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Being an Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer

For Chemical Hygiene Officers in education and industry: eight modules on the habits, judgment and conversations that make people follow a CHO, each ending in a Practice that builds your Effective CHO Playbook.

The habits, judgment and conversations behind the role

A Chemical Hygiene Officer can know every rule and still find that people work around the program. This course is about the person in the role: how you read yourself, the situation and the place; when you speak; how you ask, correct and say no; the habits you keep; how you earn trust; and how you stay effective. It is written for CHOs in schools and districts and in companies and labs, in equal measure.

It is not an operational course. The Lab Safety Institute’s How to Be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer is an operational course that teaches the rules and the plan, and our Chemical Hygiene Officer Certification Pathway covers that ground. Take this course after Chemical Hygiene Officer Leadership, or alongside it.

  • Module 1: Know Yourself
  • Module 2: Read the Situation
  • Module 3: Read the Place
  • Module 4: Speak Early
  • Module 5: Communicate to Be Heard
  • Module 6: Daily and Weekly Habits
  • Module 7: Earn Trust, Make It Safe to Speak Up
  • Module 8: Stay Effective

Each module ends with a Practice in your own building or site, flip cards and a short quiz. The eight Practices build your Effective CHO Playbook, and you rate yourself at the start and the end to see your own change.

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Module Includes

  • 54 Lessons
  • 8 Quizzes
  • Module Certificate