OSHA requires employers to provide their employees with a safe environment to work. While engineering controls—like markings, drainage, lighting, and guarding—may be put in place to help safeguard employees, workplace hazards may still exist. Effective housekeeping and proper maintenance procedures can help protect employees from these hazards, creating a safer work environment.

This course is designed to help learners recognize, avoid, report, and eliminate hazards. Specifically, it will teach them to take the proper housekeeping and maintenance measures to ensure their safety and the safety of others in the workplace.

This online Housekeeping & Maintenance course covers the following topics:

• • Benefits of Good Housekeeping
  • Waste Disposal
  • Company-Specific Policy
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Company-Specific Policy

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify various potential hazards in the workplace
• Explain proper housekeeping techniques to help eliminate dangers
• Define preventive and corrective maintenance and discuss how to perform each

Approximately 20 minutes

Testing conducted throughout this online course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to pass this course. The course is able to be taken three times in efforts to achieve the pass mark. Printable resources are available in the form of a comprehensive student manual. The manual is a valuable resource for future use and knowledge retention.

Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing.