Heat Illness Training

Both the outdoor and indoor heat illness prevention standards require you to train your employees and supervisors. To comply with the heat illness standards, all employees must be trained on your established policies and procedures.¹You must provide effective training in the following topics to all supervisory and non-supervisory employees:

• The environmental and personal risk factors for heat illness, and the added burden of heat load on the body caused by exertion, clothing and PPE.
• The employer’s procedures for complying with this standard’s requirements, including but not limited to: