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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 April!

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Employee Assistance Program

The stressors of life and work can be overwhelming, and finding support for coping with these challenges can be difficult. For assistance, as an enrolled health plan member under the State Health Benefits program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides the necessary resources needed to help with reducing stress and living with a mental health issue. Learn more about EAP...

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Upcoming Events and Activities

  • April 2025 Financial Wellness Program

  • Letters Of Interpretation, So That Is What That Means?

    Ever read an OSHA standard only to become more confused than before you read the standard? Most of us have. OSHA has a solution to this confusion. And it is in the form of "Letters of Interpretation.," Anyone who is covered by OSHA standards may submit a letter to OSHA requesting clarification on a given standard. This course will teach the participant where to find, use, and submit questions to OSHA. This course will also cover 29 CFR 1910.6, Incorporated by Reference, and how this standard affects compliance within your agency.

  • Powered Industrial Trucks: Train The Trainer

    This half-day course covers the classroom portion of powered industrial truck training for people who will be required to train agency employees to operate powered industrial trucks. The class focuses on OSHA requirements and technical knowledge required for forklift training.

  • Accident Investigations

    This course is designed to help agency representatives conduct thorough accident investigations and appropriately document the results. We will cover the basic analysis of accident data contained in the OSHA 300 log and the Employers' Accident Report. Topics include: types of accidents, when and how to conduct an audit, interviewing techniques, methods of data analysis (including trend analysis), lost workday index, and accident rates.

  • Safety Responsibilities For Managers And Supervisors

    OSHA recognizes that successful safety systems have management’s support. This support not only comes in the form of financial funding but more important, by taking an active role in the safety program. This course will give the participants strategies and techniques to ensure their safety programs are constantly improving. It will also review best practices for personnel in management or supervisory positions about how they can help the lead the safety effort in their agency or at their facility.

  • Health Benefits Open Enrollment has changed to May 16- May 30, 2025

    The Department of Human Resource Management (DHRM), Office of Health Benefits (OHB) 2025-2026 Open Enrollment for health benefits and flexible spending accounts (FSAs) will be May 16 – May 30, 2025.

  • Conducting Hazard Assessments

    OSHA/VOSH requires hazard assessments for all job positions to determine if personal protective equipment should be used and to determine what type of protective equipment employees need. This class will provide in-depth training on hazard assessments for determining the need for and the proper selection of personal protective equipment.

  • What To Look For During A Safety Inspection

    Safety inspections and observations are a cornerstone of a good safety program. They help to identify potential hazards and help the person doing the inspections to gain the trust of management and other employees. The class covers the types of safety inspections and the information that is required by regulatory agencies. Course handouts will include templates that may be used to design a site-specific inspection checklist.

  • Identifying and Correcting Workplace Hazards

    This course is designed to help participants identify hazards in the workplace and take necessary steps to correct the hazards through the use of tools such as Job Safety Analysis and accident investigation.

  • Seven Steps To Effective Training

    One of the most important and required core principles of a safety system is training. Unfortunately, many agencies either do not conduct or cannot conduct this training. If training is conducted it is often given by someone with minimum experience in teaching. This presentation is designed to help agency safety instructor’s present courses that employees will have fun and engage in. Appropriate handouts will be given for use after the course to help participants design state of the art training sessions.