EDUCATION AND TRAINING provides employers, managers, supervisors, and workers with: 

• Knowledge and skills needed to do their work safely and avoid creating hazards that could place themselves or others at risk.

• Awareness and understanding of workplace hazards and how to identify, report, and control them.

• Specialized training, when their work involves unique hazards.  Additional training may be needed depending on the roles assigned in the program. For example, employers, managers, and supervisors may need specific training to ensure that they can fulfill their roles in providing leadership, direction, and resources for the safety and health program. Workers assigned specific roles in the program (e.g., incident investigation team members) may need training to ensure their full participation in those functions. Effective training and education can be provided outside a formal classroom setting. Peer-to-peer training, on-the-job training, and worksite demonstrations can be effective in conveying safety concepts, ensuring understanding of hazards and their controls, and promoting good work practices.ify workplace hazards and evaluate risks.

• Safety and health hazards from routine, nonroutine, and emergency situations are identified and assessed.

• An initial assessment of existing hazards, exposures, and control measures is followed by periodic inspections and reassessments, to identify new hazards.

• Any incidents are investigated with the goal of identifying the root causes.

• Identified hazards are prioritized for control.