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Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of
April, 2017.
Lyssa E. Hall,
Director, Office of Exemption Determinations,
Employee Benefits Security Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2017–08687 Filed 4–28–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
OSHA Training Institute (OTI)
Education Center; Notice of
Competition and Request for
Applications
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of competition and
request for applications for the OSHA
Training Institute Education Centers
Program.
AGENCY:

This notice announces the
opportunity for interested non-profit
organizations, including qualifying
educational institutions, trade
associations, labor unions, and
community-based and faith-based
organizations that are not an agency of
a state or local government to submit
applications to become an OSHA
Training Institute Education Center and
deliver standard classroom instruction
on a regional basis. State or local
government-supported institutions of
higher education are eligible to apply.
Eligible organizations can apply
independently or in partnership with
other eligible organizations, but in such
a case, a lead organization must be
identified along with a list of any
consortium partners. Current OSHAauthorized OSHA Training Institute
Education Centers required to renew
their status must submit a new
application in order to maintain their
OSHA Training Institute Education
Center status. If the corporate identity of
an applicant, or its membership have
changed, the new entity must submit an
application. Applications will only be
accepted during the solicitation period
and will be rated on a competitive basis.
Complete application instructions are
contained in this notice.
This notice also contains information
on a proposal conference designed to
provide potential applicants with
information about the OSHA Training
Institute Education Centers Program.
The conference will clarify OSHA
expectations for OSHA Training
Institute Education Centers, courses and
methods of instruction, as well as
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requirements for OSHA Training
Institute Education Centers and the
OSHA Outreach Training Program.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to
attend the proposal conference.
OSHA will enter into five-year, nonfinancial cooperative agreements with
successful applicants. These
authorization agreements are intended
solely to facilitate the ongoing
monitoring and evaluation of safety
training provided by authorized OSHA
Training Institute Education Centers.
These cooperative agreements will not
constitute a grant or financial assistance
instrument, and OSHA will provide no
compensation to authorized OSHA
Training Institute Education Centers.
Such non-financial cooperative
agreements are renewable, at the
Government’s sole option, for one fiveyear period, if the organization has
performed satisfactorily during the
initial term.
DATES: Applications (three copies) must
be received no later than 4:30 p.m.
Central Time on June 30, 2017. Requests
for extension of this application
deadline will not be granted.
A proposal conference will be held on
May 17, 2017, at the OSHA Directorate
of Training and Education, 2020 South
Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington
Heights, Illinois 60005–4102. Attendees
are required to pre-register for this
conference. Specific details are
discussed in the Proposal Conference
section of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit applications (three
copies) to the OSHA Directorate of
Training and Education, Office of
Training Programs and Administration,
Attn: James Brock, 2020 South
Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington
Heights, Illinois 60005–4102.
Applicants selected to be OSHA
Training Institute Education Centers
must attend a mandatory orientation
meeting to be held at the OSHA
Directorate of Training and Education,
2020 South Arlington Heights Rd.,
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005–4102
at a time and date to be determined.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
questions regarding this opportunity
should be directed to: James Brock,
OSHA Training Institute Education
Centers Program Manager, email address
[email protected], or Annette
Braam, Assistant Director, Training
Programs, OSHA Directorate of Training
and Education, email address
[email protected]. Both can be
reached at: (847) 759–7700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION contains
details concerning the following:
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Overview of the OSHA Directorate of
Training and Education (DTE)
Overview of the OSHA Training Institute
(OTI)
Overview of the OTI Education Centers
Program
Overview of the OSHA Outreach Training
Program
Organizational Responsibilities
OTI Education Centers Responsibilities
OSHA DTE Responsibilities
OSHA Jurisdiction
Geographic Distribution
Application Submission Requirements
Selection Guidelines
Selection Criteria
Consortia and Partnerships
Funding Provisions
Cooperative Agreement Duration
Proposal Conference
Application Submission
Application Deadline
Application Evaluation and Selection
Process
Notification of Selection
Freedom of Information Act
Paperwork Reduction Act
Transparency
Notification of Non-Selection
Non-Selection Appeal
Appendix A—Current List of Required,
Elective, and Short Courses

Background Information
Overview of the OSHA Directorate of
Training and Education (DTE)
DTE, located in Arlington Heights,
Illinois, supports the Agency’s mission
and performance goals of securing safe
and healthy workplaces and increasing
workers’ voice in the workplace through
the development and delivery of
training courses and educational
programs. The Directorate has three
distinct functional areas: the OSHA
Training Institute (OTI), the Office of
Training Programs and Administration,
and the Office of Training Educational
Development. The Directorate provides
training for federal and state compliance
officers and state consultants. The
Directorate administers three distinct
external training programs including the
OSHA Training Institute (OTI)
Education Centers Program, the
Outreach Training Program, and the
Susan Harwood Training Grants
Program. The Directorate also develops
training and educational materials that
support OTI courses and the Agency’s
compliance assistance initiatives.
Overview of the OSHA Training
Institute (OTI)
OTI, located in Arlington Heights,
Illinois, is OSHA’s primary training
provider. OTI conducts over 50 unique
course offerings on an annual basis.
Training includes job hazard
recognition as well as OSHA standards,
policies, and procedures for persons
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supporting the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970. The OTI’s primary
responsibility is to federal and state
compliance officers and state
consultation program staff. The OTI
Education Centers are the primary
training providers for private and public
sector personnel, and federal personnel
from agencies other than OSHA.

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Overview of OTI Education Centers
Program
The OTI Education Centers are a
national network of non-profit
organizations authorized by OSHA to
deliver occupational safety and health
training to private and public sector
workers, supervisors, and employers on
behalf of OSHA. The OTI Education
Centers Program was initiated in 1992
when OSHA began partnering with
other training and educational
institutions to conduct OSHA courses.
The OTI Education Centers Program
supports OSHA’s training and education
mission through a variety of safety and
health programs.
OTI Education Center courses include
OSHA standards and Outreach Training
Program trainer and update courses. The
OTI Education Centers offer more than
50 courses on various safety and health
topics including recordkeeping,
machine guarding, confined space,
electrical standards, ergonomics, safety
and health management, and fall
protection. Information regarding the
OTI Education Centers Program
background, including a complete list of
current organizations, OSHA numbered
course offerings, and descriptions can
be found on the OSHA Web site at:
http://www.osha.gov/otiec.
OTI Education Centers are selected
through a national competitive process
and receive no funding from OSHA;
they support their OSHA training
through their normal tuition and fee
structures. OTI Education Centers are
located in all OSHA Regions and work
closely with OSHA Regional and Area
offices to meet the needs of the regional
constituency. OTI Education Centers are
encouraged to conduct courses at host
site organizations in addition to their
own facilities and are required to
conduct courses in all states and U.S.
territories within their Region. Host site
organizations must be non-profit
organizations. OTI Education Centers
are responsible for authorizing Outreach
trainers, processing Outreach trainer
card requests, and conducting Outreach
trainer monitoring activity for the OSHA
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Overview of the OSHA Outreach
Training Program
The OSHA Outreach Training
Program was established during the
early years of the Agency to provide an
overview of OSHA and to disseminate
basic occupational safety and health
workplace hazard information to
workers using independent authorized
trainers. Courses are intended to
provide information on worker rights
and employer responsibilities, and focus
on work-related hazards. Outreach
Training Program courses do not focus
on or teach OSHA standards. Workers
who complete the construction
industry, general industry, maritime
industry, or disaster site worker
Outreach courses receive OSHA student
course completion cards from the
authorized trainer who conducted the
training. OSHA Outreach Trainers are
authorized exclusively through the OTI
Education Centers. OTI Education
Centers are responsible for
administering the Outreach Training
Program, including issuing course
completion cards to authorized
Outreach trainers and conducting
monitoring activity such as record
audits and training observations.
The Outreach Training Program is a
voluntary program. OSHA recommends
Outreach Training Program courses as
an introduction to occupational safety
and health hazard recognition for
workers. Although a voluntary program,
some cities and states have enacted laws
mandating the training. In addition,
some employers, unions, organizations,
or other jurisdictions may also require
this training. Please note that Outreach
Training Program courses do not meet
specific training requirements contained
in OSHA standards. The OSHA
Outreach Training Program
requirements and procedures contain
instructions and information for
Outreach Trainers. Among the items
addressed in the requirements and
procedures are course topic
requirements, minimum lengths for
course topics, advertising restrictions,
records retention, and reporting
requirements. OSHA Outreach Training
Program requirements and procedures
are located at: http://www.osha.gov/dte/
outreach/index.html.
Organizational Responsibilities
OTI Education Centers Responsibilities
OTI Education Centers are responsible
for the following:
(1) Adhere to all OSHA/DTE program
requirements, policies, and procedures.
(2) Develop and update course
curriculum to support learning
objectives determined by OSHA/DTE.

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(3) Ensure instructors are qualified in
the courses/subjects they will be
teaching in accordance with OSHA
instructor qualification policies.
(4) Meet annual program goals that
include the following:
(a) Conduct a minimum number of
courses per month and achieve annual
student training goals and objectives as
established by OSHA/DTE. Program
goals are evaluated and revised on an
annual basis. For the federal fiscal year
2017, each OTI Education Center is
expected to train 1,700 students
annually.
(b) Provide standard classroom
instruction training throughout their
Region and target underserved areas
identified by OSHA/DTE.
(c) Conduct courses on a year-round
basis with each required, elective, and
short course being offered in accordance
with annual program goals. Required,
elective, and short courses are subject to
change.
(5) Publicize and promote the
availability of courses to ensure
attendance and the delivery of the
scheduled courses.
(6) Register students, provide course
materials, and issue course completion
certificates to students. This includes:
(a) Ensuring students have met all
prerequisites prior to registration.
(b) Collecting and retaining student
registration and attendance records in
accordance with OSHA/DTE guidelines.
(7) Comply with reporting
requirements as identified by OSHA/
DTE. This includes:
(a) Providing OSHA/DTE with
monthly training summary reports.
(b) Providing OSHA/DTE with
training and instructor records for
quarterly audits, semi-annual, and
annual performance reporting.
(c) Collecting student surveys from
students in accordance with OSHA
procedures and providing that data to
OSHA as requested.
(8) Administer Outreach Training
Program activities. This includes:
(a) Distributing student cards to
authorized Outreach Training Program
trainers.
(b) Monitoring OSHA Outreach
trainers including conducting record
audits and training observations.
(c) Responding and processing
exception requests in accordance with
Outreach Training Program
requirements.
(9) Attend the semiannual OSHA
Training Institute Education Centers
Directors’ Meetings.
(10) Collaborate with other OTI
Education Centers including mandatory
participation on project teams and
providing financial and personnel

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support for OTI Education Center
marketing initiatives.
(11) Provide dedicated staff for the
program management and
administration.
OSHA DTE Responsibilities
DTE is responsible for the following:
(1) Develop program policies,
procedures, and requirements.
(2) Provide answers and technical
assistance on questions regarding OSHA
policy and program requirements.
(3) Provide OTI Education Centers
with learning objectives for courses to
be presented.
(4) For select courses, provide
curriculum and test questions.
(5) Coordinate the development of
new OTI Education Center courses.
(6) Monitor the performance of the
OTI Education Centers through on-site
program visits, conference calls, training
observations, and examination of course
reports and attendance records.
(7) Coordinate the efforts of the OTI
Education Center Program Executive
Committee.
(8) Evaluate the effectiveness of the
OTI Education Centers and provide each
organization with an annual
performance appraisal.
(9) Conduct investigations of alleged
OTI Education Center non-compliance
with the Non-Financial Cooperative
Agreement and OSHA policies and
procedures.
OSHA Jurisdiction
OSHA is a federal agency within the
United States. The Agency covers
workers and employers in the 50 United
States and certain territories and
jurisdictions under federal authority.
Those jurisdictions include the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, American Samoa, Guam,
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Island,
and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
as defined in the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act.

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Geographic Distribution
There is currently at least one OTI
Education Center in each OSHA Region.
However, OSHA may elect to select
more than one OTI Education Center in
some or all OSHA Regions. The OSHA
Regions contain the following states and
U.S. territories.
Region I: Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, and Vermont.
Region II: New Jersey, New York,
Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.
Region III: Delaware, District of
Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
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Region IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Region V: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Region VI: Arkansas, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Region VII: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
and Nebraska.
Region VIII: Colorado, Montana,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and
Wyoming.
Region IX: American Samoa, Arizona,
California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, and
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands.
Region X: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and
Washington.
For this notice of competition, special
consideration may be given to applicant
organizations with physical locations in
the following major metropolitan areas
that may be underserved by existing OTI
Education Centers (the list is in alpha
order, not order of preference):
1. Austin-Round Rock, TX
2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton-Quincy,
MA-NH
3. Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC
4. Cleveland-Elyria, OH
5. Columbus, OH
6. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford,
CT
7. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugarland,
TX
8. Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
9. Jacksonville, FL
10. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
11. Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN
12. Memphis, TN-MS-AR
13. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm
Beach, FL
14. Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis,
WI
15. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington,
MN-WI
16. New Orleans-Metairie, LA
17. Oklahoma City, OK
18. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
19. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
20. Pittsburgh, PA
21. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, ORWA
22. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
23. Richmond, VA
24. Sacramento-Roseville-Arden Arcade,
CA
25. Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport
News, VA-NC
Application Submission Requirements
Submissions that are not in
accordance with the application
submission requirements listed below
will not be considered. The application
must include the following:
(1) Program Summary: The program
summary is a one-to-two page doublespaced abstract that succinctly

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summarizes the applicant organization
and any consortium partners’
background, experience, and
qualifications in occupational safety and
health and training. The program
summary must also provide:
(a) Contact information including the
following:
• The name, address, and phone
number of the lead organization and all
consortium partners. A post office box
will not be accepted.
• The name, title, address, telephone
number, and email address of the
program director who can answer
questions regarding the application.
(b) Information on which OTI
Education Center courses may be
offered and any relevant language or
target audience information.
(2) Program Narrative: The program
narrative must be numbered and not
exceed 30 double-spaced pages.
Attachments will not be included in the
page count.
(3) Applicant Eligibility: In order to be
eligible, each organization must
document the following. Organizations
that do not address the following will
not be given further consideration.
(a) Non-Profit Status: Include
evidence of non-profit status of the lead
organization and each member
organization if applying as a
consortium. A letter from the Internal
Revenue Service, State, or a statement
included in a recent audit report is
preferred. In the absence of these, a
copy of the articles of incorporation
showing the non-profit status will be
accepted.
(b) Authority to Apply: Provide a copy
of the resolution by company president,
Chief Executive Officer, Board of
Directors, Board of Regents, or other
governing body of the organization
approving the submittal of an
application to OSHA to become an OTI
Education Center.
(c) Occupational Safety and Health
Training Experience: Demonstrate
previous experience delivering
occupational safety and health training
to adults.
(d) Status as a Training Organization:
(This applies only to applicants that are
not colleges or universities.) Document
that training or education is a principal
activity of the organization. Through
audit reports, annual reports, or other
documentation, the applicant must
clearly demonstrate that for the last two
calendar years more than 50 percent of
the organization’s funds have been used
for training and education activities and
more than 50 percent of staff resources
have also been used for this purpose.
(e) Curriculum Development: Explain
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developing and updating occupational
safety and health curriculum to meet
learning objectives provided by OSHA.
(f) Training Facilities: Provide detail
regarding classrooms, laboratories, and
testing facilities available. The
organization must have training
facilities that are under their purview.
(g) Training Throughout the OSHA
Region: Provide details regarding the
organization’s ability to provide
standard in-person classroom training
across the OSHA Region in which the
organization is physically located.
Training conducted through videoconferencing and webinars are not
accepted as in-person classroom
training.
(h) Nondiscrimination: Provide copies
of the organization’s nondiscrimination
policies covering staff and students. In
the absence of a written policy, explain
how the organization will ensure that
staff and students are selected without
regard to race, color, religion, national
origin, gender, age, or disability.
Selection Guidelines
OSHA does not have a predetermined
number of organizations to be selected
to act as authorized OTI Education
Centers. The number of organizations
selected will be determined on a
competitive basis using the selection
criteria contained in this
announcement.

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Selection Criteria
Applications that meet the factors
listed in the ‘‘Applicant Eligibility’’
section above will be reviewed by a
technical panel based on the criteria
listed below.
(1) Organizational Commitment (10
Points)
(a) Explicit commitment of company
president, Chief Executive Officer,
Board of Directors, Board of Regents, or
other governing body of the organization
to fully utilize all available
organizational resources necessary to
support a large-scale occupational safety
and health training program.
(b) To fully address this element, the
proposal must:
(i) Include a signed Letter of
Commitment from company president,
Chief Executive Officer, Board of
Directors, Board of Regents, or other
governing body of the organization
detailing how they will support the
initial startup, the short-term viability
and the long-term growth of an OTI
Education Center.
(ii) Clearly state the metrics and
outcomes your organization will use to
formally evaluate and assess the success
of an OTI Education Center program.

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(2) Organizational Experience and
Qualifications (20 Points)
(a) Experience delivering
occupational safety and health training
in the construction, general, and
maritime industries.
(b) Experience training adults.
(c) Ability to deliver required,
elective, and short OTI Education
Center courses; (See Appendix A for a
current list of required, elective and
short OTI Education Center courses).
(d) Provision for a systematic process
for developing and updating
occupational safety and health
curriculum to support learning
objectives provided by OSHA.
(e) Resources for supporting a largescale occupational safety and health
training program, such as appropriate
management, instructional staff, and
administrative staff to fulfill all program
requirements including marketing,
registration, student training materials,
instruction, reporting, and Outreach
card administration.
(f) To fully address this element, the
proposal must:
(i) Describe experience delivering
occupational safety and health training
including the number of classes offered,
number of students taught in each class,
and number of student contact hours for
each course during the last three
calendar years.
(ii) Include copies of catalogs and
other marketing materials that provide
descriptive material about occupational
safety and health training courses.
(iii) Describe ability to deliver OTI
Education Center courses including
required, elective, and short courses.
Please note the required, elective and
short course offerings are subject to
change. A current list of required,
elective and short courses may be found
at Appendix A. The complete list of
courses and descriptions is available
online at http://www.osha.gov/dte/
edcenters/course_description.html.
(iv) Indicate the number of
occupational safety and health courses
for which your organization has
developed curriculum, including the
title and student contact hours for each
course, within the last three calendar
years.
(v) Indicate the number of instructorled in-person classroom training
occupational safety and health courses
your organization has conducted,
including title, student contact hours,
and number of trainees within the last
three calendar years.
(vi) Describe organization’s process
for evaluating course content as it
relates to student learning outcomes and
process for reviewing and updating
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(vii) Demonstrate that your
organization is capable of providing inperson classroom training throughout
the OSHA Region in which the lead
organization and consortium partner(s)
are physically located.
(3) Staff Experience and Qualifications
(15 Points)
(a) Staff experience in delivering
training courses to adults in
occupational safety and health in
construction, general industry, and
maritime.
(b) Staff experience in occupational
safety and health subjects including the
application of OSHA standards to the
recognition, avoidance, abatement, and
prevention of workplace hazards.
(c) Professional certifications related
to occupational safety and health held
by staff such as such as Certified Safety
Professional, Professional Engineer, or
Certified Industrial Hygienist.
(d) Staff experience in managing and
administering a training program
including student registration and
enrollment, student communications,
course preparation, records
maintenance, and marketing.
(e) To fully address this element, the
proposal must:
(i) Include an organizational chart of
the department responsible for training.
Indicate number and titles of staff
positions that will be dedicated to the
OTI Education Center Program along
with the expected annual number of
man-hours that will be allocated to the
Program.
(ii) Describe staff knowledge of and
experience with OSHA standards and
their application to hazard recognition
and hazard abatement.
(iii) Describe organization’s process
for evaluating instructors’ effectiveness
in the classroom. Provide copies of
evaluation measures, checklists, and
forms used to evaluate instructors.
(iv) Include resumes for instructors
responsible for conducting OSHA
courses and current staff. Provide
position descriptions for positions to be
filled.
(4) Location and Training Facilities (10
Points)
(a) Ability to conduct standard
classroom instruction training in
multiple locations within the OSHA
Region.
(b) Classroom facilities available for
presentation of the courses, including
room capacity, availability of
audiovisual equipment, and appropriate
laboratories and other facilities available
for hands-on exercises.

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(c) Availability of testing center,
evaluation center, or comparable
facility.
(d) Provisions for accessibility for
persons with disabilities.
(e) Accessibility of the training facility
to population centers, including such
factors as distance from a major airport,
transportation from the airport to hotels,
and distance from the interstate system.
(f) Availability and affordability of
lodging and accommodations, food
service, and restaurants available both
in the area in which the classes will be
held and in the area where the hotels
are located. Lodging rates are based on
GSA per diem rates located at https://
www.gsa.gov/perdiem.
(g) Availability of local transportation,
including how students will be
transported between the hotels and
classes using hotel shuttles, public
transportation, or other means.
(h) To fully address this element, the
proposal must:
(i) Describe the accessibility of the
training facility for students within local
commuting area.
(ii) Clearly identify that your
organization has classrooms,
laboratories, and testing facilities
available. Training facilities must be
under the direct control of the
applicant. Floor plans are encouraged
and may be included as an attachment.
(iii) Include such items as distance
from a major airport, number of airlines
serving the airport, transportation from
the airport to hotels, and distance from
the interstate system.
(iv) Provide a representative listing of
hotels available for student
accommodation and give sample room
rates. Explain how students will be
transported between the hotels and
classes. Describe the food service and
restaurants available both in the area in
which the classes will be held and in
the area where the hotels are located.
(v) Describe the organization’s ability
and plan to provide off-site host-site
training within their respective Region
including procedures to assure that
classroom facilities and
accommodations are adequate. Off-site
training includes the ability to conduct
courses at sites other than your own
facility and in other states and U.S.
territories within your OSHA region.
Host-site training organizations must be
non-profit organizations and proof of
non-profit status is required.
(5) Marketing (15 Points)
(a) Experience in marketing training
to adults.
(b) Ability to effectively market
occupational safety and health training
programs.

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(c) Utilization of various media to
support marketing efforts.
(d) Ability to solicit and deliver
training on a contract basis.
(e) Resources sufficient to support
participation in national industry
conferences in order to market training
programs.
(f) To fully address this element, the
proposal must:
(i) Explain the procedures for
marketing your organization’s training
courses and recruiting adult learners.
(ii) Include examples of current
course marketing materials such as
catalogs, flyers, brochures, emails, Web
site urls and screen shots, postcards, use
of social media, and any other
associated relevant materials.
(iii) Explain how your organization
will promote its status as an OTI
Education Center.
(iv) Describe your organization’s
experience in exhibiting at conferences
and trade shows.
(6) Administrative Capabilities (20
Points)
(a) Ability to administer a large-scale
occupational safety and health training
program, including clerical and support
staff, and customer service capabilities,
to fulfill all program requirements and
meet customer needs.
(b) Ability to administer the Outreach
Training Program, including processing
card requests for Outreach trainers and
conducting Outreach monitoring
activities such as record audits and
training observations.
(c) Ability to compile and submit
reports and other training data.
(d) Applicants must be capable of
providing mandatory reports consistent
with current OSHA requirements,
including the capability to submit
reports in Excel format on a template
provided by OSHA/DTE. Please note,
OSHA periodically revises reporting
requirements.
(e) Ability to respond to inquiries
from OSHA and the public.
(f) Ability to manage student records.
(g) To fully address this element, the
proposal must:
(i) Describe registration procedures
including provisions for course
cancellation, furnishing students with
course materials, verifying course
prerequisites are met in advance of
registration, and tuition or fee collection
processes.
(ii) Describe capabilities to process
and issue course completion documents
to students and collect related fees.
(iii) Describe personnel and resources
available to conduct Outreach
monitoring activities, including record
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(iv) Include information about
organization’s record retention policy,
ability to issue replacement course
completion documents, and collect
related fees. Please note OSHA requires
records to be maintained for a minimum
of five years. OTI Education Centers
may establish a longer retention policy.
(v) Explain what procedures will be
implemented for reporting to OSHA/
DTE.
(vi) Provide specific details regarding
the organization’s full-time customer
service staff, capabilities, and/or
planned approach for responding to
questions from students; handling
questions and concerns related to
occupational safety and health;
resolving problems associated with a
course, whether received via student
satisfaction surveys or direct
communication from a student; and
issuing replacement course completion
certificates in a timely manner,
including verification of student
identity and training completion.
(vii) Provide a copy of the
organization’s tuition and fee schedule;
explain how tuition or fees will be
computed for each OTI Education
Center numbered course, referencing the
organization’s tuition and fee schedule;
and describe tuition and fee procedures
including provisions for the collection
of tuition, cancellation fees, and issuing
refunds.
(7) Evaluation (10 Points)
OSHA utilizes Kirkpatrick’s Levels of
Evaluation as described below. Each
OTI Education Center is responsible for
collecting and submitting student
surveys.
Satisfaction Survey (Level I
Evaluation) to Measure Reaction: Each
student must receive a satisfaction
survey to assess the students’ reactions
and perceptions of the quality of the
training.
Testing (Level II Evaluation) to
Measure Learning: Learning assessments
measure the skills and knowledge that
the trainee retains as a result of the
training. Testing is mandatory at the end
of many courses.
Follow-up Impact Survey (Level III
Evaluation) to Measure Results: Each
applicant must have the capability of
issuing a follow-up impact survey to
assess the effectiveness of the training
after an elapsed time period (e.g., 6months) using survey questions
provided by OSHA.
(a) Ability to administer student
surveys in a classroom setting.
(b) Ability to administer exams and
ensure test integrity.

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(c) Ability to assess the effectiveness
of the training after an elapsed time
period using a follow-up impact survey.
(d) Ability to summarize and report
evaluation results.
(e) To fully address this element, the
proposal must:
(i) Describe the organization’s
experience in conducting evaluation of
training programs.
(ii) Describe organization’s experience
in administering student surveys.
Provide examples of student surveys
presently in use.
(iii) Describe organization’s
experience in administering classroom
exams and the process for ensuring test
integrity.
(iv) Describe organization’s
experience conducting follow-up
evaluations that measure behavior and/
or results.
Consortia and Partnerships
Applicants may join with one or more
other non-profit organizations in their
Region to apply as a consortium. A
training or education institution may
elect to apply for this program in
partnership with a safety and health
organization that is not primarily a
training organization. For example, a
university could enter into an agreement
with a labor union that provides for the
use of university classrooms and faculty
supplemented by union safety and
health professionals. All consortium
partners must be physically located in
the same OSHA region. Partners must
designate a lead organization that will
be responsible for program reporting
and Outreach Training Program
administration including Outreach card
distribution.
Funding Provisions
OSHA provides no funding to OTI
Education Centers. OTI Education
Centers Program participants are
expected to support their training
through their normal tuition and fee
structures.

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Cooperative Agreement Duration
Selected applicants will sign five-year
non-financial cooperative agreements
with OSHA. Such an agreement may be
renewed without additional competition
for just one additional five-year period,
provided that: (1) OSHA found the OTI
Education Center’s performance during
the cooperative agreement to be
satisfactory; and (2) the OTI Education
Center has not altered its existing
membership of constituent
organizations (i.e., the member
organizations that comprise its
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The agency reserves the right to
revoke the authorization of an OTI
Education Center. Either party may
terminate the cooperative agreement
with advance written notice, provided
both parties continue to meet all
obligations of the agreement for the
duration of the advance notice period.
Proposal Conference
A proposal conference will be held to
provide potential applicants with
information about the OTI Education
Centers Program. The conference will
also clarify OSHA expectations for OTI
Education Centers, courses and methods
of instruction, as well as administrative
and program requirements for OTI
Education Centers and the OSHA
Outreach Training Program. Attendance
at the proposal conference is not
mandatory, but applicants are strongly
encouraged to attend.
The proposal conference is scheduled
for May 17, 2017, at the OSHA
Directorate of Training and Education,
2020 S. Arlington Heights Rd.,
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005–4102.
It is required for all attendees to
register for this proposal conference.
Applicants interested in attending this
conference must register through the
following link: https://
reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_
page.aspx?ek=0019-0016075F22DDCF7C46E184
41F0ACF45847A0. Required registration
information includes:
(1) Name and street address of the
organization;
(2) Name, title, telephone number,
and email address of the attendees
Registration information must be
submitted no later than June 30, 2017.
Application Submission
Applications must be submitted to the
attention of James Brock, Program
Manager, Office of Training Programs
and Administration, OSHA Directorate
of Training and Education, 2020 S.
Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington
Heights, Illinois 60005–4102.
The submission is to consist of three
copies of the application. Applications
may be bound. The program narrative
must not exceed 30 double-spaced
pages. Attachments will not be included
in the page count. Applications must be
double-spaced, in 12-point font, with all
pages numbered, including attachments.
Attachments must only include
essential documents that are relevant to
this program.
Application Deadline
Applications must be received by the
OSHA Directorate of Training and
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Central Time, on June 30, 2017.
Requests for extension to this
application deadline will not be
granted.
Application Evaluation and Selection
Process
Applications will be reviewed by
technical panels comprised of OSHA
staff. The technical panels will review
applications based on criteria listed in
this notice to determine which
applicants best meet the stated
requirements. As part of the evaluation
and selection process, OSHA may
request additional information from
applicants. This may include written
requests for clarification, phone or inperson interviews, access to existing
programs, and on-site visits of applicant
facilities. OSHA will attempt to select
qualified applicants who have the
ability to provide training throughout
their region based on program needs.
The panels’ recommendations to the
Assistant Secretary are advisory in
nature. The final decision will be made
by the Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
Notification of Selection
Applicants will be notified by a
representative of the Assistant Secretary
of Labor for Occupational Safety and
Health if their organization is selected
as an OSHA Training Institute
Education Center. Applicants selected
to be OSHA Training Institute
Education Centers must attend a
mandatory orientation meeting at the
Directorate of Training and Education in
Arlington Heights, Illinois at a time and
date to be provided after selection.
An organization may not deliver
OSHA Training Institute Education
Center courses until the program has
been authorized, the organization has
signed a non-financial cooperative
agreement with OSHA, and the
organization has participated in the
orientation meeting.
Freedom of Information Act
Information submitted in the
respondent’s application is not
considered confidential. Organization’s
application data may be releasable
under the Freedom of Information Act.
Paperwork Reduction Act
Interested parties must submit an
application as discussed under section
‘‘Application Submission
Requirements.’’ According to the
Paperwork Reduction Act, an Agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and no
persons are required to respond to, a
collection of information unless such
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number. The application provides to
OSHA basic information about the
applicant organization and application.
Information will be used to evaluate the
qualifications of the applicants, and
their ability to serve the regional
population and to determine ability to
conduct OSHA courses for private
sector personnel and federal personnel
from agencies other than OSHA; and, to
evaluate the applicant organization’s
competence to provide the proposed
training (including the qualifications of
the personnel to manage and implement
the training). OSHA estimates employer
burden for the completion of this
application is sixty hours per
application. These estimates include the
time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources,
gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and, completing and reviewing
the collection of information.
The application was previously
reviewed and approved for use by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13). The assigned OMB control
number is 1218–0262.
Transparency
The Department of Labor is
committed to conducting a transparent
selection process and publicizing
information about program outcomes.
Applications or abstracts may be posted
on public Web sites as a means of
promoting and sharing innovative ideas.
Notification of Non-Selection
Applicants will be notified in writing
if their organization is not selected to be
an OSHA Training Institute Education
Center.
Non-Selection Appeal
All decisions by the Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health are final. The
Department of Labor does not provide
an appeal procedure for applicants that
are not selected.

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Authority and Signature
Section 21 of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 670)
Signed at Washington, DC, on April 24,
2017.
Dorothy Dougherty,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.

Appendix A—Current List of Required,
Elective and Short Courses 1
(1) Present OTI Courses:
1 Subject to change based on Agency initiatives,
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(a) FY 2017 rating criterion is 95 courses
conducted annually with a minimum of
four in-person courses per month.
(b) Present all OTI Courses as follows:
(i) OTI Education Centers are required to
present the following ten courses
annually:
(1) #500 Trainer Course in Occupational
Safety and Health Standards for the
Construction Industry
(2) #501 Trainer Course in Occupational
Safety and Health Standards for General
Industry
(3) #502 Update for Construction Industry
Outreach Trainers
(4) #503 Update for General Industry
Outreach Trainers
(5) #510 Occupational Safety and Health
Standards for the Construction Industry
(6) #511 Occupational Safety and Health
Standards for General Industry
(7) #3095 Electrical Standards
(8) #3115 Fall Protection
(9) #7500 Introduction to Safety and Health
Management
(10) #7845 Recordkeeping Rule Seminar
(ii) OTI Education Centers are required to
present at least five of the following
elective courses annually:
(1) #521 OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene
(2) #2015 Hazardous Materials
(3) #2045 Machinery and Machine
Guarding Standards
(4) #2055 Cranes in Construction
(5) #2225 Respiratory Protection
(6) #2255 Principles of Ergonomics
(7) #2264 Permit-Required Confined Space
Entry
(8) #3015 Excavation, Trenching, and Soil
Mechanics
(9) #3085 Principles of Scaffolding
(10) #5029 Cal/OSHA Update for
Construction Industry Outreach Trainers
(11) #5039 Cal/OSHA Update for General
Industry Outreach Trainers
(12) #5109 Cal/OSHA Standards for the
Construction Industry
(13) #5119 Cal/OSHA Standards for
General Industry
(14) #5400 Trainer Course in Occupational
Safety and Health for the Maritime
Industry
(15) #5402 Update for Maritime Industry
Outreach Trainers
(16) #5410 Occupational Safety and Health
Standards for the Maritime Industry
(17) #5600 Disaster Site Worker Trainer
Course
(18) #5602 Update for Disaster Site Worker
Trainers
(19) #5810 Hazard Recognition and
Standards for On Shore Oil and Gas
Exploration and Production
(20) #6000 Collateral Duty Course for Other
Federal Agencies
(21) #6010 Occupational Safety and Health
Course for Other Federal Agencies
(iii) OTI Education Centers are required to
present at least three of the following
short courses annually:
(1) #7000 OSHA Training Guidelines for
Safe Patient Handling
(2) #7005 Public Warehousing and Storage
(3) #7100 Introduction to Machinery and
Machine Safeguarding
(4) #7105 Introduction to Evacuation and
Emergency Planning

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(5) #7110 Introduction to Safe Bolting:
Principles and Practices
(6) #7115 Lockout/Tagout
(7) #7120 Introduction to Combustible Dust
Hazards
(8) #7125 Seminar on Combustible Dust
Hazards
(9) #7200 Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure
Control for Healthcare Facilities
(10) #7205 Health Hazard Awareness
(11) #7210 Pandemic Influenza Workplace
Preparedness
(12) #7225 Transitioning to Safer
Chemicals
(13) #7300 Understanding OSHA’s PermitRequired Confined Space Standard
(14) #7400 Noise in the Construction
Industry
(15) #7405 Fall Hazard Awareness for the
Construction Industry
(16) #7410 Managing Excavation Hazards
(17) #7415 OSHA Construction Industry
Requirements (Major Hazards and
Prevention Strategies)
(18) #7505 Introduction to Incident
(Accident) Investigation
(19) #7510 Introduction to OSHA for Small
Business
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