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OSHA.NET shares visions and goals with the Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). We provide critical training and awareness courses for workers and contractors in the mining industry, and our focus is equipping miners to mitigate their occupational safety and health hazards.

In affiliation with the National Association of Mold Professionals, OSHA.NET has created a mold certification online course to provide in-depth instruction on recognizing and handling various types of mold. The curriculum designed for the course is comprehensive, teaching students how to identify dangerous molds while helping them understand the different aspects of the mold inspector profession.

There are challenges and hazards when working in confined spaces. Working in construction or building development are two areas that often need work done in confined spaces. When working in a confined space, physical entrapment and exposure to toxic substances can lead to danger. Confined space training is important when working in those fields, as well as when working as vacuum and pump truck drivers and operators. Other professions that would benefit from confined space training are electricians, insulators, welders, and scaffolders. Learning the answers to basic questions, such as 'how a confined space is defined', to 'understanding the rules for confined spaces', will keep employees safe.

According to The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), miners and operators must meet all training mandates provided. MSHA provides miners guidance, materials, and hands-on assistance. Maintaining a training plan that is effective is the responsibility of mine operators. Miners must take basic and annual refresher training, according to Federal law. Working in a mine means there are many health hazards. Being prepared for cave-ins, explosions, electricity, dust, chemicals, and more is a must. These topics and more are covered in the MSHA training at OSHA.NET.

The OSHA HAZWOPER program was created to protect workers and provided essential training needed when working in hazardous conditions. When guidelines are followed, this program ensures the safety and health of workers. The 24 hour HAZWOPER or 40 hour HAZWOPER courses are necessary, when being exposed to hazardous materials is inevitable. Each year, it is required that the HAZWOPER refresher training course must be taken. This refresher course meets the requirements in OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120.

Occupational health and safety careers need OSHA.NET's OSHA training online, to ensure the workplace environment is safe and that the actions of the workers are always thought out, preventing accidents and injury from occurring.

Fall hazards are a safety hazard on job sites. Many companies hire a certified OSHA trainer to visit the site and teach the employees the potential hazards and protections against falling. All workers are at risk for falling on the job, therefore they must take the OSHA fall protection class when it is given, at the jobsite. There are a host of jobs that will benefit from the fall protection training course including, painters, roofers, energy workers, utility workers, and wind workers, to name a few. When a job has a potential for fall hazards, it is imperative that employees take the fall protection training, when it is scheduled. Protection from potential fall hazards, while on the job, is a necessity.

Workers at hazardous sites must go through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) HAZWOPER training. The 24 hour and 40 hour HAZWOPER trainings from OSHA.NET provide regulations, for clean-up and response workers, to ensure their health and safety.

Working with or near electricity has its own set of dangers and job training is the key to safety. Understanding electrical safety standards is of utmost importance before starting electrical work which may cause harm. The NFPA 70 E is the course that should be taken by workers who will deal with electrical concepts, and it will prepare employees for arc flash events that could occur. The NFPA 70 E training course will prepare you for certification. Reducing hazards from arc flash events is the goal of this course. During the course, basic electrical concepts are reviewed and causes of potential arc flashes are discussed. There will be a focus on electrical industry standards and hazard control measures, to understand when working on or near electrical equipment could cause arc flashes. It also covers the regulations for electrical and fire, to prevent dangerous arc flashes.

OSHA.net provides online training courses for military contract and project workers to aid in understanding the U.S Army Corps of Engineer's Safety and Health Requirements manual.