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Course Instructions and Outline

Welcome!

Welcome to OSHAcademy Online Course 712: Safety Supervision and Leadership. I'm Steve Geigle and I'll be your online instructor for this course. If you're a safety director, safety committee member, or someone who is getting into the occupational safety and health field, this course will help you develop effective supervisor safety management and leadership.

Here's how it works
Follow this simple procedure to complete the online training.
  1. Read the course material in each module. You may want to print the material to create a notebook.

  2. Complete and submit each module quiz. You will immediately receive a response web page with instant feedback on your answers to the module quiz. It's a good idea to print the feedback page for your records and as a study reference for the final exam. A copy of your coursework is also emailed to me. Normally, because of the ever-increasing workload, I do not "grade: or respond to coursework unless you have a question or something catches my eye.

  3. Go on to the next module. No need to wait! No hurry either. You're in control of the pace of learning.

  4. Complete the final exam. To receive a certificate, you must complete all modules and final exam.

    Note: The success of the learning process depends on the student's personal integrity. Do not attempt to complete the coursework without proper study. Low scores on each quiz and the final exam indicate the likelihood that the student has merely "pencil whipped" the coursework. If, as a result of low scores, I believe you have merely answered the quiz and exam questions without appropriate study, I reserve the right to refuse to issue a course completion certificate. You will be notified and given the option to "retake" the quizzes and final exam.

OK, Let's go!

Have fun and study hard. To start, just click on the Course Introduction or Module One below. Remember, if you have questions, just send me an email.

Course Modules

 
Module One: Overview of Safety Responsibilities
  • What does the law say?
  • Providing physical resources
  • providing psychosocial support

Module Two: Identifying Hazards
  • The four hazard areas
  • The safety inspection process
  • Job Hazard Analysis
Module Three: Correcting Hazards
  • The Hierarchy of Controls
  • Incident investigation
  • Accident investigation
Module Four: Providing Safety Training
  • Supervisor responsibilities for safety training
  • What subject should be trained?
  • When do supervisors need to train?
  • What is the best training method to use?
  • Sample training lesson
Module Five: Providing Safety Supervision
  • How does OSHA define "supervision"?
  • What is safety leadership?
  • How does a supervisor demonstrate safety leadership?
Module Six: Ensuring Safety Accountability
  • Responsibility and accountability
  • Establishing standards
  • Measuring performance
  • Balancing consequences
  • Effective progressive discipline
Module Seven: Creating a Culture of Consequences
  • The four categories of consequences
  • Positive reinforcement
  • Negative reinforcement
  • Punishment
  • Extinction
  • Criteria for effective consequences
Module Eight: Tough-Caring Leadership
  • What Leadership is NOT
  • The Five Levels of Leadership
  • Culture...The way things are around here
  • Corporate culture and personality
  • Management + Leadership = Culture

Take the Final Exam Note: To receive a certificate, you must complete all modules and final exam. Do not submit the final exam prior to completing all modules.

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