Safety Fest of the Great Northwest Pocatello
2026 will be our 17th Year!
Safety Fest of the Great Northwest Pocatello is an annual training event that offers FREE safety and health training courses to workers, supervisors, and managers of all levels. We offer this benefit to the community to provide safety and health training in an effort to help reduce fatalities, injuries, and illnesses. We focus on keeping this training free so that local small businesses with minimal or non-existent training budgets never have to suffer when it comes to safety training.
Event:
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
May 12-14, 2026
If a class is listed with an (A) or (B) in the title, please enroll in only one. They are the same class scheduled at different times.
After registration, please email cetrain@isu.edu to add/cancel any classes from your schedule.
2026 Topics Include:
Anchored & Aware -- Essentials for Fall Protection
Asbestos Awareness
Asbestos Awareness Class IV Workers
Building Resiliency by using HPI tools (supergrid activity)
Chemicals, Toxins, and the Human Body
Combustible Dust
CPR and First Aid
Effective Communication
Effective PowerPoint Presentation Strategies
Electrical Safety 101: Intro to NFPA 70E
Establishing an OSHA Confined Space
Extreme Ownership
Glove Selections for Chemical and Cuts
Handling Conflict in the Workplace
Having A Safety Program Not Just on Paper but In Practice
HAZWOPER 8-Hour Refresher
Heat and Cold Stress
Holistic Worker Wellness: A Human Performance Approach
Implementing an Effective Respiratory Protection Program
Lockout Tagout Awareness Education
MMH- What can we do different?
Office Ergonomics
OSHA #7100 - Introduction to Machinery and Machine Safeguarding
OSHA #7105 - Evacuation and Emergency Planning
OSHA #7120 - Introduction to Combustible Dust Hazards
OSHA #7215 - Silica in Construction, Maritime, and General Industries
OSHA #7400 - Occupational Noise Exposure Hazards
OSHA #7405 - Fall Hazard Awareness for the Construction Industry
OSHA #7845 - Recordkeeping Rule Seminar
OSHA Introduction
OSHA Case Studies
OSHA Focus Four Summary
Owning the Outcome: Leadership Accountability in Safety
Power of Positive Thinking
Responsible Use of AI-AI in the Workplace: Safety General Use & Operations
Safe digging 101 for Excavators
Safety Leadership on the Jobsite: Principles
SIF Prevention and the Future of Safety Management
Silica Hazards in GI/Construction
Speak Up Without Fear: Creating Psychological Safety at Work
The History and Importance of the Life Safety Code (NFPA-101)
The PASS Advantage Confident Fire Extinguisher Use
Titanic Effects of Culture and Technology; "Understanding the Past in Order to Anticipate the Future of Safety"
Trenching and Excavation Hazard Awareness
Using Human Performance Improvement (HPI) to determine if you are safe. (Introductory)and more!
*New Classes added since registration opening
After registration, please email cetrain@isu.edu to add/cancel any classes from your schedule.
Location
In-person at ISU.
1111 Martin Luther King Jr Way
Pocatello, ID 83209
Parking
Parking around the COT/RFC Building - Lot R-08 - Download Map (PDF)
Who’s Invited to Attend
The Construction, General and Transportation Industries; highway jurisdictions, contractors and construction personnel; any business requiring safety related training. As well as anyone who desires to improve the safety performance of their business/agency.
Cost
$0.00—all sessions are FREE
How to Register
A link will be added to this site. Please visit this page for more details, online registration opens April 10, 2026.
Supporters / Vendors / Instructors
Want to be a part of keeping this valuable training free to our front line workers?
Contact:
ISU Continuing Education/Workforce Training
921 South 8th Ave., Stop 8380
Pocatello, ID 83209
Office Phone: 208-282-2789
No Shows
Please do not be late for your class, and please DON’T be a “No Show”. That is a seat that could have been filled by another willing student. Please respect that all our instructors volunteer their time and material to teach at Safety Fest.
Please email cetrain@isu.edu if you need to add/cancel any classes from your schedule.
Support
As always, we could not do this event without all of the support and contributions from our Founding Partners, Community Partners, Sponsors, Vendors, Instructors, and all our volunteers. Be sure to recognize these community advocates of safety for all of the great support they have provided over the years.
Not in the Pocatello area? Visit one of the other Safety Fest Locations: