Occupational Health & Safety Training, LOHP

Worker Occupational Safety and Health (WOSH) Specialist Training

August 8, 15, 22 (3 Saturdays)
8:30am - 5pm - Sonoma State University
Salazar Hall, Room 2016, 2nd Fl.

To register contact
Linda Lee
Program Assistant
Email lzlee [at] berkeley.edu
Ph (510) 642-5507

For more information contact
Valeria Velazquez
Program Coordinator / Faculty
Email vvelazquez [at] berkeley.edu
Ph (510) 643-2090

A free 24-hour course at Sonoma State University, where you will learn key occupational safety and health concepts. Learn how to take a leadership role in the workplace. The curriculum includes core modules addressing topics relevant to workers in a variety of California workplaces, as well as a series of supplemental modules covering specific topics and hazards.

Specialists also take three of the following supplemental topics to complete the WOSH Specialist Course. The supplemental topics are:

• Communicating Effectively About Workplace Health and Safety
• Chemical Hazards and Hazard Communication
• Preventing Musculoskeletal Disorders: Introduction to Ergonomics
• Workplace Health and Safety Committees
• How Adults Learn Best: Sharing Health and Safety Information in the Workplace
• Bloodborne Pathogens

Workers of all industries welcome!

In 2007, 15,428 California workers were reported injured on the job... 14,892 in 2007. Workplace Injury costs the State and Employers Millions of Dollars, and unquantifiable social and personal losses. By working together we can educate each other, to prevent injury and help victims rehabilitate and return to work.

(WOSH) Specialists will take leadership
roles in promoting health and safety in
their workplaces.


Jointly Sponsored by the Following Organizations:

Labor Occupational Health & Safety Program (LOHP)
Sonoma State University, Extended Education
North-Bay Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Sonoma Lake & Mendocino Counties Building & Construction Trades
California State University Employees Union (CSUEU), Chapter 304