OSHA Training in Florida

Make certain that your on site OSHA 10 and 30-hour training class in Florida is conducted by a trainer who is officially authorized to conduct live OSHA courses. The trainer must first complete a series of OSHA trainer classes provided by one of the OSHA Education centers located around the country. You can confirm their status as a currently authorized OSHA Outreach trainer by asking to look at their credentials proving they completed the following trainer courses.

Construction industry trainers must successfully complete the OSHA 510 course, followed by the OSHA 500 course. This qualifies the trainer to conduct OSHA 10-hour construction training in Florida and anywhere else in the USA and territories for a four-year period. The trainer is also authorized to conduct OSHA 30-hour construction training in Florida and elsewhere. To maintain their status as an authorized OSHA Outreach trainer for construction, they must complete the OSHA 502 trainer update course every four years.

General industry trainers must successfully complete the OSHA 511 course, followed by the OSHA 501 course. This qualifies the trainer to conduct OSHA 10-hour general industry training in Florida and anywhere else in the USA and territories for a four-year period. The trainer is also authorized to conduct OSHA 30-hour general industry training in Florida and elsewhere. To maintain their status as an authorized OSHA Outreach trainer for general industry, they must complete the OSHA 503 trainer update course every four years.

Be assured that our OSHA trainers who conduct on-site OSHA training classes in Florida are authorized OSHA Outreach trainers. Scroll down to see links to all of the on site OSHA training classes we conduct listed below.

Our Online OSHA 10 and 30-hour Training Courses Accepted in Florida

There are also OSHA-authorized online 10 and 30-hour training courses available for construction and general industry. However, you must pay close attention, as only those course providers that are specifically authorized to provide these courses can issue trainees the official DOL / OSHA 10 or 30-hour wallet cards. There are plenty of imitators out there who use deceptive fine print and “too good to be true” pricing to sell you a course that is not OSHA authorized. You can rest assured that the 10 and 30-hour online OSHA training courses offered on our website are authorized by OSHA, and are accepted in Florida as well as all other states and US territories.

OSHA Training Regulations and Standards

Private companies required to provide their workers with OSHA training in Florida are regulated by the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Those private employers are governed by the Federal OSHA health and safety standards found in the 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). These include, but are not limited to, the OSHA workplace poster requirements in Part 1903, OSHA injury and illness record-keeping requirements in Part 1904, general industry standards in Part 1910, maritime standards in Parts 1915, 1917 and 1918, construction standards in Part 1926, and agricultural standards in Part 1928. 

Many of these OSHA standards require that employers provide their employees in Florida with OSHA training and information on a variety of health and safety topics (scroll down to see links to training requirements below).

Workers must complete Confined Space Entry Training for General Industry before entering hazardous areas such as tanks, vats, silos, sewer and storm drain systems, underground utilities, and many crawl spaces. Supervisors overseeing confined space entry and attendants monitoring entrant safety must also be trained. These environments pose serious risks, including toxic gases, oxygen deficiency, and engulfment. Additionally, construction workers and supervisors entering confined spaces must complete specialized Confined Space Training for Construction.

And, with Florida’s intense summer heat (we ARE called the Sunshine State, after all) and oppressive humidity creating dangerous working conditions, heat illness prevention training is crucial for protecting workers from heat-related illnesses in outdoor workplaces as well as hot indoor environments.

Jurisdiction

Federal OSHA exercises jurisdiction over most private employers in the state of Florida. Federal employers in Florida also operate under the jurisdiction of Federal OSHA. Florida does not operate an approved state OSHA program for public employees at the state or local government (e.g.: county, municipal, public school or university) level.

Occupational Fatality Data (2020) – Florida