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Safety Awareness for New Employees
Safety Awareness for New Employees

Course Overview

Safety Awareness for New Employees gives new workers a safety foundation from day one. The 45 to 60 minute course covers slips, ergonomics, tools, machinery, forklifts, electrical safety, LOTO, HazCom, PPE, fire response, first aid and pathogens.

  • Covers common workplace hazards so new employees can start with a practical safety-first mindset daily now.
  • Reviews slips, trips, falls, ergonomics, tools, machinery, forklifts, electrical safety and LOTO basics too.
  • Explains HazCom, PPE, fire prevention, emergency response, health emergencies and first aid basics too now.
  • 45-60 minutes, self-paced
  • Instant certificate
  • Mobile friendly
$19.95

Per seat. One-time payment, no subscription.

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Everything You Need to Know
About This Course

  • Slips, trips, and falls
  • Industrial ergonomics
  • Using hand and power tools and machinery safely
  • Forklift safety
  • Electrical safety and lockout/tagout
  • Hazard communication and personal protective equipment
  • Fire prevention and emergency response
  • Health emergencies
  • First aid and bloodborne pathogens

OSHA StandardOSHA 29 CFR 1910 – General Industry Standards
Course Duration45-60 minutes
Format100% online, narrated with photos, video, and interactivity
Passing Score70% on final exam
CertificatePersonalized certificate, printable immediately upon passing
LanguagesEnglish
Device CompatibilityDesktop, tablet, and smartphone
AcceptedOur courses meet federal standards, but state requirements may vary. Please verify before purchase.
ProviderMARCOM (in partnership with eTraining)

Find out if this training applies to your role, your job site, or your employer's compliance requirements, and whether it matches the certification you need.

  • Newly hired employees in any industry who need foundational safety training
  • Workers transitioning to a new job role or workplace environment
  • Temporary and seasonal workers joining a worksite
  • Employees returning to work after an extended absence
  • Human resources professionals responsible for onboarding safety training
  • Safety managers developing new-hire orientation programs
  • Employers seeking a comprehensive safety overview for their workforce

Employers across a wide range of industries use this course to meet federal, state, and site-specific safety training requirements for their workforce.

  • Manufacturing and industrial production facilities
  • Construction and general contracting companies
  • Warehousing, distribution, and logistics operations
  • Healthcare facilities and medical offices
  • Retail and commercial businesses
  • Food processing and handling operations
  • Government and municipal operations
  • Hospitality and service industries

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about the Safety Awareness for New Employees.

Yes. Upon passing the final exam with a score of 70% or higher, you can immediately print a certificate of completion. This certificate serves as proof of training for your employer.

Yes. The course is accessible on desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Progress saves automatically on the same device, so you can stop and resume where you left off.

  The Safety Awareness for New Employees course is an online training program that introduces new workers to a wide variety of workplace hazards and explains what they need to do to avoid them. It covers multiple safety and regulatory compliance topics to provide a broad foundation of safety knowledge from day one.

  While the course is designed for new employees, it is also useful for workers transitioning to new roles, temporary and seasonal workers, and employees returning to work after an absence. Any worker who would benefit from a broad overview of workplace safety hazards and safe work practices can take this course.

The course covers slips, trips and falls, industrial ergonomics, using hand and power tools and machinery safely, forklift safety, electrical safety and lockout/tagout, hazard communication and personal protective equipment, fire prevention and emergency response, health emergencies, first aid and bloodborne pathogens. The course is divided into logical sections so information is easily understood and retained.

 Upon completing the course, you should understand the importance of knowing how to work safely in your job, recognize common hazards you may encounter in the workplace, and know specific work practices you can use to avoid these hazards and keep yourself and your coworkers safe.

  This course provides a broad overview of many safety topics to give new employees a strong foundation. However, depending on the specific hazards in your workplace, your employer may require additional topic-specific training courses such as forklift certification, confined space entry, or hazard communication training.

   OSHA requires employers to train workers on workplace hazards they may encounter. While there is no single OSHA standard requiring a general new-employee safety course, multiple OSHA standards require training on specific topics such as hazard communication, personal protective equipment, and lockout/tagout. This course covers many of these topics in a single comprehensive program.

 Yes. This course is commonly used as part of new-hire onboarding programs to provide employees with foundational safety knowledge before they begin work. It covers a wide range of hazards and safe work practices applicable across many industries and job roles.

Yes. This course is 100% online and fully self-paced. There is no in-person component required. The course uses a combination of audio, full-motion video, text, and graphics.

Better Training. Better Outcomes.

Fifteen years, 200,000+ professionals certified, and a completion rate roughly double the industry average.

OSHA citation printed on every certificate

Your employer and site safety officer can verify compliance at a glance, with no phone calls and no lookups.

No setup. No LMS. Training in minutes.

Pay once, get instant access. No account setup, no downloads, no IT involvement. Works in any browser.

Built for field workers, not classrooms

Grounded in real jobsite operations. Scenarios reflect the work your crew actually does.

Trusted by safety managers & contractors

Used by EHS managers, general contractors and federal site supervisors to keep crews certified on time.

200,000+
Professionals certified
87%
Completion rate (industry avg <45%)
10M+
Hours of training delivered
15
Years in business

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