Course details

Uncontrolled hazardous energy is one of the most preventable causes of serious workplace injury. Yet maintenance and servicing tasks still expose workers to electrocution, crushing, and amputation when equipment is not properly isolated. This lockout tagout LOTO online training course covers federal standard 29 CFR 1910.147, the energy types it governs, and the step-by-step procedures that keep workers safe during every servicing task.

Designed for anyone who services, maintains, or supervises equipment in industrial and commercial settings, this course equips you with the procedural knowledge to identify energy sources, select the right LOTO devices, and execute a compliant lockout sequence from start to finish.

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Course Overview

This lockout tagout LOTO course is built around focused learning modules that cover the core scope of 29 CFR 1910.147 procedures. The modules address the following areas:

• The purpose and legal framework of LOTO
• The spectrum of hazardous energy forms, including electrical, hydraulic, thermal, mechanical, and gravitational
• The roles and responsibilities of authorized and affected employees
• LOTO device types and their correct application
• The sequential steps for isolating, locking out, and verifying energy control before any servicing begins

Each module connects regulatory requirements directly to the physical actions you take on the job. The knowledge transfers directly from the screen to the shop floor, built around the standard that governs hazardous energy control in US workplaces.

What You'll Learn

This LOTO training course builds your procedural knowledge across key topic areas, from energy identification through compliant isolation and release.

Purpose and application of LOTO

• Describe what lockout tagout is designed to prevent and the specific workplace situations that trigger its use.
• Identify the conditions under which LOTO procedures must be applied before servicing or maintenance begins.

Energy types and sources in hazardous environments

• Describe the difference between primary energy sources and stored energy forms, including electrical, hydraulic, thermal, mechanical, and gravitational.
• Recognize how stored energy can remain present after a primary source is disconnected, creating hidden hazards for workers.

LOTO devices and hardware selection

• Identify common LOTO devices and explain how each one physically prevents equipment from being re-energized during servicing.
• Apply the correct device selection criteria to a given energy source and isolation point.

Performing the lockout tagout sequence

• Describe the basic steps of a compliant lockout tagout procedure, from equipment shutdown through verification and release.
• Work through the sequence of actions required to restore equipment to service once maintenance is complete.

Assessment and completion

• Demonstrate competency by achieving the 80% pass mark on the course assessment.
• Earn your certificate of completion upon passing.

Who Should Take This Course?

• Maintenance technicians and mechanics. You perform hands-on servicing of machinery and must execute a correct LOTO sequence before every task.
• Electricians and electrical workers. You isolate electrical energy sources and need documented competency in 29 CFR 1910.147 procedures.
• Equipment operators. You work near machinery being serviced and need to understand your role as an affected employee under LOTO rules.
• Facilities and plant supervisors. You are responsible for ensuring your team follows energy control procedures and can demonstrate compliance on record.
• Health and safety coordinators. You develop, audit, or update LOTO programs and need a procedurally accurate reference for training your workforce.
• New hires in industrial settings. You are entering environments with hazardous energy sources and require foundational LOTO training before beginning work.

Why Take This Course?

Hazardous energy releases cause severe injuries. Electrocution, burns, amputations, and crush injuries occur because energy is often invisible, stored, or released without warning during servicing tasks.

Many of these incidents share a common contributing factor: equipment may not have been properly isolated before a worker made contact, whether because LOTO was skipped, performed incorrectly, or not fully understood by everyone in the area.

29 CFR 1910.147 sets the federal standard. This course is built directly around that standard so you learn the procedures that apply to your job, not a generic approximation.

The practical value is direct: you identify energy types, select the right LOTO device, and execute the isolation sequence correctly. That procedural accuracy can help reduce the risk of injury during routine maintenance tasks.

Documented training creates a verifiable record. Organizations that put LOTO training on record for every relevant worker can show that procedures were communicated, tested at the 80% threshold, and certified. That record matters when incidents are investigated or programs are audited. BIS's Training Record Management tools can help you store and retrieve those certificates when you need them most.

Key Benefits

• Certificate of completion included. Every learner who passes the assessment receives a documented credential showing LOTO competency under 29 CFR 1910.147.
• Reduces exposure to high-consequence injuries. Workers who complete this LOTO training can apply the step-by-step isolation procedures that help prevent uncontrolled energy release during servicing.
• Completes in 75 minutes. You finish within a single shift and return to the floor the same day with new procedural knowledge tied directly to the federal standard.
• Applicable across multiple energy source types. Procedural knowledge covering electrical, hydraulic, thermal, mechanical, and gravitational energy sources carries forward throughout a worker's career.
• Priced at $29.99 per learner. Organizations can put documented lockout tagout training on record for every member of a maintenance or servicing team without a large per-head cost.