OSHA Electrical Safety Training

Electrical safety training that satisfies OSHA's duty-to-train requirements and builds workers' competence using the NFPA 70E framework OSHA recognizes as the industry benchmark. Onsite or virtual, taught by a Certified Safety Professional with decades of field experience.

Taught by Rick Hauf, CSP

Why OSHA electrical safety training matters

OSHA requires employers to protect workers from electrical hazards on the job, and a documented, competent training program is central to meeting that duty. Untrained or under-trained workers face real risk from electric shock and arc flash — hazards that can cause serious injury in a fraction of a second — and employers who can't demonstrate adequate training are exposed to both safety incidents and regulatory citations.

How OSHA and NFPA 70E relate

OSHA's electrical safety regulations set the legal duty to protect workers, but are largely performance-based — they describe the outcome required without prescribing every detail of how to get there. NFPA 70E is the widely recognized consensus standard that fills that gap, giving employers a practical framework for hazard identification, risk assessment, safe work practices, and PPE. Training built around NFPA 70E is how most employers demonstrate the kind of program OSHA expects.

Read more in our detailed explainer: what is NFPA 70E?

Who this training is for

• Qualified electrical workers — electricians and maintenance technicians who install, operate, or service energized or potentially energized equipment
• Facility and plant maintenance teams across manufacturing, utilities, data centers, healthcare, and similar industries
• EHS and safety managers responsible for the electrical safety program
• Contractors and host employers who share electrical safety responsibilities on a shared site

Course formats

Training is available onsite at your facility or delivered virtually, so you can choose the format that fits your team's schedule, location, and hands-on needs.

What the training covers

Course content is built around the NFPA 70E framework: recognizing electrical hazards, establishing electrically safe work conditions, risk assessment and the hierarchy of controls, approach and arc flash boundaries, PPE selection, and the documentation an electrical safety program requires.

Interactive learning tools

Two of the visuals we use in class are available free on this site: an interactive time-current curve chart showing how protective device clearing time drives incident energy, and an available fault current vs. system impedance visual explaining why AFC matters in an arc flash risk assessment.

Frequently asked questions

Does OSHA require NFPA 70E training specifically?

OSHA regulations require employers to protect workers from electrical hazards but don't name NFPA 70E by citation. In practice, NFPA 70E is the recognized industry method for meeting that duty, so training built around it is how most employers demonstrate compliance.

Who needs electrical safety training?

Anyone exposed to electrical hazards at work — qualified electrical workers, maintenance and facilities staff, and the EHS professionals managing the electrical safety program — plus, at an awareness level, workers who simply work near electrical hazards.

Is training available onsite and virtually?

Yes — training is offered in both formats so you can choose what fits your team.