Extreme Heat: Personal Health and Safety

This course provides essential training on preventing heat-related illnesses and injuries in hot work environments. Participants will learn about risk factors, acclimatization, prevention strategies, and emergency response to ensure personal health and safety in extreme heat conditions.

• Explains the dangers of heat-related illnesses in the workplace, including how heat stress can impact physical performance, decision-making, motor skills, and overall worker safety.
• Covers industries and work environments at high risk for heat exposure, including outdoor and indoor operations where temperature, humidity, workload, and environmental conditions increase heat stress hazards.
• Reviews the body’s heat balance process, including heat gain, sweat evaporation, and environmental factors such as sunlight, humidity, air temperature, and workload intensity that contribute to heat stress.
• Explains the use of heat assessment tools such as Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) monitoring to evaluate environmental heat conditions and workplace risk levels.
• Covers OSHA and workplace training requirements related to heat illness prevention, including hydration, acclimatization, symptom recognition, and emergency response procedures for workers and supervisors.
• Reviews acclimatization practices that gradually expose workers to heat over time to improve heat tolerance and reduce the risk of heat-related illnesses for new and experienced employees.
• Explains practical heat illness prevention strategies including ventilation improvements, reflective barriers, work/rest schedules, shaded recovery areas, buddy systems, and proper hydration practices.
• Focuses on recognizing the early and severe signs of heat-related illnesses such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke while reviewing emergency response and first aid procedures.
• Highlights OSHA’s National Emphasis Program on Heat Hazards and the importance of workplace initiatives focused on training, hydration, rest, acclimatization, and reducing heat-related injuries and fatalities.

Certificate of Completion in Heat Illness Prevention and Safety Training

OSHA General Duty Clause (Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act)OSHA and Cal/OSHA Heat Illness Prevention StandardsOSHA’s National Emphasis Program on Heat Hazards

This course is ideal for workers and supervisors in high-risk industries exposed to extreme heat conditions.Emphasis is placed on proactive prevention, compliance with OSHA standards, and effective emergency response.