Industry safety training
Transportation and Warehousing Safety Orientation
Choose road freight and parcel delivery, warehousing and distribution, passenger transportation, air/rail/water terminal support, or pipeline field support. Practice hazard recognition, protection, handoffs and Stop and Ask. Allow 30–60 minutes total for the online orientation and the walkthrough with your supervisor.
TWSO-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, supervisors and support staff in NAICS 48–49 transportation and warehousing
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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.
Use this course in your company LMS
General awareness; task qualifications remain separate. This course introduces common transportation and warehousing hazards and questions to ask before work. It does not provide a commercial driver license (CDL), entry-level driver training, DOT hazardous-materials training, powered industrial truck training and evaluation, or rail, aviation, maritime or pipeline task qualifications. It does not authorize equipment operation, energy-control work, restricted-area entry, chemical response or rescue. Your employer and the site operator must confirm the training, skills, instructions and permission for your actual assignment.
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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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 assignment and handoff
- New work needs clear instruction
- Recognize four priority hazard groups
- Match protection and information to the job
- Stop and ask when the plan changes
- Get help and follow the local plan
- Turn the overview into your workplace 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
Begin the supervisor or host walkthrough at an approved meeting point. Confirm pedestrian routes, vehicle and dock boundaries, handoffs, age and task limits, PPE, applicable SDS access, fatigue and communication arrangements, and emergency resources. Record required qualifications and open items before affected work. The employer records this separately; the online result and worksheet grant no license, DOT training credit, task qualification, 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.
Learning resources
- Ask your supervisor · fillable walkthrough worksheet (PDF) ↗
- CDC: Young-worker injuries, 2012–2018 ↗
- DOL: Youth employment and driving ↗
- DOL: Nonagricultural child-labor self-assessment ↗
- OSHA: Warehousing hazards and solutions ↗
- OSHA: Powered industrial trucks ↗
- OSHA: Dockboards ↗
- OSHA: Loading trailers and railroad cars ↗
- OSHA: Control of hazardous energy ↗
- OSHA: Manual lifting interpretation ↗
- OSHA: Hazard Communication ↗
- OSHA: Personal protective equipment ↗
- OSHA: Respiratory protection ↗
- OSHA: Emergency action plans ↗
- OSHA: Permit-required confined spaces ↗
- FMCSA: Entry-level driver training FAQ ↗
- FMCSA: Illness or fatigue ↗
- NIOSH: Distracted driving at work ↗
- FMCSA: Distracted driving ↗
- FMCSA: Cargo securement rules ↗
- PHMSA: Hazardous materials training requirements ↗
- FAA: Airport vehicle and pedestrian training guidance ↗
- FRA: Roadway worker protection ↗
- FRA: Training standards rule ↗
- OSHA: Marine-terminal personnel ↗
- OSHA: Marine-terminal protective measures ↗
- OSHA: Marine-terminal railroad facilities ↗
- USCG: TWIC and secure-area access ↗
- PHMSA: About operator qualification ↗
- PHMSA: Operator qualification FAQ ↗
- PHMSA: Pipeline leak recognition ↗
- PHMSA: Incident reporting ↗
- NIOSH: Taxi-driver robbery and violence prevention ↗
- OSHA: Workplace violence ↗
- NIOSH: Heat acclimatization ↗
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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