The jobsite-safety certification for restoration crews. OSHA regulations, hazard recognition, respiratory protection and PPE — the knowledge that keeps techs safe and keeps your company compliant on every loss.

1 day

8 contact hours

IICRC exam on the final day

14 CECs awarded

No prerequisites

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Instructor leading a restoration health-and-safety discussion in the RTI classroom

HST

HST · HAZARD RECOGNITION · JOBSITE SAFETY

IICRC

APPROVED

Approved school

Reg. #2014300

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HST

Upcoming dates Overview Why take it Course outline Who it’s for FAQ

Upcoming HST dates

Live, instructor-led classes run throughout the year, in person and online. View the current schedule and reserve a seat in the Restoration Technical Institute course catalog.

From

$499

per seat

Registration open

See every upcoming HST class and reserve your seat.

Current dates, locations, seat counts and pricing are kept live in the RTI course catalog — registration, attendance and your certification all flow through the Lever360 system.

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What to bring, where to go and how to prep for class day.

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Training a whole crew?

Private HST classes at your facility or ours — standardized across every location.

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What the HST is

The job is only done if everyone goes home safe.

Restoration sites are hazardous by definition — contaminated water, mold, smoke, structural damage, electrical risk and confined spaces, often all on one loss. The HST gives every technician the safety foundation to recognize those hazards and work around them correctly.

Students cover the OSHA regulations that apply to restoration, respiratory protection and PPE selection, hazard communication, and the awareness every crew needs for lead, asbestos and confined spaces — so safety is built into how your team works, not bolted on after an incident.

At a glance

OSHA

regulations for restoration work

1 day

foundation every tech should hold

Crew

safety, standardized company-wide

Why take it

Why your team takes the HST

Certification isn’t a wall decoration. Here’s what the credential actually changes for your techs and your business.

Send your crew home safe

Recognizing the hazard before it becomes an incident is the whole job. HST builds that instinct into every technician.

Stay OSHA-compliant

Restoration work falls under real regulatory requirements. HST covers what applies on your jobs and keeps your company on the right side of them.

Get respiratory protection right

The wrong respirator is no protection at all. Techs learn selection, fit and use for the contaminants restoration work actually involves.

Standardize safety across locations

A shared safety baseline means every crew, at every location, works the same safe way — and you can prove it.

The outcome

What you'll walk out with

One focused day, and every tech leaves with the safety foundation the job requires.

Recognize jobsite hazards

Electrical, structural, contaminant and confined-space risks

Select & use PPE

Respiratory protection and protective equipment, done right

Apply OSHA requirements

The regulations that apply to restoration work

Work to a safety plan

Hazard communication and documented safe practice

The credential

IICRC

This certifies the holder as

HST — Health & Safety Technician

Issued by the IICRC · delivered by the Restoration Technical Institute (RTI)

Exam fee

$80 to IICRC

Credits

14 CECs awarded

Length

1 day

School

RTI · Reg #2014300

Earned certs land in the technician’s Lever360 profile automatically — renewals and expirations tracked on the same dashboard your office uses to staff jobs.

Course outline

One day, focused entirely on working restoration jobs safely.

1 day · 8 contact hours

Day 1

Hazards, PPE, regulations & IICRC exam

Certified

IICRC HST credential

Day 1

Day 1 of 1

Hazards, PPE, regulations & IICRC exam

What you'll cover

OSHA regulations that apply to restoration

Recognizing electrical, structural and contaminant hazards

Respiratory protection: selection, fit and use

Hazard communication; lead, asbestos & confined-space awareness

IICRC written examination — certify on-site

Who it’s for

Every field technician on a restoration crew

Crew leads and safety officers responsible for jobsite safety

New hires onboarding before their first loss

Owners standardizing a safety baseline across locations

No prerequisites

Open to all technicians

This is a foundation-level class with no prior certification required — the right place to start, whether your tech is brand new or formalizing years of field experience.

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Inside the class

Hands on real losses — not slides.

The Restoration Technical Institute runs inside a live restoration company. Every class is taught on real equipment, in real scenarios, by instructors who still run jobs.

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Instructor leading a health-and-safety discussion in the classroom

Classroom · hazard recognition

Technicians donning PPE and respirators correctly

PPE & respiratory protection

Restoration technicians in a training session taking notes

Crews trained together

Technician among equipment in the restoration warehouse

Safety on the warehouse floor

RTI instructors leading hands-on training in the live flood house

Instructors who still run jobs

Taught by RTI

The instructors are the difference.

Working instructors

Every RTI instructor is an active tech, supervisor or estimator — so the answer to “what actually happens on site?” comes from this week’s jobs, not a textbook.

A live flood house

Our training environment gets soaked, mapped, dried and reset every week. Students place real equipment under a real job clock before they ever touch a customer’s floor.

An IICRC-approved school

The Restoration Technical Institute is an IICRC-approved school (Reg. #2014300) in Reading, PA, delivering the full catalog of core and specialty restoration certifications.

5,000+

Certifications issued

IICRC course tracks

1,800

Sq ft live flood house

Questions

Before you register.

Still have a question?

Student services can help with prerequisites, group rates, scheduling and licensing requirements in your state.

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Do I need a prior certification to take the HST?

No. HST is a foundation safety class with no prerequisites — it’s a great first certification for any new technician before their first loss.

Is the IICRC exam fee included?

The IICRC HST exam is administered at the end of the day, but the exam fee isn’t included in tuition — it’s a separate $80 fee paid directly to the IICRC.

Does this replace our OSHA training?

HST covers the OSHA topics most relevant to restoration work and reinforces a safety culture, but it doesn’t replace any site-specific or OSHA-mandated program your company is required to run. Student services can help you map it to your needs.

Can you run this for our whole crew on-site?

Yes. HST is a popular private class — we deliver it at your facility to get an entire team to the same safety baseline in a single day. Contact student services to schedule.

HST · IICRC Certification by the Restoration Technical Institute

Get your crew certified. Keep them on the job.

New HST classes are scheduled year-round, in person and online. View the current dates and reserve your seats.

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The Lever360 Platform

Three levers. Pull all three and the whole company moves.

Lever360 is three products built around the same restoration job. Software runs the operation. Learning Lever trains the team. RTI certifies the trade. Use one. Use all three — they compound.

Software is one lever

You're running the company here. The other two make it compound.

Software runs the operation — every job, crew, dollar and conversation lives here. Add Learning Lever and RTI and the same techs ramp faster, bill higher, and stay longer. One lever moves the company. Three move it harder.

Learning Lever is one lever

You're training the team here. The other two make the training stick.

Learning Lever onboards faster and keeps the whole team sharp. Software is where that training shows up in the work. RTI is where it becomes a credential customers trust. Pull one — pull all three and the math compounds.

RTI is one lever

You're certifying the trade here. The other two carry the credential to the field.

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Health & Safety Technician

Upcoming HST dates

See every upcoming HST class and reserve your seat.

The job is only done if everyone goes home safe.

Why your team takes the HST

Send your crew home safe

Stay OSHA-compliant

Get respiratory protection right

Standardize safety across locations

What you'll walk out with

Course outline

Hazards, PPE, regulations & IICRC exam

Who it’s for

Hands on real losses — not slides.

The instructors are the difference.

Before you register.

Get your crew certified. Keep them on the job.

Three levers. Pull all three and the whole company moves.

You're running the company here. The other two make it compound.

You're training the team here. The other two make the training stick.

You're certifying the trade here. The other two carry the credential to the field.

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