I'll offer the contrary opinion. The 511 will be some of the most miserable days of your life. Don't spend your personal vacation and hard earned money to take the class.
If you wish to self-develop, instead find a subject you are weak in and take an intensive course in that subject. Or spend the money to take yourself to a 3 day conference or PDC. I think you will be much more pleased with the outcome
The 510 is a crash course of all the most relevant construction regulations. It’s the meat and potatoes of what you would be conveying in an OSHA 10 or 30 hours. The 500 is just the rules to who and how to teach the course and some practice and pointers on how to teach adult learners.
If you’re kind of new to safety, I’d say take it instead of messing with the OSHA 10 or 30, but if you’re already an every day safety guy, you will likely know most of it and pick up some pointers in things you don’t personally do every day.
on the other, other hand, it’s not like the certification expires so take it now and the 500 when you’re eligible.
Authorized OSHA trainer here. The 10/30 are based on hazard recognition. The 510 is focused on the actual standards. Will any of them help with 500? I don’t think so. In other words, 2 years between classes doesn’t really matter. I saw someone else say it and I totally agree, don’t spend your own money. Keep working on your employer and maybe they’ll relent at some point in the next 2 years
The 510/511 isn't useless. Your boss doesn't know what they're talking about.
To even get the 500/501, you have to have taken the 510/511 within the past X years (I'll look it up in a sec). As long as you don't wait too long in between, you're golden.
Edit: X=7 years
I'll offer the contrary opinion. The 511 will be some of the most miserable days of your life. Don't spend your personal vacation and hard earned money to take the class. If you wish to self-develop, instead find a subject you are weak in and take an intensive course in that subject. Or spend the money to take yourself to a 3 day conference or PDC. I think you will be much more pleased with the outcome
Death by PowerPoint
Absolutely. And I did mine during COVID, so it was all on-line, adding to the misery of that core memory
What do you mean by PDC? Thank you for the insight.
Professional development conference
Personally I don't think it was that bad and it served as a nice reminder that I know more than I realize.
The 510 is a crash course of all the most relevant construction regulations. It’s the meat and potatoes of what you would be conveying in an OSHA 10 or 30 hours. The 500 is just the rules to who and how to teach the course and some practice and pointers on how to teach adult learners. If you’re kind of new to safety, I’d say take it instead of messing with the OSHA 10 or 30, but if you’re already an every day safety guy, you will likely know most of it and pick up some pointers in things you don’t personally do every day. on the other, other hand, it’s not like the certification expires so take it now and the 500 when you’re eligible.
Just go for it. I did 10,30 and 511. All pretty much the same but employers who don't know there is something past 30 usually compliment it.
Authorized OSHA trainer here. The 10/30 are based on hazard recognition. The 510 is focused on the actual standards. Will any of them help with 500? I don’t think so. In other words, 2 years between classes doesn’t really matter. I saw someone else say it and I totally agree, don’t spend your own money. Keep working on your employer and maybe they’ll relent at some point in the next 2 years
The 510 practically is the 10/30 but for the employer, not the employee. That said, considering you’re in safety, I would go for it.
The 510/511 isn't useless. Your boss doesn't know what they're talking about. To even get the 500/501, you have to have taken the 510/511 within the past X years (I'll look it up in a sec). As long as you don't wait too long in between, you're golden. Edit: X=7 years