Occupational Health and Safety (HRCI/PHR)

Overview/Description
 The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations, HRCI/PHR (Professional in Human Resources certification), cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including legislation affecting employee safety and health. The (HRCI) certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professionals' competencies. HRCI is an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management and provides testing and certification services. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company meets particular standards and requirements for safety and health, most notably those established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations with regard to OSHA and the OSH Act. In this course, you'll learn about such things as OSHA's purpose, coverage, standards, and inspection authority, as well as the Drug-Free Workplace Act and the Mine Safety and Health Act. All the topics in this course are based on the Occupational Health, Safety and Security functional areas of the HR Body of Knowledge recommended by SHRM. This SkillSoft product has been reviewed by the Employment Practice Group of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green. As of the date reviewed, the content of this course is in compliance with federal law and court decisions. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, information in this course may become outdated.

Target Audience
 Human resources professionals who are preparing for the Human Resource Certification Institute's certification examinations

Expected Duration
1.5

Lesson Objectives:

What is OSHA?

  • identify the importance of understanding the role of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
  • select statements that are true of OSHA and the OSH Act.
  • match each kind of OSHA violation with the appropriate example.

    • Complying with OSHA

  • identify the benefits of ensuring that a company is compliant with OSHA standards.
  • identify true OSHA standards statements related to emergency exit procedures, occupational noise exposure, and machine guarding.
  • identify statements that are true regarding federal OSHA standards related to hazard communication and control of hazardous energy.
  • identify true statements about OSHA standards for bloodborne pathogens, confined space entry, personal protective equipment, and process safety management.
  • match each OSHA record form with its description.
  • identify the requirements of the Drug-Free Workplace Act.
  • identify provisions of the Mine Safety and Health Act.


    • Course Number: HR0252