February Safety Classes

January 28, 2025

Dear Employer,

Workplace safety and labor law requirements can seem complex - join the Maine Department of Labor for no-cost upcoming trainings!

Mine Safety & Health Administration: Refresher February 3, 2025 l 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) requires all surface mining (i.e., stone crushing, gravel pit, etc.) employees to receive an eight-hour annual training. This one-day course will cover generic MSHA training. However, site-specific training will also need to be conducted once you return to your respective job sites.

Respiratory Protection February 4, 2025 l 8:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m. SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta Where workers are required to wear respirators to do their jobs, employers need a respiratory protection program. This course helps you determine your respiratory protection needs and covers all the elements of a written respiratory protection program.

Monitoring & Evaluating for Air and Noise Hazards February 6, 2025 l 8:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m. SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta Employers are required to identify and evaluate air and noise hazards in the workplace. This course provides the terminology, screening and monitoring equipment and techniques, and compares data to standards to determine appropriate control measures.

Mine Safety & Health Administration: Refresher February 10, 2025 l 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) requires all surface mining (i.e., stone crushing, gravel pit, etc.) employees to receive an eight-hour annual training. This one-day course will cover generic MSHA training. However, site-specific training will also need to be conducted once you return to your respective job sites.

NFPA Program Training Operations in Small Fire Departments February 11 & 12, 2025 l 8:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m. (both days) SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta This 2-day course is designed to provide students with some basic tools and skills to coordinate training in a small fire/emergency medical services organization. A training function in a smaller department typically may include conducting training drills and coordinating training with a nearby larger city or state training function.

10-Hr. General Industry Standards February 20 & 21, 2025 l 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.(Day 1), 8:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m.(Day 2) SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta This one-and-a-half-day course teaches hazard identification and controls on a variety of general industry safety and health topics (29 CFR 1910). This is an entry-level course and attendees who complete this course will receive an OSHA 10-hour course completion certificate.

Public Sector Compliance February 26 & 27, 2025 l 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. VIRTUAL This course reviews the regulatory standards for public sector compliance, the programs, training, and inspection requirements, as well as common hazards identified in public sector workplaces. Also included is an outline of the resources provided by SafetyWorks and the SHAPE program which exempts public sector workplaces from programmed enforcement inspections. February virtual class will be split over two nights.

Register and browse more SafetyWorks! classes: https://www.safetyworksmaine.gov/training/scheduled_classes/register.shtml

If you have questions about safety or upcoming classes, reach out to SafetyWorks! at 1-877-SAFE-345 or general.bls-safetyworks@maine.gov.

If you have questions about Wage and Hour compliance, please reach out to the Wage and Hour Division at 207-623-7900 or bls.mdol@maine.gov, or visit https://www.maine.gov/labor/bls .

Thank you,

The Maine Department of Labor