Industry safety training

Health Care and Social Assistance Safety Orientation

No ratings yet

Choose outpatient and ambulatory services; hospitals and hospital support; nursing and residential care; home and community visits; or social assistance and child care. Practice hazard recognition, care boundaries, local handoffs, protection and Stop and Ask. Allow 30–60 minutes total for the online orientation and the walkthrough with your supervisor.

HCSSO-001 · School of Occupational Safety · General Occupational Safety

Open for enrollment · Free with an account · Noncredit. 7 lessons and a 13-question final knowledge assessment.

For: New hires, young and returning workers, temporary employees, support staff, supervisors and hosts in NAICS 62 health care and social assistance

The outline and linked public resources are free to read. Create a free account or sign in to save your learning progress. This course’s lessons, learner resources, assessment and standard completion certificate when earned are free. Complete your learner account setup when prompted, then choose your study pace in My Learning.

Read the free introductory lesson → · Browse industry training →

Start without enrollment

Open all seven lessons, activities, the final quiz and supervisor worksheet directly. Practice progress stays in this browser when storage is available. This version does not create an account completion record or certificate; use the account classroom for those records.

Open the full Health Care and Social Assistance course →

Use this course in your company LMS

General awareness; care qualifications and specialized training remain separate. This is a general workplace-safety overview for employees in health care and social assistance. It does not replace employer, facility, agency, host or task-specific instruction. It does not provide clinical training, professional licensing, patient or client transfer or restraint training, infection-control or bloodborne-pathogen training, respirator qualification, safeguarding or mandated-reporting training, or required privacy instruction. First aid, CPR, AED, medication, equipment, security and rescue duties require their own preparation and assigned roles. The quiz and worksheet grant no clinical qualification, care-task authorization or work authorization.

The free SCORM 1.2 package includes all seven lessons, activities, the final quiz and the fillable supervisor worksheet. Sign in to download it, then have your LMS administrator test it in your platform before assigning it to employees.

Download the free company LMS package →

Local package and account-player checks completed. External SCORM Cloud validation is pending; test this release in your company’s LMS before assignment.

Your company LMS manages its learner records and certificates. Use the worksheet with your supervisor during the workplace walkthrough and task instruction.

What you will study

Confirm your role and care boundaries
New work needs instruction and support
Recognize four priority hazard groups
Check precautions, PPE and product information
Stop and ask when the plan changes
Follow the local emergency plan and care role
Connect the orientation to your assignment

Assessment and completion

Complete the lessons in order and correctly answer every practice check. Practice is unlimited. Pass with at least 11 of 13 correct, including the course-scope question about task qualifications. You may retake the final assessment after reviewing missed topics. An assessment attempt counts only when the server confirms it.

After passing, submit a 1–5 star rating to finish the course. Every rating is accepted equally; written feedback is optional. Your account retains the online knowledge completion, and you can download a knowledge record. This course does not issue an OSHA Outreach card or a professional or occupational certification.

Employer workplace component

Begin the supervisor or host walkthrough at a permitted meeting point. Confirm assigned duties, age and task limits, required instruction, supervisor and backup, care boundaries, handling aids, routes, room precautions and home-visit arrangements. Review applicable products, SDS, PPE, exposure procedures, threats and emergency roles and resources. Record open questions, owners, follow-up times and affected tasks that must wait. Exclude confidential patient, resident, client, child, staff and security information. The employer records this separately; the online result and worksheet grant no clinical qualification, care-task authorization or work authorization. Move to safety and seek emergency help promptly in immediate danger.

The employer determines applicability and provides instruction in language and vocabulary the employee understands. Where the standard requires interaction with a knowledgeable or qualified trainer, arrange appropriate access through the employer. Training support is asynchronous and has no guaranteed response time. Use the employer’s designated route for urgent safety decisions and required timely trainer access.

Online completion alone does not establish workplace compliance, operator qualification, competent-person status or permission to perform a hazardous task. Keep employer verification and any medical information in the employer’s appropriate records.

Meet the Course Developer →

Learning resources

Version 1.0.0. Federal source review: November 6, 2026. Linked sources support this introductory course; state-plan and employer requirements may add obligations.

Assessment and retake policy · Registration and record policy

Start or continue this course →

All General Occupational Safety courses →

Course developed by Todd Jerome Jenkins, MS, CSP