your company need to understand how to hire legally? Do your supervisors or employees need to learn about workplace harassment? These online courses for your supervisors and workforce will help them improve their skills.
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The main objective of this session is to train supervisors who oversee commercial drivers that perform safety-sensitive functions to make reasonable suspicion determinations for drug and alcohol use in compliance with the Department of Transportation's (DOT’s) alcohol and drug regulations at 49 CFR 382.603 (training for supervisors), and the organization’s policy and procedures. By the time the session is over, supervisors will be able to identify the requirements of DOT’s alcohol and drug regulations; understand how alcohol and drugs affect health and performance; identify signs and symptoms of alcohol and drug use; make appropriate reasonable suspicion determinations; conduct effective reasonable suspicion interviews; and understand when alcohol and drug tests are required and how tests are conducted. (121 minutes)
This training presentation will explain how you can help ensure that we follow legal hiring practices when we hire new employees. At the end of the training session, you will be able to identify requirements of fair employment laws, follow the organization's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policy, evaluate job applicants based on job-related criteria, and conduct all phases of the hiring process to avoid discrimination. (23 minutes)
As a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver, you have a lot of responsibility. The biggest concern is safety. The federal hours-of-service (HOS), rules were developed to reduce the likelihood of driver fatigue, fatigue-related crashes, and health effects of driving long hours. Although crash rates have been falling, thousands of people are still injured and killed in truck crashes each year, including hundreds of truck drivers. HOS rules put limits on when and how long you may drive, with the goal that these limits will help ensure that you stay awake and alert while driving and also help protect your health and safety. This course will review the requirements of the federal HOS rules and explain how they affect your job. (31 minutes)
The main objective of this session is to teach you about project risk management and how to identify and plan for risks. In this training module, we will go over what project risk management is; why it is important; and most importantly, how to identify risks. (30 minutes)
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) makes specific demands on how employees are classified and paid. Fail to pay a nonexempt employee overtime and you’ll face serious consequences. Decisions on how employees are classified can make or break an employer. That's why supervisors need to understand how their input can influence classification decisions, how their actions can put employers at risk of hefty fines, and how various wage and hour laws work. The course will give supervisors the tools needed ensure employees are performing exempt duties, understand how to discipline exempt workers without jeopardizing the exemption, and realize that comp time is not a permissible practice for private employers.
A supervisor’s actions can either make workers’ compensation a smooth process that supports employees in a time of need or turn it into a nightmare of headaches and liability. Supervisors working with employees are in the best position to spot and guide employees who may need to file a claim as well as to help the organization control costs by modeling and encouraging best practices that prevent workplace injuries and illness. This course explains the benefits of workers’ compensation and a supervisor’s role in the process. At the end of the training session, you will be able to recognize the purpose and benefits of workers' compensation, complete reports and help workers file claims, maintain contact with employees on leave and ease their return to work, and help prevent workplace accidents and keep workers’ comp costs down.
There are many forms of harassment—all of them against the law. This session will discuss the kind of harassment that arises from the diversity of the American workforce. It covers harassment on the job because of a person’s race, color, religion, or national or ethnic origin.
The main objective of this session is to help you understand the nature of harassment in the workplace, how you can help prevent it, and what to do if, despite our best efforts, it occurs in our organization.
The main objective of this session is to help you understand workplace privacy rules and balance the rights of your employees with the rights of the organization. By the time the session is over, you should be able to recognize key workplace privacy issues, understand laws and policies concerning workplace privacy, and know how to balance the needs of the organization to control the workplace with the privacy rights of employees.
Do your employees need mandatory sexual harassment prevention training? A variety of courses are available covering what sexual harassment is, how to avoid it and, should it occur, how to report it, so that employers stay vigilant. State-specific courses for California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine and New York meet state-specific requirements.
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This training presentation will inform you about sexual harassment. We hope that awareness will help lead to prevention. At the end of this session, you will be able to recognize sexual harassment; differentiate between the two main kinds of harassment; understand and follow company policy; report incidents and cooperate in investigations; and help promote and maintain a comfortable, productive working environment.
Al terminar esta sesión de capacitación, usted podrá reconocer un acoso sexual, diferenciar entre dos clases principales de acoso, comprender y seguir la política del lugar de trabajo, denunciar incidentes y colaborar en las investigaciones y ayudar a fomentar y mantener un clima de trabajo confortable y productivo.
This training presentation will provide you with the information you need to know about sexual harassment in order to help us deal with incidents and prevent future problems. At the end of this session, you will be able to understand legal and policy requirements, recognize what constitutes illegal sexual harassment, handle complaints effectively, participate in investigations, take appropriate corrective action, and promote a comfortable, productive working environment.
Under California law, you are required to learn about the prevention of sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. That includes information and practical guidance regarding state and federal laws, how to prevent, respond to, and correct sexual harassment, remedies available to persons subject to harassment, and the potential for liability. By completing this course, you have met those requirements.
California law mandates that employees receive 1 hour of training every 2 years on how to recognize and prevent sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. This course meets those requirements with hypothetical workplace scenarios, interactive “Knowledge Checks” throughout to assess learning, skill-building activities, the ability to “ask a question” about the training, and a final quiz, with results retained for your records. This course will provide your employees with the information and practical guidance regarding state and federal laws; how to prevent, respond to, and correct sexual harassment; remedies available to persons subject to harassment; and the potential for liability.
California law mandates that supervisors receive two hours of training every two years on how to recognize and prevent sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. This course meets the requirements of CA Govt. Code Sec. 12950.1, including information and practical guidance regarding state and federal laws, how to prevent, respond to, and correct sexual harassment, remedies available to persons subject to harassment, and the potential for liability.
Sexual harassment can disrupt the workplace and cause lasting problems for everyone involved. Supervisors play a crucial role in preventing sexual harassment claims and lawsuits, but many supervisors have difficulty pinning down exactly what sexual harassment entails. Since the topic is so emotionally charged, it can be hard to handle sexual harassment situations without causing more problems. By the end of this course supervisors will be able to recognize sexual harassment, address incidents and claims, and take action to prevent sexual harassment in the future.
Sexual harassment is a form of illegal discrimination under federal and state civil rights laws. Not only can it lead to lawsuits and penalties, it can damage workplace morale, creating an unproductive, unpleasant, and sometimes even hostile working environment. Additionally, Delaware requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide interactive training and education to employees on the prevention of sexual harassment. Your employees need to know that sexual harassment violates your workplace polices and won’t be tolerated. This course will help employees recognize, respond to, and prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.
Not only is sexual harassment illegal, but it also has many detrimental effects on the workplace and workforce. Our workplace also has a formal policy that prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace—a policy supervisors are responsible for enforcing. Additionally, Delaware requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide interactive training and education to supervisors on the prevention of sexual harassment. Your supervisors need to understand how to enforce your workplace policies and their role in enforcing those policies. This course will help supervisors recognize, respond to, and prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.
Illinois law mandates that every employer with employees working in the state must provide sexual harassment prevention training annually to its employees on how to recognize and prevent sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. This course meets those requirements with hypothetical workplace scenarios, interactive “Knowledge Checks” throughout to assess learning, skill-building activities, ability to “ask a question” about the training, and a final quiz with results retained for your records. This course will provide your employees with the information and practical guidance regarding state and federal laws, how to prevent, respond to, and correct sexual harassment, and remedies available to persons subject to harassment. (60 minutes)
Sexual harassment can disrupt the workplace and cause lasting problems for everyone involved. Supervisors play a crucial role in preventing sexual harassment claims and lawsuits, but many supervisors have difficulty pinning down exactly what sexual harassment entails. Since the topic is so emotionally charged, it can be hard to handle sexual harassment situations without causing more problems. By the end of this course supervisors will be able to recognize sexual harassment, address incidents and claims, and take action to prevent sexual harassment in the future. (60 minutes)
This training course is about preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. It’s an important subject because sexual harassment is a form of illegal discrimination under federal law and the Maine Human Rights Act. Our workplace also prohibits sexual harassment, both because it is illegal and also because it creates an unproductive, unpleasant, and sometimes even hostile working environment. And that’s not what we want for our workplace or our employees. This course will cover what sexual harassment is, why it is harmful, and what you can do about it. This course will cover laws specific to the state of Maine. (25 minutes)
This course is about preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. It’s an important subject because sexual harassment is illegal. This workplace also has a formal policy that prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace—a policy you are responsible for enforcing. But beyond laws and policies, sexual harassment is very damaging to the workplace and work environment. This course will cover what sexual harassment is, why it’s so damaging to employees and the organization, and what you can do about it. This course will cover laws specific to the state of Maine. (34 minutes)
The New York Human Rights Law (NYHRL) and New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) require all employers to provide employees with interactive sexual harassment prevention training every year. This course helps employees and supervisors understand what sexual harassment is and how it affects people and the workplace, what can be done to prevent sexual harassment, and what must be done if it occurs. (Course for New York and New York City)
EXTENDED VERSION: The New York Human Rights Law (NYHRL) and New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) require all employers to provide employees with interactive sexual harassment prevention training every year. This course helps employees and supervisors understand what sexual harassment is and how it affects people and the workplace, what can be done to prevent sexual harassment, and what must be done if it occurs. (Course for New York and New York City)
Are your employees ready to respond to incidents in their environment? Are they prepared to work outdoors in extreme conditions? These online courses for your supervisors and workforce will help them improve their workplace safety skills. Many courses are offered in Spanish or are state-specific for California.
Mass shootings have become all too commonplace, whether they are due to acts of terrorism, hate, or mental instability. Fortunately, there are things you can do to be prepared and to respond to survive. This training course is designed for workers who could find themselves in an active shooter situation before law enforcement arrives, and it describes methods to limit the damage and save lives both before and during these traumatic incidents. During this session, you’ll learn what an active shooter is, how to prepare for and respond to an active shooter, and how to recognize warning signs of potential violence. (22 minutes)
For most healthy adults, seasonal viruses are not generally life-threatening. But as you’ve seen in the news, acute respiratory illness pandemics, such as those caused by coronaviruses or influenza, can spread quickly and widely, and pose a major global health threat. The main objective of this course is to make nonhealthcare workers aware of the risks of pandemics and the precautions to take to keep themselves safe. By the time the session is over, you will be able to describe what a pandemic is; identify types of viruses that can cause acute respiratory illness pandemics and recognize their symptoms; appreciate the risks of infection; prevent the spread of infection; prepare for and address a pandemic at work and at home; and react responsibly if you get sick.
The main objective of this session is to help you prevent back injuries. By the time the session is over, you should be able to: identify causes of back injuries; prevent back injuries; use proper lifting, load carrying, and unloading techniques to help protect your back; and think smart about your back and the importance of keeping it healthy. (22 minutes English, 21 minutes Spanish)
This session will guide you through a variety of topics, which will help you understand and prevent illness related to working in hot conditions. The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) recognizes these risks, and has adopted requirements for heat stress prevention that are more strict than federal requirements. By the time the session is over, you should be able to understand how your body’s cooling system works, recognize the symptoms and understand the causes of heat stress, or an overheating of your body’s cooling system, which can lead to heat illness, have an action plan for a heat illness in case one was not presented, understand the procedures for compliance by employers in the state of California required to control the risk of occurrence of heat illness in employees, and know how to prevent heat illness. (43 minutes)
Too many workers suffer serious and preventable injuries on the job because they were not trained to recognize workplace hazards or to properly wear or care for personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect against those hazards. This course provides information about PPE hazard assessments and the selection, limitations, use, and care of PPE for general industry employees in California. By the end of the course, employees will be able to understand how employers conduct hazard assessments, to appreciate why different types of PPE are selected and how they protect against workplace hazards, and how to properly wear and care for PPE. (38 minutes)
This session covers the basic concepts of operating a forklift safely and prepares you for hands-on operator training. California has strict requirements on all manners of operation and equipment, which we will discuss in general throughout this training session. By the end of this session, you will be able to understand how a forklift works; recognize how operating a forklift is different from driving a car; understand the basic principles of operating a forklift safely and skillfully; identify the hazards of operating a forklift in the workplace; know how to properly inspect and maintain a forklift; and understand California’s required safety procedures to help control the risk of serious forklift accidents. (46 minutes)
By the time the session is over, you will be able to understand the terms and definitions of toxicology and explain risks of hazardous materials; be familiar with the different types of hazardous materials and how they are classified; know how to read product labels on containers with hazardous materials and recognize the symbols on placards attached to dangerous goods; understand how safety data sheets, or SDSs, and other complementary guides are used to assist in identifying hazardous materials; and know precautionary measures to prevent spills and accidents and be prepared for action if and when they occur. (39 minutes)
The main objective of this session is to familiarize you with how the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the General Duty Clause affect your job and our workplace. By the time the session is over, you will be able to understand the purpose of OSHA; identify OSHA’s strategies for improving workplace safety; recognize the impact of the General Duty Clause; and know your OSHA rights and responsibilities. (20 minutes)
The main objective of this session is to discuss rough terrain forklift safety. By the time this session is over, you should be able to identify rough terrain forklift hazards, understand stability principles, follow basic safety rules, inspect forklifts and worksites for safety, load, unload, and travel safely, and prevent tipovers. (18 minutes)
Ladder accidents, injuries, and even fatalities are one of the most common forms of accidents that happen on the job. But there is a lot you can do to avoid becoming one of those accident statistics—and it starts with using the information you will be provided during this training session. (15 minutes)
Machinery is a common part of many jobs, but it can cause amputations, fractures, and other severe injuries if you don’t know how to use it safely. This course provides information for workers who use machinery on the job about machinery hazards, the importance of machine guarding, and safe work practices when using machinery. By the end of this training session, you will be able to identify the hazards of working with machinery and the most hazardous areas of a machine, be familiar with the types of machine safeguards you may encounter and how they work, and operate machines with guards safely. (14 minutes English, 20 minutes Spanish)
Prevention is the big key because once hearing damage happens, it is usually permanent and cannot be regained. This session will train workers who may be at risk of exposure to noise hazards in their workplaces. By the end of this session workers will be able to recognize the impact of noise on hearing, identify noise hazards in the workplace, describe the purpose of audiograms, and choose and use hearing protection devices. (15 minutes English, 19 minutes Spanish)
This presentation will train workers in general industry workplaces exposed to fall hazards from unprotected sides or edges 4 feet or more above a lower level to identify these hazards and to properly use the appropriate personal fall protection systems when needed. By the end of the training session, employees will be able to recognize fall hazards; identify the correct fall hazard controls for each situation; inspect, install, disassemble, and maintain personal fall protection systems; and correctly use personal fall protection systems. (25 minutes)
After this training session, you will understand how a personal protective equipment (PPE) hazard assessment is conducted, which involves evaluating the workplace and job functions for any potential hazards that can be controlled through the use of PPE; be able to select the proper PPE to protect against the hazards found during the hazard assessment; and be able to show employees how to properly wear and care for their PPE. (24 minutes)
Forklifts are useful for handling heavy materials, but remember that they are powerful machines that can be extremely dangerous if operated incorrectly. This course is designed to help you become a better and safer forklift operator. If you’re an experienced operator, this course may remind you of safe habits and work practices that you might have forgotten. If you’re a new operator, this course will describe the operating practices you need to follow to be a safe operator. (25 minutes)
Thousands of workers use scissor lifts to perform work at heights across a wide variety of industries. But because of this high rate of usage, there is a similarly high rate of scissor lift-related accidents. Fortunately, the majority of these incidents can be prevented through proper training. This presentation will train scissor lift operators to appreciate the hazards associated with scissor lifts; minimize those hazards; and safely operate, handle materials on, and inspect and maintain scissor lifts. By the end of the course, workers will be able to recognize the hazards of operating scissor lifts; identify common features of scissor lift equipment; inspect scissor lifts and maintain them in a safe working condition; demonstrate safe stabilization, positioning, and operation of scissor lifts; lift loads, tools, and other work materials properly; and prevent falls through safe work practices and by wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). (29 minutes)
Those of you who work regularly in cold conditions have more to worry about than just being uncomfortable. Cold working conditions can actually lead to health hazards that may seriously impact worker health and safety. During this session, employees will review the hazards posed by cold conditions and learn valuable methods for preventing illness and injury and responding appropriately to any health or safety incidents that may arise, so you can keep yourself safe … and warm! (21 minutes English, 28 minutes Spanish)
While being hot may sometimes be unavoidable, if you get too overheated and dehydrated, it could be downright dangerous. During the session, we’ll discuss how working in hot conditions can be hazardous to your health and safety, different types of heat-related illnesses you should be aware of, and what you can do to protect yourself if you work in hot conditions. (17 minutes English, 24 minutes Spanish)
A construction site is an inherently dangerous workplace. You must pay attention not only to what you are doing but also to what other workers around you are doing. The main goal of this session is to help you understand how important it is to work safely near heavy equipment. At the end of the session, you will be able to understand the leading causes of heavy equipment-related accidents, identify dangers associated with heavy equipment, discuss what OSHA regulations say about working safely on or near heavy equipment, and learn basic precautions to stay safe on the worksite. (21 minutes English, 16 minutes Spanish)
The main objective of this session is to help you understand how important it is to work safely near power lines. This session is intended for general construction workers. At the end of the training session, you will be able to understand the major causes of power line-related accidents, identify dangers associated with power lines, find out what Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), regulations say about power line safety, learn preventive measures to stay safe, and get some tips on what to do in case of an emergency. (20 minutes English, 22 minutes Spanish)
The main objective of this session is to provide you with the information you need to work safely outdoors. By the time the session is over, you will be able to identify outdoor hazards; take proper precautions to prevent injury or illness; and apply effective first aid in the event of an injury or exposure. (32 minutes English, 31 minutes Spanish)
At the end of the training session you will be able to understand why safety is such an important workplace issue, identify the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the law, know what our safety policy requires, and take an active role in promoting workplace safety and health. (27 minutes English, 35 minutes Spanish)
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