2 Hour OSHA Silica Awareness Online Course

✅ Covers OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1153 & 1910.1053 training requirements | Only $34.99 | Instant Emailed Certificate | 100% Online & Self-Paced

Meet your OSHA silica training requirement with a fully online awareness course built to the respirable crystalline silica standards for construction, 29 CFR 1926.1153, and general industry, 29 CFR 1910.1053, for only $34.99. Designed for workers, foremen, supervisors, and safety personnel who may be exposed to silica dust, this two-hour course delivers the awareness training the standards call for and lets you enroll online and complete it on your own schedule.

The course is 100% online and self-paced, so you can log in and out anytime without losing your progress, on a phone, tablet, or computer. It consists of two one-hour sections followed by a final exam, and as soon as you pass, your certificate of completion is emailed to you instantly to keep and provide to your employer for its training records.

✅ Course Details

• Course Name: 2 Hour OSHA Silica Awareness
• Standards Covered: OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1153 (construction) and 29 CFR 1910.1053 (general industry)
• Course Length: 2 hours
• Category: Occupational safety and health training
• Format: 100% online, self-paced, with a final exam
• Price: $34.99
• Certificate: Instant emailed certificate for employer records
• Reporting: No state or OSHA reporting; employer keeps the training record
• Support: Phone or text at 1-800-698-2770

✅ Who Should Take This Course?

This course is written for construction and general industry personnel who may be exposed to, or who manage exposure to, respirable crystalline silica from concrete, masonry, stone, brick, sand, mortar, or engineered stone, including:

• Construction workers who cut, grind, drill, saw, or crush concrete, masonry, or stone
• Masons, concrete finishers, tuckpointers, and demolition crews
• Countertop fabricators and installers who work with engineered or natural stone
• Abrasive blasting operators and foundry, brick, and glass workers
• Foremen, supervisors, and competent persons overseeing dusty tasks
• Safety personnel and employers responsible for a silica exposure control program

✅ Does This Course Satisfy the OSHA Requirement?

This course is designed to deliver the employee information and training on respirable crystalline silica required by OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1153(i) for construction and 29 CFR 1910.1053(j) for general industry. OSHA does not approve, certify, or license training providers or courses, so no silica course carries an OSHA approval number; instead, the employer is responsible for ensuring workers are trained and remain knowledgeable, and a certificate of completion from any provider is acceptable documentation. This is awareness-level training: your employer must still provide the site-specific pieces the standards require, including its own written exposure control plan, the Table 1 controls selected for your tasks, the identity of the competent person, and the specific procedures for your workplace.

✅ OSHA Training Requirements

The OSHA silica standards, 29 CFR 1926.1153(i) and 29 CFR 1910.1053(j), require employers to ensure that each employee covered by the standard can demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the hazards of respirable crystalline silica and the protections in place at their workplace. Training must be provided before or at the time an employee is assigned to a task that could involve silica exposure.

• Training so each employee can demonstrate knowledge of silica health hazards and the tasks that create exposure
• The specific measures the employer has put in place to protect employees, including engineering controls, work practices, and respirators
• The contents of the employer's written exposure control plan (construction) and the identity of the competent person
• The purpose and description of the medical surveillance program offered to eligible employees
• Silica information provided under the Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200
• Employer keeps training and, where applicable, air monitoring and medical surveillance records

How this course helps: This 2-hour course is designed to deliver the awareness-level silica information and training described in 29 CFR 1926.1153(i) and 1910.1053(j), so employees can demonstrate knowledge of the hazards, controls, and program elements. It provides the general training content the standards require; your employer supplies the site-specific items, such as its written exposure control plan, the Table 1 controls chosen for your tasks, the competent person, and the details of the medical surveillance program it offers.

✅ How Often Is Retraining Required?

Unlike some OSHA standards, the silica standards do not set a fixed annual retraining interval. Instead, the employer must ensure each covered employee remains knowledgeable about the silica hazards and protections that apply to their work. In practice, this means training is required when an employee is first assigned to a task that may involve silica exposure and again whenever conditions change, such as new tasks, new equipment, new controls, or a revised exposure control plan. Because the silica information is also delivered under the Hazard Communication Standard, additional training is required when a new silica hazard is introduced into the work area. Many employers refresh this training periodically to keep workers current, and the completion certificate is kept on file as documentation.

✅ How to Stay Compliant

1. Confirm with your employer that your work may involve exposure to respirable crystalline silica and that you are due for silica awareness training.
2. Enroll online and complete both one-hour sections of this course at your own pace.
3. Pass the final exam and receive your certificate of completion by email instantly.
4. Provide the certificate to your employer for its training records.
5. Review your employer's written exposure control plan, the Table 1 controls for your tasks, and the identity of the competent person.
6. Ask your employer about the medical surveillance program if you are exposed at or above the action level for the required number of days.
7. Repeat the training whenever your tasks, equipment, controls, or the written plan change.

✅ What You Will Learn

• What respirable crystalline silica is and which common tasks and materials generate it
• The serious diseases silica causes, including silicosis, lung cancer, COPD, and kidney disease
• The permissible exposure limit (PEL) and action level and what they trigger
• How Table 1 matches construction tasks to engineering controls and respiratory protection
• What a written exposure control plan contains and the role of the competent person
• Required housekeeping, respiratory protection, and the purpose of medical surveillance

✅ Course Content Overview

The course covers the silica standards across two focused one-hour sections:

• Hour 1 – Respirable crystalline silica hazards: sources such as concrete, masonry, brick, stone, sand, mortar, and engineered stone; how cutting, grinding, drilling, sawing, and blasting create airborne dust; silicosis and other health effects; and the PEL of 50 µg/m³ and action level of 25 µg/m³ as 8-hour TWAs under 1926.1153 and 1910.1053
• Hour 2 – Controlling exposure: Table 1 specified exposure control methods for construction; the written exposure control plan and competent person under 1926.1153(g); housekeeping limits on dry sweeping and compressed air; respiratory protection tied to 1910.134; and the medical surveillance and worker information and training provisions of 1926.1153(h)-(i) and 1910.1053(i)-(j)

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✅ Why Choose 1st Choice CE?

• Built to the OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1153 and 1910.1053 silica standards
• Affordable price of only $34.99
• 100% online and self-paced
• Log in and out anytime without losing progress
• Instant emailed certificate for your employer records
• Covers both construction and general industry silica requirements
• Money-back guarantee
• Over 10 years of continuing education experience
• Support by phone or text at 1-800-698-2770

✅ Enroll Now

Complete your OSHA Silica Awareness training today for only $34.99. Enroll online, work at your own pace through both hours, and get your certificate emailed the moment you pass. Questions? Call or text 1-800-698-2770.