Heat Illness Prevention for Supervisors, Optional Extra Training (Oregon OSHA) Online Training

This is OPTIONAL extra training, not required by Oregon rule. Oregon's heat illness prevention rule (OAR 437-002-0156(9)) trains all employees, supervisors and non-supervisors, on the same items, and the rule text has no supervisor-only training topics. This online course teaches the same Oregon rule (OAR 437-002-0156) with notes on what a supervisor does to carry out the employer's written plan: the heat index, what raises risk, water, shade, rest breaks, getting used to the heat, signs of heat illness and first aid, and staying in contact and getting help.

What you learn

• Oregon's heat rule
• The heat index: how hot it feels
• What raises your risk
• Water
• Shade and cooling down
• Heat illness prevention rest breaks
• Getting used to the heat
• Types and signs of heat illness, and first aid
• Staying in contact and getting help
• A final lesson listing what to review with your supervisor at your company

How it works

• You take the course online, at your own pace, on a phone or a computer.
• The final exam opens after you finish the lessons.
• Each topic lesson ends with practice questions that do not count toward your score.
• The final exam has 25 questions drawn at random. You need 80 percent to pass, and you get 3 attempts.
• When you pass, you get a certificate of completion from M Squared Safety Solutions, Inc. The certificate expires 1 year after it is issued.
• This course is also available in Spanish: Prevención de enfermedades causadas por el calor para supervisores, capacitación adicional opcional (Oregon OSHA): capacitación en línea.

Questions

Call an M Squared trainer at 949-954-6581, Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM Pacific time. A trainer answers in English and Spanish.

Your employer's part

This online course does not replace the training your employer must give on your own job: site-specific training, and hands-on practice and evaluation where the rule requires them.

What this course does not do

This course is optional extra training and is not required by Oregon rule, and the certificate is a record of this optional course. Your employer must still give you training on your own worksite and its written procedures; this course cannot see your worksite or give you hands-on practice. This course is not for agricultural employers: Oregon has a separate heat rule for agriculture (OAR 437-004-1131), which this course does not teach. This course covers Oregon's rule only. California, federal OSHA and other states have different rules. The course is online only.