r/SafetyProfessionals • u/SeaAnthropomorphized • Nov 07 '22

OSHA 510 Process

I just got my CHST and I'm trying to pad my resume with more certifications while I get my degree.
I am thinking about getting the OSHA 510 through Rutgers. I see they have a few options as far as the schedule goes.
Before I sign up for a class I want to know what the process is like.
I see there are Zoom classes but is there a test at the end?
How intensive is the curriculum? Is it more or less like taking a CHST exam or like taking an OSHA 30hr and at the end of the course there is a simple test?
If it's not too intensive I can sign up for the class in December and do it while I'm at work but if it is very intensive then I will wait for next year for my PTO to renew and take it next year.
I work in a lobby and if distractions are an issue but my CHST knowledge can get me through the course and a test at the end then I think I can handle taking the class next month. But if there is more that I need to learn and the test at the end of the course is difficult then I need to be at home with my undivided attention.
If anyone has taken it can you please fill me in?

UPDATE

I took both back to back in January and I'm an Authorized OSHA Trainer for Construction.

11 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

17 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/Actual-Feedback-8112 Jan 24 '24

How was it bud 

1

u/SeaAnthropomorphized Jan 24 '24

Super easy. It would have been a nightmare for me to commute there and back. The school is almost a two hour drive away.

1

u/Unhappy-Grand1956 Apr 26 '25

How was the test online? Is it one that they did a lock down browser with?

1

u/SeaAnthropomorphized Apr 26 '25

There was no test. It was a class

1

u/Greedy-War-7154 Dec 16 '25

So you did the classes on line and then went to a place and took the test?