The OSHA Directorate of Training and Education (DTE) develops, directs, oversees, manages and ensures implementation of OSHA’s national training and education policies and procedures.
OSHA Training Institute (OTI)
The OTI provides training and education in occupational safety and health for federal and state compliance officers, state consultants, other federal agency personnel, and the private sector.
OSHA Training Institute Education Centers
The OTI Education Centers offer the most frequently requested OSHA Training Institute courses for the private sector and other federal agency personnel at locations throughout the United States.
OSHA Outreach Training Program
OSHA extends its training reach to workers through its various Outreach Training Programs. Through these programs, qualified individuals complete an OSHA trainer course and become authorized to teach student courses.
| Legal Authority (Regulation) | Who Receives | How Often |
| All employees | Initial/Periodic | |
| Employees exposed at or above PEL and/or excursion limit Custodial employees in areas containing asbestos | Initial/Annual Initial/Annual | |
| Employees with exposure, designated responders | Initial/Annual Modification of tasks & procedures | |
| Authorized entrants/attendants Rescue personnel | Initial/ Periodic/ Change in duties and permit space operations Initial/Annual | |
| Comm, 1910.332 | Blue collar supervisors, electrical and electronic engineers, electrical and electronic equipment assemblers, electrical and electronic technicians, electricians, industrial machine operators, material handling equipment operators, mechanics and repairers, painters, riggers and roustabouts, stationary engineers, and welders and any other employee working with electrical equipment | Initial/Periodic |
| Personnel expected to respond to spills and all employees exposed to hazardous substances, health hazards, or safety hazards, such as but not limited to equipment operators, general laborers and others and their supervisors and managers | Initial/Annual | |
| All employees | Initial/Periodic Change in plan | |
| WI State Statute 101.055 | All employees | Upon Hire |
| All exposed workers | Initial/Periodic New hazard or equipment | |
| Comm, 1910.157 | Designated employees, floor captains | Initial/Annual |
| Comm, 1910.106(b) | Station operators and other employees who handle or dispense these products | Initial/Periodic |
| Comm, 1910.1048(n) | Employees with exposure | Initial/Annual |
| Comm, 1910.120(e) | All employees responding to an uncontrolled release and all employees exposed to hazardous substances, health hazards, or safety hazards, such as but not limited to equipment operators, general laborers and others and their supervisors and managers | Initial/Annual |
| All employees exposed to hazardous chemicals | Initial/Periodic/When hazard changes New hazard | |
| Comm, 1926 Subpart N | Affected employees | Initial/Periodic |
| Comm, 1910.1025 | Employees exposed to lead at or above action level | Initial/Annual |
| Comm, 1910.147(j) | All employees issued lockout/tagout equipment | Initial/Periodic/Change in work process, job description, and equipment |
| Comm, 1910.110(b) | All employees who handle, or dispense these products | Initial/Periodic |
| Comm,1910.151(a)(b) | First aid providers | Annual |
| Comm,1910.95(k) | Employees working areas at or above required Time Weighted Average ( | Initial/Annual |
| Comm, 1910.132(f) | Employees that face hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact. | Initial Use Change in work place or Improper use |
| Comm, 1910.66(i) | Employees using powered platforms for maintenance or construction | Initial/Periodic |
| Comm, 1910.178(l) | All potential operators of forklifts and other PITs | Initial/Refresher every 3 years If the operator is in an accident or changes occur in the workplace or type of truck used |
| Comm, 1910 Subpart P | All employees who work with powered tools | Initial/Refresher Change in equipment |
| Comm, 1910.134(k) | Employees who are required, or voluntarily choose, to wear a tight fitting respirator | Initial/Annual Changes in workplace, respirator, or needs of employee |
| Comm, 1910.177(c) | Maintenance garage employees | Initial/Periodic |
| Comm, 1910.94 | Employees working around open surface tanks | Initial/Periodic |
| Comm,1910.252(b) | All employees who perform welding/cutting operations | Initial/Periodic |
| Comm, 1910 Subpart D | All exposed worker | Initial/Periodic Change in worksite/equipment |