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Our customized curricula provide locals with the tools they need to present the highest quality training to workers throughout the IATSE.

If your local is interested in using TTF branded curriculum, please have a local officer email a completed application, and we will contact your local and the trainers you identified to discuss curriculum use. The officer completing and submitting the curriculum application must be an officer other than the individual listed as a trainer on the application.

We encourage all locals using TTF curriculum to send their trainers to a Train the Trainer workshop. More information →

POLICIES

  1. Your local must use TTF provided sign-in sheets and evaluations for each class you teach with IATSE TTF curriculum and email these to us for tracking. All courses taught with TTF curriculum will be entered in the Training Tracker.

  2. Classes your local trainer(s) conduct using IATSE TTF Safety First! curriculum do not qualify for Course Reimbursement funds.

  3. Non-compliance with any of the above regulations may lead to the TTF recalling the right to use of TTF curriculum.

  4. These policies are subject to change at any time by the Trustees. The application and/or interpretation of these policies shall at all times be subject to the discretion of the Trustees, to the fullest extent permitted by law.


OSHA courses provide essential information on the prevention of workplace hazards, but it can be confusing knowing whether your local union workers should take an OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 and if the crafts represented by your local are considered General Industry or Construction. We break down the differences here ↓

 

OSHA 10-Hour General Industry with Focus on the Entertainment Industry

Delivery of OSHA 10 training is an important aspect of helping the IATSE workforce increase their hazard awareness and ability to protect their health and safety while working. The curriculum consists of a variety of modules that cover a range of worker health and safety topics relevant to crafts represented by the IATSE. It is designed with information and tools to build worker capacity to recognize potential hazards and access tools and resources to minimize risks to workers’ health and safety.

The OSHA 10-Hour General Industry with Focus on the Entertainment Industry curriculum includes the OSHA 10 mandated curriculum. The modules are structured for use by local union OSHA Authorized General Industry Trainers. Modules include Introduction to OSHA; Personal Protective Equipment; Materials Handling, Storage, Use, and Disposal; Mobile Elevating Work Platforms; Walking and Working Surfaces; Hazard Communication; Electrical Safety; Ergonomics; Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, and Fire Protection; Fall Protection; Hand and Portable Powered Tool Safety.

Locals licensed to use the OSHA 10-Hour General Industry with Focus on the Entertainment Industry curriculum will be provided an instructor guide, PowerPoint presentations, and workbooks in a digital format free of charge. After a brief orientation, local OSHA trainers will be able to teach OSHA classes for their local union using this curriculum.

OSHA 10-Hour Construction with Focus on the Entertainment Industry

Delivery of OSHA 10 training is an important aspect of helping the IATSE workforce increase their hazard awareness and ability to protect their health and safety while working. The curriculum consists of a variety of modules that cover a range of worker health and safety topics relevant to crafts represented by the IATSE. It is designed with information and tools to build worker capacity to recognize potential hazards and access tools and resources to minimize risks to workers’ health and safety.

The OSHA 10-Hour Construction with Focus on the Entertainment Industry curriculum includes the OSHA 10 mandated curriculum. The modules are structured for use by local union OSHA Authorized Construction Trainers. Modules include Introduction to OSHA; Personal Protective Equipment; Health Hazards; Electrical Safety; Slips, Trips, and Falls; Stairways and Ladders; Scaffolds; Fall Protection; Hazard Communication/Globally Harmonized System; Materials Handling, Storage, Use, and Disposal; Hand and Portable Powered Tool Safety; and Caught-in or -Between and Struck-by Hazards.

Locals licensed to use the OSHA 10-Hour Construction Industry with Focus on the Entertainment Industry curriculum will be provided an instructor guide, PowerPoint presentations, and workbooks in a digital format free of charge. After a brief orientation, local OSHA trainers will be able to teach OSHA classes for their local union using this curriculum.

 

OSHA 30-Hour General Industry with Focus on the Entertainment Industry

Delivery of OSHA 30 training is an important aspect of helping workers with some safety responsibility increase their hazard awareness and ability to protect their fellow workers’ health and safety through more in-depth training. When IATSE supervisors, department heads, keys, and workers with safety responsibility are more knowledgeable about workplace hazards and their rights, they can help prevent accidents, injuries, and illnesses on the job. The curriculum consists of a variety of modules that cover a range of worker health and safety topics relevant to crafts represented by the IATSE. The 30-hour course is intended to provide workers with some safety responsibility a greater depth and variety of training than the 10-hour course. It is designed with information and tools to build worker capacity to recognize potential hazards and access tools and resources to minimize risks to workers’ health and safety.

The modules are structured for use by local union OSHA Authorized General Industry Trainers. Modules include Introduction to OSHA; Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, and Fire Protection; Personal Protective Equipment; Hazard Communication/Globally Harmonized System; Ergonomics; Electrical Safety: Materials Handling, Storage, Use, & Disposal; Entertainment Rigging; Walking/Working Surfaces; Fall Protection: Hand and Portable Powered Tool Safety; Lockout/Tagout; Mobile Elevating Work Platforms; Introduction to Industrial Hygiene; Back Safety; Welding, Cutting, and Brazing; Compressed Gasses; Machine Guarding; Bloodborne Pathogens; Mental Health Awareness; General Duty Clause; Multi-Employer Worksites; Ladder Safety; Job Hazard Analysis; Professional Behavior; Hearing Conservation; PPE: Head Protection; Emergency Action Plans and Disaster Plans; Working in Hot Conditions; Preparing for Weather Emergencies; Scaffolds in the Entertainment Industry; Situational Awareness; Emergency Preparedness; Early Adopter Video; and Emergency Action & Fire Prevention.

Locals licensed to use the OSHA 30-Hour General Industry with Focus on the Entertainment Industry curriculum will be provided an instructor guide, PowerPoint presentations, and workbooks in a digital format free of charge. After a brief orientation, local OSHA trainers will be able to teach OSHA classes for their local union using this curriculum.

 

IATSE TTF Safety First! Online Courses ©

These narrated courses are formatted for individuals to take in an online, interactive format and for locals to present in a group format. Case studies from the various crafts are included, making the curriculum relevant across the IATSE workforce.

The 20 courses include Introduction to Basic Entertainment Safety; Biological Hazards; Hazard Communication: Workplace Chemicals; Chemical Protection; Electrical Safety; Fall Prevention and Protection; Elevated Work Platforms & Aerial Lifts; Scaffold Safety; Ergonomics; Noise Exposure; Confined Space/Small Space Awareness; Firearms Safety; Hand and Portable Power Tools; Compressed Gases; Rigging Safety; Welding and Cutting; Hazard Identification and Safety in the Work Environment; Pandemic Safety; Recommended Sanitation Practices for Make-up and Hair, and Wardrobe and Costume Department Safety.

Local trainers approved to use the TTF Safety First! © Curriculum can access the Instructor Led Training (ILT) website to teach in a group setting using audio narration. This version of the curriculum was designed to be very user friendly, and instructors can choose which portions they teach themselves and which portions they want taught through the narration.

Download full course descriptions ↓


Computer Essentials

This curriculum was developed by the IATSE Education and Training Department as a training resource for IATSE workers. Our goal is to provide local unions with comprehensive, user-friendly training that will cover the basic knowledge that is required for an individual to use their personal desktop or laptop computer. Please click here for more information →