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Featured Programs and Highlights

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2025 Internships

Are you a student eager to gain valuable experience with the Commonwealth? The COVA Internship Connection is excited to announce the launch of Summer 2025 Internship opportunities! Don’t miss out—visit the Virginia Jobs and COVA Internship Connection websites today. Learn more.

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Financial Wellness

The Employee Financial Wellness Program provides resources to help state employees achieve financial independence. Make sure your financial wellness is a priority. Check out the financial education offerings and resources for January!

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Employee Health and Wellness Benefits

Learn more about the employee benefits available to help you make progress towards your health and wellness goals. Many of these benefits are available at NO ADDITIONAL COST to you—and some even offer a financial incentive or reward! Learn more...

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Upcoming Events and Activities

  • January 2025 Financial Wellness Program

  • SEASONAL SAFETY

    This course is designed to give the participants useful information concerning potential hazards to avoid while working outdoors and indoors in each of the four seasons.

  • HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD WITH UPDATES

    This class is designed to educate participants on the OSHA/VOSH Hazard Communication Standard. The material covered in this presentation comes from the current 29 CFR 1910.1200 standards and includes the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The presentation also includes information on 29 CFR 1910.1450, Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories.

  • DHRM – OWC - WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STANDARDS ARE NOT FOLLOWED?! INJURIES FOLLOW

    This course covers the ten most commonly violated standards in General Industry and discusses the injury types/patterns that workers experience when safe work practices and OSHA/VOSH standards are not enforced. This course covers both management and employee responsibilities. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA/VOSH) Weekly Fatality Report will be addressed and used as a reference to enforce the seriousness of the failure by not following safe work practices and required standards.

  • Hazard Communication, The Right To know

    This class is designed to educate participants on the OSHA/VOSH Hazard Communication Standard. The material covered in this presentation comes from the current 29 CFR 1910.1200 standards and includes the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The presentation also includes information on 29 CFR 1910.1450, Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories

  • What Happens when Standards are Not Followed? Injuries Follow!

    This course covers the ten most common violated standards in General Industry and discusses the injury types/patterns that workers experience when safe work practices and OSHA/VOSH standards are not enforced. This course covers both management and employee responsibilities. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA/VOSH) Weekly Fatality Report will be addressed and used as a reference to enforce the seriousness of the failure of not following safe work practices and required standards.

  • THE ULTIMATE BUCKET LIST: AERIAL LIFT AND BUCKET TRUCK

    Does your agency have a bucket truck or aerial lift? Do you have questions related to fall protection when using it? Then this class is for you!!! This program will answer all those questions and more. Learn everything that is required when working on, around, and near this equipment.

  • MOBILE ELEVATED WORK PLATFORMS (MEWPS), A92, BEYOND OSHA

    This comprehensive presentation, based on the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), ANSI/SAIA A92.20, ANSI/SAIA A92.22, and ANSI/ASIA.24, will leave no stone unturned. It will thoroughly address all specific requirements for the application, inspection, training, maintenance, repair, safe operation, and training requirements of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPS).

  • FALL PROTECTION – DON’T LET WORKING FROM HEIGHTS GET YOU DOWN

    Falls continue to be a leading cause of employee injuries for the Commonwealth. A significant category of these claims involves falls from ladders, platforms and scaffolds. This four-part course covers the requirements of the OSHA/VOSH Fall Protection Standard, including employer responsibilities, fall protection for employees working at heights on ladders, scaffolds, manlifts and roofs, inspection procedures and training requirements.

  • SELLING THE SAFETY INVESTMENT

    Management has to identify priorities depending on their mission and the financial situation of the agency. Most management decisions are based on the financial position of the agency. Limited funding may be available, and the safety officer must be able to compete for his/her share. To compete for these dollars, the safety officer should be able to speak to management in financial terms and prioritize needs that provide the most benefit for the least amount of economic impact. This course will give the participants strategies that will help raise awareness of the economic benefit of supporting a strong safety effort.

  • ANSI Z10 INTEGRATING SAFETY INTO BUSINESS

    This training class will provide an overview of the provisions of the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) Z-10-2005 standard and provide helpful tips on how an agency can assess their current compliance level and then measure progress as they work toward full compliance. ANSI Z10 principles are compatible with standards such as International Standards Organization (ISO) and they provide organizations with an effective tool for continual improvement of their workplace safety and health systems.

  • ART AND SCIENCE OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

    This program covers the basics of Industrial Hygiene (IH) with class discussion centering on identification, evaluation, and control of potential exposures including fly ash from power plants, lead paint, asbestos, and indoor air quality.