Industry safety training

Retail Trade Safety Orientation

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Choose grocery and food retail, general merchandise and pickup, home and garden stores, vehicles and parts, or convenience and fuel retail. Practice spotting hazards, checking protection, getting help, and stopping to ask. Allow 30–60 minutes total for the online orientation and the walkthrough with your supervisor.

RSO-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 and seasonal employees, and supervisors in NAICS 44–45 retail trade

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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.

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General awareness; task qualifications remain separate. This course introduces common retail hazards and questions to ask before work. It does not authorize equipment operation, complete powered industrial truck training and evaluation, or qualify you as an authorized lockout/tagout employee. It does not authorize chemical response or rescue, or provide food-handler, alcohol-service, pharmacy or other credentials your assignment may require. Your employer must confirm the training, skills, instructions and permission for your actual work.

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.

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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

Start with the shift plan
New work needs clear instruction
Recognize four priority hazard groups
Match protection to the task
Stop and ask when the plan changes
Get help and follow the local plan
Turn the overview into your store plan

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

Complete the supervisor walkthrough from an approved area. Confirm sales-floor, stockroom, receiving and pickup routes; age and task limits; handling aids; PPE; applicable SDS access; threat reporting and emergency arrangements. Record remaining instruction and open items before affected work. The employer documents this separately; the online result and worksheet grant no equipment, entry or work authorization.

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.

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Learning resources

Version 1.0.0. Federal source review: November 5, 2026. Linked sources support this introductory course; state-plan and employer requirements may add obligations.

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Course developed by Todd Jerome Jenkins, MS, CSP