Safety Training Checklist for Supervisors

The Injury & Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) outlines supervisors’ responsibilities for their employees’ safety training. According to the IIPP, supervisors must:

• Ensure that employees attend one of the following Injury & Illness Prevention training sessions at least once:
  • Research employees: Laboratory Safety Principles/ IIPP
  • Non-research employees: Injury & Illness Prevention Training
• Identify specific hazards your employees may be exposed to on the job
• Ensure that each employee successfully completes required training for the type of work being done
• Evaluate employee safety training at least annually with each employee as part of the annual performance appraisal process
• Document all safety training your employees attend, including supervisor-led training
• Keep safety training documentation for the duration of each individual's employment

Make sure your employees receive appropriate safety training at these times:

• During a new employee's initial orientation
• When major aspects of the job change or new materials or procedures are introduced
• When new hazards are identified

• Read About Safety Training for a discussion of required versus recommended training.
• Use the Safety Training menu to identify and access required and recommended safety training programs and resources appropriate for your employees and student workers.
• Make any safety training deficiencies goals for the upcoming performance appraisal cycle.

• Use IIPP forms to facilitate documentation requirements.
  • Document supervisor-led training with the Supervisor's Safety Meeting form (Word file) (PDF).
• Check your records periodically to make sure annual training requirements (if applicable) are met.
  • Use one of these methods to get training history:
    • Supervisors, use the Training Activity by Employee Easy Query to review the training history of employees who report to you.
    • Safety officers, use the Training Activity Query to review the safety training history of employees for compliance with federal and state safety training requirements.
• Keep safety training documentation easily accessible for County inspectors, Cal/OSHA, and other regulatory agencies during their inspections.