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Frequently Asked Questions

OSHA 10 and 30. ICRA. Bulk pricing. Certificate verification. The Foundation 50 Charter. Plain answers, written by people who run the standards.

Quick Answer. Granite Safety teaches the 10-Hour and 30-Hour curricula to OSHA Outreach standards; federal Outreach card issuance is on the platform launch roadmap. Federal Outreach cards (when issued by an OSHA-authorized trainer) are recognized in all 50 U.S. states and valid five years. Cal/OSHA, NY, NV, and MA carry state-plan add-ons we flag at enrollment. Granite Safety course-completion certificates are publicly verifiable by URL — no PDF chase. The Foundation 50 Charter locks 30% off Year One for life. Nothing is paid today.

Quick Answers — table of contents

Osha basics

Certifications

Platform features

Charter program

Billing and bulk

Healthcare icra

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  <h2 class="faq-category__head">Osha basics</h2>
  
    <details class="faq-item" id="osha-10-30-difference">
      <summary><h3>What's the difference between the OSHA 10-Hour and OSHA 30-Hour curricula?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>The OSHA 10-Hour curriculum is a 10-hour orientation for entry-level workers. The OSHA 30-Hour curriculum is a 30-hour course aimed at supervisors, foremen, and safety leads who carry decision-making responsibility on the site.</p>

Both are defined under OSHA’s voluntary Outreach Training Program. Many states, project owners, and general contractors require one or the other for site access — 10-Hour for the crew, 30-Hour for whoever is running them. Granite Safety teaches both curricula to OSHA Outreach standards. See the 10-Hour Construction Safety and 30-Hour Construction Safety course pages for enrollment details.

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    <details class="faq-item" id="osha-card-lifespan">
      <summary><h3>How long are OSHA 10-Hour and 30-Hour Outreach cards valid?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>Federal OSHA Outreach cards (10-Hour and 30-Hour, Construction or General Industry) issued by OSHA-authorized trainers are valid for five years from the date of issue under OSHA’s program rules. Some states and employers require refresher training before the five-year mark — check your state plan and your owner-contractor agreement.</p>

A note on Granite Safety today: federal OSHA Outreach card issuance is on the platform launch roadmap. Current students complete training built to OSHA Outreach standards and receive a verifiable course-completion certificate.

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    <details class="faq-item" id="who-teaches">
      <summary><h3>Who actually teaches the courses?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>Joe Henricks (OSHA 500 trainer, CICTI instructor, 2025 ASSP Safety Professional of the Year) and Fred Wilton (BCSP Certified Safety Professional). Joe is currently supervising safety on the Las Vegas Ballpark and SoFi Stadium. The training is written and reviewed by people who are running active U.S. job sites this week — not freelance course writers reading the standard for the first time.</p>

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    <details class="faq-item" id="osha-10-enough">
      <summary><h3>Is OSHA 10 enough for a construction site?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>OSHA 10 covers the entry-level orientation a worker needs on most U.S. construction sites. It is not enough on its own for supervisors, foremen, or anyone with safety-decision authority — those roles typically need OSHA 30 plus job-specific competent-person training (fall protection, scaffold, confined space, etc.). It’s also not a substitute for the site-specific orientation an owner or GC requires before granting site access.</p>

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  <h2 class="faq-category__head">Certifications</h2>
  
    <details class="faq-item" id="osha-card-state-validity">
      <summary><h3>Are Granite Safety courses recognized in my state?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>Granite Safety delivers safety training built to OSHA Outreach 10-Hour and 30-Hour standards. <strong>Federal OSHA Outreach card issuance is on the platform launch roadmap</strong>; current students receive a verifiable course-completion certificate. Joe Henricks personally holds OSHA 500 Authorized Trainer credentials.</p>

A few states layer additional rules on top of the federal Outreach program — Cal/OSHA, New York City SST, Nevada, and Massachusetts each carry state-plan add-ons. We flag those at enrollment.

If your state requires a federally-issued Outreach card today, tell us straight at enrollment and we’ll point you to the right path. We don’t sell training that won’t get accepted on the site you actually work on.

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    <details class="faq-item" id="failed-final-assessment">
      <summary><h3>What if I fail the final assessment on a course?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>You can retake the assessment. The 10-Hour and 30-Hour curricula require a passing score on the module quizzes and the final assessment to issue a course-completion certificate. If you don’t pass on the first attempt, the system shows you which topic areas you missed, lets you re-study those modules, and re-tests you. No additional fee for the retake within the course enrollment window.</p>

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    <details class="faq-item" id="assp-safety-professional-of-year">
      <summary><h3>What is the 2025 ASSP Safety Professional of the Year award?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) recognizes outstanding contributors to occupational safety through annual awards at the chapter, region, and practice-specialty level. Joe Henricks holds the 2025 Safety Professional of the Year recognition.</p>

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    <details class="faq-item" id="bcsp-csp-credential">
      <summary><h3>What is the BCSP Certified Safety Professional (CSP) credential?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>The CSP is the Board of Certified Safety Professionals’ flagship credential — widely treated as the gold standard for occupational safety professionals in the United States. It requires a qualifying degree, professional safety experience, a separate prerequisite credential, and passing a board examination. Fred Wilton holds the CSP. See <a href="https://www.bcsp.org/CSP">BCSP’s CSP page</a> for full requirements.</p>

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    <details class="faq-item" id="states-of-operation">
      <summary><h3>Which states do you serve?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>All 50 U.S. states. Federal OSHA Outreach training is recognized across the country, and our curriculum is built to those standards. We flag any state-specific add-ons (Cal/OSHA, NY, NV, MA) at enrollment so you don’t end up with a certificate that won’t get accepted on the site you actually work on.</p>

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  <h2 class="faq-category__head">Platform features</h2>
  
    <details class="faq-item" id="certificates-verifiable">
      <summary><h3>Are Granite Safety course-completion certificates verifiable?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>Yes. Every certificate issued through Granite Safety carries a public verification URL printed on the certificate itself. An owner, GC, or inspector enters the certificate ID and gets the issued-to name, the course, the issue date, and the instructor in one click. No emailing PDFs back and forth. No “where’s the card” trade chase.</p>

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    <details class="faq-item" id="platform-device-support">
      <summary><h3>What devices does the Granite Safety platform run on?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>The platform runs in the browser — desktop, laptop, tablet, and phone. Crews can take a course on whatever’s in their pocket at the trailer. No native app required. No IT install across a workforce that turns over every quarter. Works on any modern browser (Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox) on any operating system from the last few years.</p>

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    <details class="faq-item" id="white-label-consultants">
      <summary><h3>Can a safety consultant white-label the Granite Safety platform?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>A white-label / partner program is on the roadmap and is one of the questions our Foundation 50 Charter Members get to vote on. If you’re a consultant or training company who wants to deliver Granite Safety courses under your own brand, <a href="/#interest-form">tell us through the interest form</a> and we’ll bring you into that conversation early.</p>

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    <details class="faq-item" id="incident-to-training">
      <summary><h3>How does the Incident-to-Training Loop work?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>When a foreman logs a near-miss or recordable event in the field, the platform suggests the exact retraining modules to assign — by topic, by crew, by individual. It’s how regulators expect your safety program to behave: incident → root cause → corrective training → documentation. Most LMS products in this space stop at “here’s a course catalog.” Ours closes the loop.</p>

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    <details class="faq-item" id="knowledge-gap-engine">
      <summary><h3>What is the Knowledge-Gap Engine?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>AI that watches how each crew member answers across courses and refreshers. It flags weak topics — by individual and by crew — before recertification, before an inspection, and before the incident those gaps usually predict. Use it to focus a 15-minute toolbox talk on the one topic your crew is actually weak on this week.</p>

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    <details class="faq-item" id="toolbox-talks-on-demand">
      <summary><h3>Can I generate site-specific toolbox talks?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>Yes. Toolbox Talks On Demand generates an OSHA-aligned talk in seconds based on your project, your hazards, your equipment, and recent incidents on your own crew. Output is the script the foreman reads at the trailer plus a one-page handout. Built specifically because every competitor we know of ships generic, undated, copy-paste toolbox PDFs.</p>

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    <details class="faq-item" id="data-and-recordkeeping">
      <summary><h3>Where does our crew's training data live?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>Inside your Granite Safety account. You can export training records, pull individual transcripts, and generate audit-ready reports on demand. We don’t sell training data, and we don’t lock you out of your own records.</p>

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  <h2 class="faq-category__head">Charter program</h2>
  
    <details class="faq-item" id="foundation-50-how-it-works">
      <summary><h3>How does the Foundation 50 charter program work?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>Foundation 50 is the first fifty signups to lock in Granite Safety before public launch. Charter Members get:</p>
  1. 30% off Year One platform access — locked at the Charter rate forever.
  2. Beta access — start using the platform 60 days early.
  3. 30-minute strategy call with Joe Henricks (2025 ASSP Safety Professional of the Year).
  4. Charter Member badge on every certificate your crews earn.
  5. Roadmap influence — first vote on what we ship next.

Nothing is paid today. The Charter rate locks when you submit the interest form. Cancel before launch with no obligation.

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    <details class="faq-item" id="individual-charter-signup">
      <summary><h3>Can an individual sign up, or is Foundation 50 only for crews?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>Individuals can sign up. Foundation 50 isn’t crew-only — independent safety consultants, foremen running their own books, single-seat learners pursuing OSHA Outreach training, and self-employed contractors are all welcome to claim a Charter seat. Each signup counts as one of the fifty.</p>

On the interest form, enter your name in place of “company” and put “Independent” or your trade in the company-size field. The 30-minute strategy call with Joe Henricks adapts — for individuals it becomes a personal compliance and career-track conversation, not a crew audit.

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    <details class="faq-item" id="charter-no-payment-today">
      <summary><h3>Do I pay anything today to lock in Foundation 50?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>No. The Charter rate locks when you submit the interest form. You only pay when the platform goes live for you, and only for the seats your crew actually uses. Cancel before launch with no obligation.</p>

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  <h2 class="faq-category__head">Billing and bulk</h2>
  
    <details class="faq-item" id="bulk-pricing-50-plus">
      <summary><h3>Is bulk pricing available for crews of 50+?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>Yes. Once you’re past 50 seats, we move you to crew pricing — published discount tiers tied to seat count and term commitment, not negotiated behind a sales rep. For Foundation 50 Charter Members, the 30% Year One discount stacks with crew tiers.</p>

Talk to us through the interest form and we’ll send a real number, not a “starting at” range.

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    <details class="faq-item" id="refund-policy">
      <summary><h3>What is your refund policy?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>For self-paced courses, we offer a full refund within 7 days of purchase so long as the course final assessment has not been submitted and a card has not been issued. Bulk crew enrollments and Charter Member commitments follow the terms set in the order document. No surprises, no fine-print traps.</p>

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  <h2 class="faq-category__head">Healthcare icra</h2>
  
    <details class="faq-item" id="icra-training-availability">
      <summary><h3>Do you offer ICRA training for hospital construction?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>Yes. We offer <a href="/courses/icra-2-healthcare-construction/">ICRA 2.0 — Healthcare Construction Infection Control</a>, delivered to the curriculum standards used in active healthcare environments. Joe Henricks is a CICTI instructor — he’s run this training on live hospital builds.</p>

The course covers containment, negative-pressure barriers, HEPA filtration, traffic control, and the protocols that keep immunocompromised patients safe during active construction.

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    <details class="faq-item" id="cicti-icra-instructor">
      <summary><h3>What is a CICTI instructor and why does it matter for ICRA?</h3></summary>
      <div class="faq-item__body"><p>CICTI (Carpenters International Construction Training Institute) is the body behind the ICRA 2.0 curriculum used to train construction crews working in active healthcare environments. A CICTI instructor is authorized to deliver the program. Joe Henricks holds the authorization, which means our <a href="/courses/icra-2-healthcare-construction/">ICRA 2.0 course</a> is delivered by an instructor who actually teaches the program.</p>

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