29 CFR § 1960.56 - Training of safety and health specialists.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1960.56"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 1960.56 - Training of safety and health specialists."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1960.56"
section_name: "Training of safety and health specialists."
chapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "1960"
part_name: "BASIC PROGRAM ELEMENTS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS AND RELATED MATTERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sections 19 and 24 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1609, 1614; 29 U.S.C. 668, 673), 5 U.S.C. 553, Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-90 (55 FR 9033), and Executive Order 12196."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 69798, Oct. 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1960"
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# 1960.56 Training of safety and health specialists.
(a) Each agency shall provide occupational safety and health training for safety and health specialists through courses, laboratory experiences, field study, and other formal learning experiences to prepare them to perform the necessary technical monitoring, consulting, testing, inspecting, designing, and other tasks related to program development and implementation, as well as hazard recognition, evaluation and control, equipment and facility design, standards, analysis of accident, injury, and illness data, and other related tasks.
(b) Each agency shall implement career development programs for their occupational safety and health specialists to enable the staff to meet present and future program needs of the agency.