Buyer's checklist

How to choose an online compliance training provider

Four questions worth asking before you pay for anyone's course, including ours. Each one can be checked on a provider's own pages in about thirty seconds, and each one is observable fact rather than a claim you have to take on trust.

01Does it say what the course does NOT do, before you pay?

Most compliance training is one part of a requirement, not the whole of it. A forklift course does not authorise an operator, because the employer still has to run a practical evaluation on the actual truck. An awareness course does not make somebody a competent person. If a provider only tells you that after you have paid, or prints it on the certificate where you find it afterwards, the limitation was never part of the offer.

How to check it yourself

Open any course page and search it for the words "does not". If nothing comes back, the boundary is not published.

What we do

Every course page carries its boundary statement above the buy button, and the same wording is printed on the certificate. They are generated from one source so they cannot drift apart.

02Does it name the specific regulation, down to the paragraph?

"OSHA compliant" is not a citation. The paragraph is what tells you whether the course actually covers the duty you have. 29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(iii) is a training requirement; 1910.178(l)(6) is a records requirement. They are different obligations and a course can cover one and not the other.

How to check it yourself

Look for a CFR, state code or statute reference on the course page itself, not in a footer or a blog post.

What we do

Course pages cite the paragraph, and the primary-sources block links to the issuing agency rather than to a summary of it.

03Can somebody else verify the certificate without phoning you?

A certificate is only worth what an auditor, an insurer or a hiring manager can confirm. A PDF proves nothing on its own, and a provider that has to be called during business hours is a bottleneck at exactly the wrong moment.

How to check it yourself

Ask whether there is a public verification page and whether it works from the certificate ID alone.

What we do

Every certificate carries an ID that resolves on a public verification page. No account, no phone call.

04Does it show you the enforcement data behind the requirement?

Training budgets get spent evenly across topics that are not enforced evenly. Knowing which standards actually draw citations, and what the penalties run to, is how you decide what to train first rather than training everything a little.

How to check it yourself

Look for citation counts and penalty figures with a pull date and a named source. Undated figures have usually been typed in once and left.

What we do

Course pages carry citation counts and average penalties from our own ingest of public US Department of Labor enforcement records, with the date the figures were pulled.

What no online course can do, ours included

These limits come from the regulations themselves, not from any provider's choice of format. If someone sells you one of these as fully complete and online only, that is the clearest signal you will get about the rest of their catalogue.

What is actually being cited

Enforcement is not spread evenly across topics, so a training plan that treats every standard alike is spending in the wrong places. These are the most-cited standards in our catalogue, from public US Department of Labor enforcement records, pulled 2026-08-23.

StandardCitationsAverage penalty
Fall Protection Competent Person Awareness30,929$7,082
OSHA Hazard Communication and GHS Awareness28,898$1,434
Respiratory Protection Required User Training17,672$1,839
Lockout/Tagout Authorized Employee Training17,359$7,307
Ladder Safety15,070$3,396
Forklift Operator Certification12,902$3,997

Our courses, and the rule each one documents

43 courses that publish both the regulation they teach to and what they do not cover. That is the second criterion above, applied to us, so you can check the claim rather than take it.

8-Hour HAZWOPER Annual Refresher

29 CFR 1910.120

Aerial and Scissor Lift Operator Awareness

29 CFR 1926.453 for aerial lifts; 29 CFR 1926.451 and 1926.452(w) for scissor lifts as supported/mobile scaffold work platforms; ANSI A92.24 concepts for theory training, hands-on training, evaluation, and employer authorization.

AI in the Workplace: Acceptable Use and Compliance Awareness

NYC Local Law 144, Illinois Human Rights Act AI amendments effective January 1, 2026, and Colorado SB 26-189 scheduled January 1, 2027 awareness concepts

Asbestos Awareness (Class IV / 2-Hour)

29 CFR 1926.1101 Class IV asbestos awareness, 29 CFR 1910.1001 awareness concepts, and AHERA accreditation boundary

Aviation Fuel-Handling HazCom Awareness

29 CFR §1910.1200

Bloodborne Pathogens Awareness

29 CFR 1910.1030

California Heat Illness Prevention Training

Title 8 CCR §3395

Chicago Bystander Intervention Training

Chicago Municipal Code §6-10-040

Chicago Sexual Harassment Prevention, Employee Training

Chicago Municipal Code §6-10-040

Chicago Sexual Harassment Prevention, Supervisor Training

Chicago Municipal Code §6-10-040

Confined Space Entry, General Industry

29 CFR 1910.146

Delaware Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

19 Del. C. §711A

Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plans

29 CFR 1910.38 emergency action plans, 29 CFR 1910.39 fire prevention plans, and 29 CFR 1910.157(g) extinguisher education/training where applicable

Excavation and Trenching Competent Person Awareness

OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart P excavation and trenching awareness concepts

Eye & Face Protection and PPE Hazard Assessment Awareness

29 CFR 1910.132

Fall Protection Competent Person Awareness

29 CFR 1926.501

Forklift Train-the-Trainer

29 CFR 1910.178(l) powered industrial truck training concepts, including training, evaluation, refresher, records, and employer authorization responsibilities

Hearing Conservation Awareness

29 CFR 1910.95

Hot Work and Fire Watch Safety

29 CFR 1910.252 hot work fire prevention and fire watch awareness concepts

Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Awareness

29 CFR 1910.1000 Table Z-2 / ANSI-ASSP Z390.1

Ladder Safety

29 CFR 1926 Subpart X / 29 CFR 1926.1053

Lockout/Tagout Authorized Employee Training

29 CFR 1910.147

Machine Guarding Required Awareness

29 CFR 1910.212

Maine Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

26 M.R.S. §807

Maritime Confined and Enclosed Space Awareness

29 CFR Part 1915, Subpart B

New York Retail Workplace Violence Prevention Training

New York Labor Law §27-e

NFPA 70E Arc Flash / Electrical Safety Awareness

29 CFR 1910.333

Office and Industrial Ergonomics

OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) General Duty Clause ergonomics awareness, NIOSH lifting concepts, and California 8 CCR 5110 awareness where applicable

OSHA Hazard Communication and GHS Awareness

29 CFR 1910.1200

PCI DSS Security Awareness

PCI DSS v4.0.1 Requirement 12.6

Respirable Crystalline Silica Competent Person Awareness

29 CFR 1910.1053

Respiratory Protection Required User Training

29 CFR 1910.134

Scaffold Safety and Competent Person Awareness

29 CFR 1926.451

Sexual Harassment Prevention in California

California Government Code §12950.1 (SB 1343)

Sexual Harassment Prevention in California (Supervisor)

California Government Code §12950.1 (SB 1343)

Sexual Harassment Prevention in Connecticut

Conn. Gen. Stat. Chapter 814c

Sexual Harassment Prevention in Illinois

775 ILCS 5/2-109

Sexual Harassment Prevention in Illinois (Restaurants & Bars)

775 ILCS 5/2-110

Sexual Harassment Prevention in New York

New York Labor Law §201-g

Walking-Working Surfaces and Fall Protection, General Industry

29 CFR 1910 Subpart D walking-working surfaces and fall protection awareness concepts

Washington Isolated Worker Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

RCW 49.60.515

Workplace Violence Prevention

OSH Act General Duty Clause awareness concepts, OSHA/NIOSH workplace violence prevention guidance, California SB 553 / Labor Code 6401.9 boundary, California Title 8 section 3342 healthcare boundary, and New York Retail Worker Safety Act boundary

Workplace Violence Prevention in California

California Labor Code §6401.9 (added by SB 553)

Run the checklist on us

Open any course and you will find the boundary above the buy button, the paragraph it teaches to, and a certificate ID anyone can verify without calling us.

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