Overview
Who Should take this course?
This Formaldehyde Awareness course is intended for workers who may be exposed to formaldehyde at their workplace. The training will provide a general understanding of the hazards and health effects of exposure, as well as employer requirements intended to prevent workplace exposures.
Who Should Take This Training?
Workers who may be exposed to formaldehyde include those who work in confinement with livestock production, construction workers who work with resin manufactured products, workers who manufacture plastics, resins, and foam insulation, morticians involved in the embalming process, beauticians who apply dyes and smoothing products, and more. If you are involved in any of these occupations, or suspect hazardous chemicals are used as part of your job, be sure to ask your employer if formaldehyde is used at your workplace.
Objectives
The objective of this Formaldehyde Awareness course is to provide workers with the hazards associated with and protective measures used in response to formaldehyde in the workplace. This content is derived primarily from 29 CFR 1910.1048 for General Industry, 29 CFR 1926.1148 for Construction, and 29 CFR 1915.1048 for Shipyards.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explain their rights as a worker exposed to hazards in the workplace;
- Identify formaldehyde’s primary characteristics, how it poses a hazard to workers, and occupations where it may be present;
- Describe methods you employer can implement to protect you from formaldehyde in the workplace;
- Describe the medical surveillance and medical removal process in detail; and
- Identify the records your employer must maintain.
Syllabus
This fully narrated course is built for success and includes interactions, exercises, and knowledge checks intended to prepare students for the final exam. Students must answer each knowledge check and complete each interaction in order to proceed.
Exams
This course has a single final exam based upon the knowledge checks that appear in each section.
The final exam consists of 20 questions selected at random for a large pool of questions. A score of 70% or better is required to pass the exam. Students who do not pass the exam the first time may retake the exam as many times as necessary in order to pass.
Training Requirements
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites to take this training.
Additional Training
When required by OSHA standards, workers must receive additional training on the specific hazards of their job. If you are required to use specific equipment at your job site, you must be trained to use that equipment prior to using it at the job site.
If your employer utilizes specific engineering and administrative controls, safe work practices, or has specific emergency plans related to methylene chloride emergencies, you must be made aware of and trained in these practices and your role in the execution of the emergency plans.
Mobile version
This course is available in HTML5, so it works in the browser on your smartphone or tablet. It only needs the most recent version of your device's web browser.
Pros
- No computer needed
- Tablet mobility
- Tablet screen graphics
Cons
- Smartphone screens can be too small to see
- Mobile browsers react differently than computer browsers
- Phone calls can interrupt training
Tablets work much better than smartphones, simply due to their screen size. The newer the device, the better the result. The course will not work on the first generation iPad, nor older Android tablets.
Frequently asked questions
Our courses are set up to take a specific amount of time. Some students may get through the training more quickly, while others may actually take longer to complete their training. Remember, this training should be used as an intricate tool in the context of an overall training program; it can be combined with other training throughout the year in order to meet any hour requirements needed.
Students have 12 months to start their training from the time they enroll in an online course.
Take up to 12 months to complete your online training, at your own pace and schedule.
No, our courses are designed so you can start and stop as needed, allowing you to break the training up over a longer period of time. Our system will keep track of your progress, enabling you to resume where you left off upon your next login. It is important that once you start a section, you complete that section or you will need to start that section over from the beginning upon your return.
Yes, you can take the online portion by signing in with your username and password from any location and computer with high-speed internet access. However, each computer does need to meet our basic system requirements for viewing our online courses.
Yes, once you have completed a course, you are able to download, save or print a certificate of completion from your student account. Certificates are created in a pdf format. Users must have the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader before attempting to download the completion certificate.