What are the timer rules for OSHA training?

The timer tracks two OSHA rules:

• A learner may complete up to 7.5 hours of training in a calendar day. A calendar day is based on the learner’s time zone in the LMS and begins at midnight.
• After 7.5 hours are accrued within any consecutive 16-hour period, the learner must take an 8-hour break before continuing.

The second rule explains why your remaining training time may change during the day. For example, if you worked on training late the previous day, you may have already reached 7.5 hours within the most recent 16-hour period and may need to wait before restarting.

In other cases, you may be able to resume training after the required break but may not immediately see the full 7.5 hours available. When this happens, time is added back throughout the day so that, by the end of the calendar day, you still have access to the allowed 7.5 hours.

The system keeps track of the time you spend in training. Throughout an OSHA presentation, you can easily see how much time you have left in the bottom right corner of the screen, where the following message displays: OSHA regulations allow 7.5 hours of training in a 24-hour period. You have 07:19:12 available. This message is continuously updated to reflect the correct amount of available time.

Thirty seconds before the 7.5-hour limit is reached, the message in the bottom right corner displays in red font.

When you reach the 7.5 hour limit, the system stops your training, displays the message shown below, and bookmarks your stopping point so that you can easily return to the same place when you resume training. You are not allowed to resume training until 24 hours have passed from the time you started your 7.5 hours of training. This message displays again if you attempt to resume training before the appropriate period of time has passed. This message is updated to reflect the correct amount of time remaining before you are permitted to resume training.

To help maximize your allowed training time each day, pause your training, close all training windows, and log out of the site if you will be away for more than a minute. If you pause but leave the training window open, the timer may continue to run. When you are finished for the day, close all training windows and log out of the site. Simply closing a laptop lid may not disconnect the session, which can cause additional time to accrue.