Training Toolbox

State and federal regulations require school district employees to be trained in areas relative to their job responsibilities.  These trainings assist districts in reducing their liability and, more importantly, keeping their staff safe.  SIA has created a variety of ready-to-use training tools supervisors can use to educate their staff.

Bloodborne Pathogens

  What is Your Responsibility? (40 slides)

  List of available items through the SIA Library 

  List of additional resource links 

  Quick Review Sheet 

  Exposure Control Plan 

Ergonomic articles

  Food Service: School Kitchen staff can benefit from a few simple rules of ergonomics

  Monitor adjustments: An improperly adjusted computer monitor can be a pain in the neck - literally

  Have a Seat: Your comfort starts with proper chair adjustment

Hazard Communication

 Hazard Communication (14 slides) 

Training tips:

• This PowerPoint presentation can be completed with your district’s specific information.  Review the presentation and fill-in the “{ }” sections.
• Consider using a sample MSDS as part of your training to ensure staff understands how to use one.
• SIA videos are also available to use during your training.  Please visit our library and search under “hazardous materials.”  Library materials may be requested via email.

 Sample program - California’s hazard communication regulation requires employers to inform employees of the hazardous substances to which they are exposed on the job.  Increased awareness and proper training of the chemicals used promotes safer work practices. 

Training handouts
 How to use a MSDS - handout

 Chemical Safety - handout

Globally Harmonized System

The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) was established to standardize and streamline the information on chemicals worldwide.  Employees who are exposed to chemicals at the worksite are required to be trained on how to understand the new labeling and Safety Data Sheet (SDS) formats.  This program should be part of your full hazard communication program.

  Globally Harmonized Sytem (11 slides)

  Handout

Also check out our SIA Resource Library for the following titles:

• Hazard Communication - How to Comply with GHS

Heat Illness

  Heat Illness (27 slides)

  Heat Illness Prevention Plan - The California Code of Regulations requires all employers, including districts, to have a heat illness prevention plan.  SIA’s model plan is designed to assist the district in establishing procedures that meet the regulation and to reduce the risk of heat related illnesses.  Note:  Items noted within brackets – { } require district specific information.  Be sure to complete these items so the entire plan reflects your district’s procedures.

  Hazards of Heat - handout

  Preventing Heat Disorders - handout

Request Prevent Heat Illness - posters  
Request Be Heat-Healthy - posters  

Employer Sample Procedures For Heat Illness Prevention from Cal/OSHA
• http://www.dir.ca.gov/DOSH/dosh_publications/ESPHIP.pdf
• http://www.dir.ca.gov/DOSH/dosh_publications/ESPHIP-Spanish.pdf 

Video message from Cal/OSHA Chief Len Welsh
• http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/videoblog/9624/ 

New Employee Training Kit from Cal/OSHA
• http://www.99calor.org/for-employers/index.html 

Also check out our SIA Resource Library for the following topics:
• Heat Stress: Staying Healthy, Working Safely DVD (15 min.)
• Handling The Heat, Video (5 min.)
• Heat Can Kill, Video (6 min.) 

Ladder Safety

  Ladder Safety (33 slides) 

  Ladder Safety Handout 

  Ladder Safety Quiz

  Ladder Safety Quiz Answers 

  Ladder Inspection Forms

Additional Resources

  Safety Center Incorporated: Ladder Safety Training

Also check out our SIA Resource Library for the following titles:
• Rules for Ladder Safety - Video V2041A (22 min.) 

Playgrounds

  Playground Maintenance (16 slides) 

  Playground Safety Sheet 

  Playground Signage 

  Playground Guidelines: A Guide to the Initial Inspection 

  Playground Initial Inspection Checklist 

  Playground Low Frequency Inspection Form 

  Playground High Frequency Inspection Form

Site Inspections

  Site Inspection (56 slides) 

  WeTip Order Form 

  Monthly Property Checklist 

  Monthly Property Checklist - Spanish version

  Warning Label Order Form 

  Science Safety Handbook 

If you need to view the "30 Ways to Prevent School Arson" video due to a recent site inspection, please click here.  After viewing the video, if you would like a DVD sent to you, please email Lita Chang-Mullins, Prevention Services.

Slips, Trips and Falls

  Slips, Trips and Fall Prevention (18 slides) 

  Slips, Trips and Falls Quiz

  Slips, Trips and Falls Quiz Answers 

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