USF OSHA Training Institute Education Center News

About Us

The USF OSHA Training Institute Education Center (USF OTIEC) is headquartered in Wesley Chapel, Florida, just north of beautiful Tampa Bay.

As part of OSHA Region IV—comprised of the following states: Alabama, Georgia, Florida,

Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina,

South Carolina and Tennessee, the USF

OTIEC serves the Southeast and beyond to support the overall mission of reducing workplace accidents and injuries by training workers, employers and safety professionals on hazard recognition and avoidance.

Since its inception in 2003, more than 23,500 adults have received safety and health training from the USF OTI Education Center in a classroom setting and more than 231,500

Mylene Kellerman, Program Director, USF OSHA Training Institute Education Center students have attended its online courses. Our professional instructors have over professionals and their worksite safety expertise spans the construction, maritime, manufacturing and other general industries as well as disaster site work.

The USF OSHA Training Institute Education Center is part of a national network of non-profit organizations authorized by OSHA to deliver occupational safety and health training to public (including military and other Federal agencies) and private sector workers, supervisors, and employers on behalf of OSHA. The USF OSHA Training Institute Education Center is the leading institution in the state of Florida authorized to deliver this training.

Due to the global Coronavirus health pandemic and to protect the well-being of students, instructors and staff, USF OTIEC teaches most OSHA courses using video conferencing. Trainer courses, however, continue to be taught in-person in the classroom and the requirements for social distancing, facial coverings, temperature checks and hand sanitizer are strictly followed. USF OTIEC invites you to experience firsthand what sets Florida’s OSHA Training Institute Education Center apart from other training providers.

Please visit www.usfotiec.org or email usfotiec-cards@usf.edu or phone (813) 994-1195.

USF OSHA Training Institute Education Center

Courses offered by USF OTIEC include:

Construction Industry

• 10 Hour Construction • 30 Hour Construction • OSHA 500 – Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry • OSHA 502 – Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers • OSHA 510 – Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry • OSHA 7845 – Recordkeeping Rule Seminar Construction Industry • 9040 – Introduction to OSHA • 9041 – OSHA Standards and Inspection Procedures • 9043 – OSHA Recordkeeping • 9044 – OSHA Health Hazards in Construction • 9048 – OSHA Welding and Cutting for Construction • 9049 – OSHA Safety Programs and Subpart C • 9050 – OSHA Rigging and Material Handling • 9051 – OSHA Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Elevators, and Conveyors • 9052 – OSHA Electrical for Construction • 9053 – OSHA Excavations for Construction • 9054 – OSHA Fire Prevention for Construction • 9055 – OSHA Scaffolds Course • 9056 – OSHA Personal Protective Equipment • 9057 – OSHA Fall Protection Course • 9058 – OSHA Stairways and Ladders Course • 9060 – OSHA Concrete and Masonry for Construction

General Industry

• OSHA 7115 – Lockout/ Tagout – Controlling Hazardous Energy to Prevent • 9092 – 4 Hour Record Keeping • 10 Hour General Industry • 30 Hour General Industry • OSHA 501 – Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry • OSHA 503 – Update for General Industry Outreach Trainers • OSHA 511 – Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry • OSHA 521 – OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene • OSHA 2015 – Hazardous Materials • OSHA 2045 – Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards • OSHA 2225 – Respiratory Protection • OSHA 2255 – Principles of Ergonomics • OSHA 2264 – Permit–Required Confined Space Entry • OSHA 3015 – Excavation, Trenching, and Soil Mechanics • OSHA 3085 – Principles of Scaffolding • OSHA 3095 – Electrical Standards • OSHA 6005 – Collateral Duty Course For Other Federal Agencies • OSHA 6015 – Occupational Safety and Health Course for Other Federal Agencies • OSHA 7000 – OSHA Training Guidelines for Safe Patient Handling

Workplace Injury • OSHA 7120 – Introduction to Combustible Dust Hazards • OSHA 7200 – Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control for Healthcare Facilities • OSHA 7205 – Health Hazards Awareness • OSHA 7215 – Silica in Construction, Maritime, and General Industries • OSHA 7300 – Understanding OSHA’s Permit-Required Confined Space Standards • OSHA 7410 – Managing Excavation Hazards • OSHA 7415 – OSHA Construction Industry Requirements (Major Hazards and Prevention) • OSHA 7500 – Introduction to Safety and Health Management • OSHA 7505 – Introduction to Accident Investigation • OSHA 7510 – Introduction to OSHA for Small Business • 9070 – Introduction to OSHA • 9073 – Recordkeeping • 9074 – Bloodborne Pathogens • 9075 – Confined Space Entry • 9077 – Ergonomics • 9079 – Safety and Health Programs • 9081 – Machine Guarding • 9083 – Lockout and Tagout • 9085 – Walking and Working Surfaces • 9086 – Personal Protective Equipment • 9087 – Fire Detection and Protection • 9089 – OSHA GHS & Hazard Communication Course • OSHA 7100 – Introduction to Machinery and Machine Safeguarding (8 Hour)

Maritime Industry

• OSHA 5400 – Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Maritime • OSHA 5402 – Maritime Industry Update Course • OSHA 5410 – Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Maritime Industry • 9031 – HAZWOPER – 8 hour Refresher • 9032 – HAZWOPER – 24 hour Training • OSHA 5600 - Disaster Site Worker Train the Trainer Course • OSHA 5602 – Update Course for Disaster Site Worker Train the Trainer Course • OSHA 7105 – Evacuation and Emergency Planning • OSHA 7600 – Disaster Site Worker Course

Disaster Site Worker

• 9031 – HAZWOPER – 8 hour Refresher • 9032 – HAZWOPER – 24 hour Training • OSHA 5600 - Disaster Site Worker Train the Trainer Course • OSHA 5602 – Update Course for Disaster Site Worker Train the Trainer Course • OSHA 7105 – Evacuation and Emergency Planning

Contract courses are available for the General, Construction, Maritime, and Disaster-site Industries. To schedule a contract course, please email usfotioutreach@usf.edu

USF OSHA Training Institute Education Center

2612 Cypress Ridge Boulevard, Suite 101, Wesley Chapel, FL 33544 www.usfotiec.org. For more information about the USF OTI Education Center and to register for classes, visit us on the web at www.usfotiec.org or call 813-994-1195.