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OSHA Workplace Violence Prevention Training
- In accordance with the OSHA General Duty Clause Section 5(a)(1)
- Covers essential knowledge on workplace violence, its types, response, and prevention.
- Available in:
English | 
Español - Complete the training at your preferred time and progress at a pace that matches your learning requirements
- Receive your certificate immediately after completing the course
- Available in: flexible delivery options, including SCORM packages, self-paced online learning, live virtual instruction, and in-person classroom sessions
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Bulk Buying
| Employee | Per Seat |
|---|---|
| 2-10 | $29.69 |
| 11-20 | $29.39 |
| 21-50 | $29.09 |
| 51-100 | $28.49 |
| 101-250 | $27.89 |
| 251-500 | $27.59 |
| 501-1000 | $26.99 |
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OSHA Workplace Violence Prevention Training Course Syllabus
This OSHA Workplace Violence Prevention Training consists of 3 lessons . Students are required to take each lesson in sequential order as listed below.
Introduction
Lesson 1: Understanding Workplace Violence
This lesson covers workplace violence, its types, and modes. This lesson helps learners understand how to identify the signs of workplace violence. In addition, it also discusses how violence affects both employees and organizations and discusses OSHA standards for workplace violence.
Lesson 2: Prevention, Response, and Emergency Preparedness
This lesson provides knowledge on how to prevent violence in the workplace and the appropriate response to aggressive behavior in the workplace. It also discusses an emergency action plan for workplace violence, how to report incidents of workplace violence, and post-incident follow-up.
Lesson 3: Workplace Violence Prevention Program
This lesson discusses the Workplace Violence Prevention Program and its key elements. Topics include workplace assessments, security assessments, policy development, the roles of employers and employees, training requirements, program implementation, and evaluation.
Final Examination
Frequently Asked Questions
Workplace violence is any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other disruptive behavior that occurs at the worksite. It includes verbal abuse, threats, physical assault, and homicide, and may involve employees, customers, clients, or visitors. It can occur inside the workplace or in work-related settings outside of it.
Workplace violence is typically categorized into four types: Type 1 (criminal intent — perpetrator has no relationship to the workplace), Type 2 (customer/client violence), Type 3 (worker-on-worker violence), and Type 4 (personal relationship violence that spills into the workplace). Understanding each type helps organizations tailor their prevention strategies appropriately.
This Prevention of Violence in the Workplace Training is important as it:
- Covers essential information on how to identify workplace violence risks and take appropriate measures.
- Ensures safe operation at the workplace by providing employees, managers, and safety staff with practical knowledge to identify potential violence and implement appropriate preventive measures.
- Creates a safer working atmosphere by raising awareness about OSHA regulations, employees’ and employers’ obligations, and effective workplace violence prevention programs.
This course meets and exceeds the compliance requirements outlined in OSHA General Duty Clause Section 5(a)(1).
- Developed in accordance with OSHA requirements for workplace safety and violence prevention.
- Created by skilled professionals with practical experience in workplace risk assessment and violence prevention.
- Certificate issued after completing the Workplace Violence course, verifying workplace violence training for employees.
- Offered in several convenient formats: online, instructor-led, and in-class.
Healthcare and social services workers face the greatest risk — accounting for the majority of nonfatal workplace violence injuries in the U.S. Other high-risk industries include retail, education, hospitality, law enforcement, and transportation. Workers who interact directly with the public, patients, or clients as part of their role are consistently identified by OSHA as higher risk.
- Individuals employed in health care, retail, education, hospitality, transport, and many other sectors are at risk of exposure to workplace violence.
- Safety managers or officers, as well as supervisors tasked with the responsibility of ensuring workplace safety.
- Workers whose jobs require interaction with people, clients, patients, or customers as a part of their duties.
- Human resource departments and other safety professionals tasked with the responsibility of incident reporting and managing workplace violence prevention programs.
- Organizations seeking anti-harassment training for employees.
An effective Workplace Violence Prevention Program includes a written policy statement, a worksite analysis and hazard assessment, specific prevention and control measures, a clear incident reporting and investigation process, post-incident response procedures, and documented employee training. OSHA recommends these elements as part of a comprehensive program under the General Duty Clause.
Yes. This OSHA Workplace Violence Prevention Training is available in both English and Spanish (Español), making it accessible to diverse workforces and supporting employers with multilingual teams.
There are no prerequisites for this course.
OSHA does not set a specific refresher requirement for the Workplace Violence Prevention Training Program, as workplace violence is covered under the General Duty Clause rather than a dedicated standard. However, industry best practice recommends refresher training every 36 months to maintain awareness of violence prevention, de-escalation, and response.
Certificate of Completion: Immediately after passing the final exam, you can download, save, or print your certificate in PDF format.
Validity: The Workplace Violence Prevention course certificate is valid for one year.
Renewal: Simply take this course in 36 months to maintain compliance and stay up-to-date on workplace violence hazards, emergency response, and prevention.
Choose Your Ideal Training Format:
Scorm Package
$29.99/Seat
Virtual Instructor-Led
$199.00/Seat
In-Person Group
$750.00/Seat
The lessons on aggressive behavior, emergency planning, and incident reporting were very clear and concise. The training material was highly practical.
The lesson on dealing with violent incidents and how to de-escalate these situations is very useful. The information is very practical and clear.
The Workplace Violence Prevention Program lesson covered the topics of employer and employee responsibilities and training requirements in a very good manner. It enhanced my knowledge.
The emergency preparedness and post-incident follow-up lesson was very informative. The training gave practical advice on how to handle violence at the workplace.
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