Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training

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2 Hour(s) Course

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Employee

Per Seat

2-10

$19.79

11-20

$19.59

21-50

$19.39

51-100

$18.99

101-250

$18.59

Employee	Per Seat
2-10	$19.79
11-20	$19.59
21-50	$19.39
51-100	$18.99
101-250	$18.59

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Diana Bayram

Management Accountant

"It’s difficult to find courses that provide good information and additional links for us to learn more. The fact that the course is self-paced and narrated was an advantage for me as a mother and a career professional with limited time. This is also the reason I wanted to know more as I return to working from the office, to ensure my family was safe from the virus"

M. K. Gerald

Customer Services Executive

"I took this course as there are so many different stories out there on COVID-19. As I progressed, I found the information helpful for both my personal knowledge and for implementing safer work processes. I spoke to my manager and was able to use some of the information in the course to help improve our workplace processes."

Sara Evans

HR Assistant Manager

"I was worried about going back to work with COVID-19 still being spread around. This course provided me with good information on how to prepare myself, and helped clear some of my concerns. Well prepared course."

Mike Andreas

Small Business Owner

"This is a very good course providing good information on managing a pandemic. As a small business owner, I found the teachings very helpful to improve my safety processes to safeguard my employees."

Course Facts

What You Get

Certificate of Completion

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Training Duration

2 Hour(s)

Learning Type

100% online, available 24/7

Course Access Validity

3-month completion timeline, 1-year access to training materials.

Device Support

Certificate Validity

36 months, before a refresher is required.

Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training is designed to help businesses and employers understand the impact of a pandemic on business operations, the workforce, and the wider community. It describes the elements of a business continuity plan along with the hazard controls that can be implemented to safeguard the health and well-being of employees.

The global outbreak of an infectious disease – a pandemic – can have a profound impact on the social and economic fabric of societies around the world. Pandemics occur infrequently, but we saw its far-reaching impact when the world experienced the rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 2019 and beyond. The COVID-19 pandemic impaired and even halted business activities more completely than any other commonly occurring emergencies, such as blizzards or routine flu epidemics, most of the world had seen until that point. Therefore, planning and preparing for a pandemic remains essential to ensuring an effective response and safeguarding the safety and health of employees at the workplace.

The core objective of the Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training is to familiarize employers and their employees with the significance and essential elements of a flexible business continuity plan for outbreaks of infectious diseases. This Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training program will also highlight the various hazard controls and intervention strategies that can be implemented to curb the spread of an infectious agent in the workplace as well as the wider community.

Course Objectives

After completion of the Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training course, the learner will be able to:

Summarize the impact of a pandemic on businesses and industries;
Describe Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) and their significance in workplaces;
Explain the difference between a regular business continuity plan and an infectious disease preparedness and response plan;
Discuss the strategies and actions undertaken in each of the three phases of an infectious disease preparedness and response plan;
Describe OSHA’s occupational risk pyramid and the hazard controls and intervention strategies used for each exposure group;
Outline OSHA standards and recordkeeping requirements applicable to COVID-19;
Summarize the guidelines individuals and employers must follow in each of the three phases of resuming work operations post-pandemic; and
Discuss the emerging work trends for businesses and individuals post COVID-19.

Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training Syllabus

This Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training course consists of 4 lessons. Students are required to take each lesson in sequential order as listed below.

Course Content

Lessons

Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training: Introduction

Lesson 1: Pandemic – An Overview

As a pandemic is a significant event that can result in widespread public health, economic, and social consequences, this lesson provides an overview of what constitutes a pandemic. The lesson defines a pathogen and its modes of transmission, explains the terms “epidemic” and “pandemic”, describes Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) and their significance in workplaces, and summarizes the impacts of a pandemic on businesses and industries.

Lesson 2: Business Continuity Plans

To manage in a pandemic environment or in situations such as a natural or man-made disaster, organizations should have comprehensive and flexible business continuity plans in place to respond effectively to such emergencies and minimize the adverse impacts. This lesson will define a business continuity plan, explain the difference between a regular business continuity plan and an infectious disease preparedness and response plan, identify areas/elements of a business that require careful consideration while planning for an infectious disease outbreak, and discuss the strategies and actions undertaken in each of the three phases of an infectious disease preparedness and response plan.

Lesson 3: Protecting Employees During a Pandemic

Employers play a critical role in protecting employee health and safety during a pandemic. This lesson will focus on the various intervention strategies and infection control measures available to employers for safeguarding the well-being of their employees. The lesson will contrast the effectiveness of various infection control measures based on the Hierarchy of Controls, differentiate between a surgical mask and respirator, describe OSHA’s occupational risk pyramid and the hazard controls and intervention strategies used for each exposure group, and discuss the limitations and restrictions that may apply to international business travelers during a pandemic.

Lesson 4: COVID-19 and the Emerging Trends

The extended impact of a pandemic outbreak on the social and economic fabric of societies can have catastrophic consequences, ranging from tragic levels of mortality to destabilization of the global economy, trade, and national security. This lesson will describe the symptoms and modes of transmission of COVID-19, differentiate between seasonal influenza and pandemic influenza, outline OSHA standards and recordkeeping requirements applicable to COVID-19, summarize the guidelines individuals and employers must follow in each of the three phases of resuming work operations, and discuss the emerging work trends for businesses and individuals post COVID-19.

Final Examination

Frequently Asked Questions

All our courses are designed to take a specific amount of time. The Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training course will take around 2 hours to complete. However, since the course is largely self-paced, some students may get through the course more quickly, while others may take longer to complete their training.

This Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training course is designed to help businesses and employers understand the impact of a pandemic on business operations, the workforce, and the wider community. It describes the elements of a business continuity plan along with the hazard controls that can be implemented to safeguard the health and well-being of employees.

The below mentioned personnel many enroll for this is Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training course:

Small and medium sized business owners
Managers and supervisors who are responsible for employee welfare and safety
Risk management teams
Designated Occupational Health and Safety Officers in corporates
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) committee members
Crisis management teams
Employees and workers who want to be better prepared to deal with a pandemic

This Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training course is not an OSHA-compliant training program. It has been developed to provide an understanding of how businesses may operate uninterrupted while protecting employee safety and health in times of a pandemic, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic.

This course has been developed using OSHA, CDC, and WHO guidelines relating to a pandemic.

No there are no prerequisites for this Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training course.

This course is not an OSHA-compliant training program. In accordance with Federal OSHA, CDC, and WHO Guidelines, employees should be given refresher training as needed.

This same Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training course can be used for re-training/refresher training purposes.

Once you pass the final examination of the Pandemic Awareness, Preparedness, and Response Training course, you will immediately be able to download and print your course completion certificate in PDF format.