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Workplace Safety and De-escalation training
Workplace Safety and De-escalation training
Date: June 18, 2026
Time: 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Akillian Gallery, Massasoit Community College, 900 Randolph St, Canton, MA 02021
Description: The Workplace Safety and De-Escalation training is an instructor-led course designed to equip participants with the knowledge, tools, and practical techniques needed to stay safe in a variety of settings beyond the traditional workplace. The course emphasizes proactive safety planning, environmental awareness, and risk assessment strategies and practical de-escalation skills that can be applied when interacting with potentially agitated individuals, supporting safer and more effective community engagement.
Pre-requisite: There is an online training component that must be taken before the instructor led training. After you register, within a week, you will receive the invitation to take the online portion on your own. A reminder, that the online portion must be taken before the classroom portion.
Priority will be given to in the following order:
- Local public health department staff members in departments with MHOA Tobacco MOUS.
- People who have attended an MHOA tobacco training in the last two years.
- People in departments who have tobacco as one of their FY26 PHE workplan.
- Then, it will be opened up to all health department staff.
Contact hours for continuing education: 7.2 CHO/CPH, MA RS, & 6 RS/REHS
