Heat can turn an ordinary workday into a serious health hazard, especially when conditions change or the body has not adjusted. This course explains California heat illness prevention requirements for employees working in outdoor and covered indoor settings, connecting workplace protections with practical decisions about water, shade, acclimatization, reporting, and emergencies. You will finish able to recognize warning signs, use your employer’s written heat plan, understand your rights, and apply first-aid steps while help arrives.
The course covers heat illness signs and risk factors, employer duties for water, shade, cool-down rest, acclimatization, and high-heat procedures. It also addresses indoor heat measurement and controls, symptom reporting, anti-retaliation protection, written heat plans, emergency procedures, and first aid.