California general industry · Labor Code § 6401.9

Turn the written plan into usable action.

A premium workplace violence prevention course that teaches employees how to find the plan, recognize job-specific hazards, report early, act during an emergency, and use sound judgment when pressure arrives.

14guided screens
4decision scenarios
16assessment questions
80%mastery threshold
Effective and enforceable since July 1, 2024Initial and annual trainingAdditional training after new hazards or plan changesInteractive Q&A required

Operational compliance

The plan has to survive contact with the moment.

California’s requirement reaches beyond general awareness. The employee must understand the employer’s actual plan, actual hazards, implemented controls, reporting routes, emergency procedures, records, and access to a knowledgeable person.
01 / PLAN

Make the system findable.

Employees learn where the WVPP lives, who owns it, how they participate, and which procedures govern their work.

02 / PRACTICE

Make the response usable.

Scenarios turn reporting, emergency response, assistance, privacy, and documentation into decisions employees can rehearse.

03 / PROOF

Make learning visible.

Assessment, Q&A, progress tracking, job aids, and records create a defensible chain from requirement to learner evidence.

Recognition architecture

Four types. Different sources of risk.

Employees learn to identify the relationship between the person, the workplace, and the source of violence. More than one type can apply to the same work environment.
01

Type 1

Criminal intent

A person with no legitimate business at the worksite commits or approaches workers intending to commit a crime.
Robbery, forced entry, criminal trespass
02

Type 2

Customer or client

A customer, client, patient, student, inmate, visitor, or other service recipient directs violence toward an employee.
Public-facing escalation and service conflict
03

Type 3

Current or former worker

A present or former employee, supervisor, or manager directs violence toward an employee.
Worker conflict, separation, retaliation
04

Type 4

Personal relationship

A person who does not work there brings a current or former personal relationship into the workplace.
Stalking, domestic violence, personal threats

A taste of the learner experience

Practice the decision before the real moment.

A supervisor receives repeated messages from a former employee that appear to threaten physical harm. The sender has not arrived at the worksite.

Representative Type 3 eventEarly reportingEvidence preservation
Choose the strongest response
?

Choose the response you would want an employee to use when the facts are incomplete and the stakes may be rising.

Course architecture

A complete movement from awareness to action.

The 14-screen journey is sequenced around what employees must understand, practice, demonstrate, and carry back into work.
01

Orient

Know the employer’s plan

Locate the WVPP, identify responsible people, understand employee participation, and know how to obtain the plan at no cost.
02

Recognize

Read the risk correctly

Distinguish the four violence types, recognize threats before injury, and connect risk to the employee’s actual work.
03

Act

Choose the safer move

Use reporting channels, obtain help, follow alerts, evacuate or shelter, and apply the employer’s harm-avoidance procedures.
04

Document

Preserve useful evidence

Understand the violent incident log, privacy boundary, record access, retention, investigation, and plan-review responsibilities.
05

Verify

Demonstrate usable understanding

Complete decision practice, pass the assessment, and use a genuine question-and-answer channel tied to the employer’s WVPP.
DefinitionsEight required terms and boundaries
HazardsJob-specific controls and methods for help
EmergenciesAlert, move, secure, assist, and account
RecordsLog privacy, access, retention, and review

Live course environment

Enter the complete learner experience.

This is the activated course itself. Progress and completion depend on the employer-specific configuration and Q&A process.
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Implementation resources

The course leaves usable infrastructure behind.

Employees, administrators, HR, safety, and L&D receive tools that support action after the training window closes.
01

Employee reporting quick reference

A concise path from concern to the safest available reporting channel.

02

Emergency response card

Worksite alerts, movement, help-seeking, accountability, and immediate safety.

03

Violent incident log field guide

Required incident facts, administration, privacy, and ownership.

04

Records access and retention guide

The one-year and five-year record architecture in usable form.

05

Training record template

A practical structure for dates, content, trainers, qualifications, learners, and roles.

06

Employer deployment checklist

A prelaunch control for plan content, hazards, language, Q&A, testing, and review.

07

Legal requirements crosswalk

A direct map from the statutory training elements to course evidence.

Employer deployment

A disciplined path from plugin to operating system.

The course ships completion-locked. Production authorization follows employer configuration, review, testing, and a genuine interactive question-and-answer process.
01

Configure

Insert the actual plan, covered operations, worksite hazards, controls, reporting routes, and emergency procedures.

02

Validate

Review applicability, language, literacy, accuracy, technical behavior, and the final employer-specific content.

03

Train

Assign initial, annual, or additional training to the appropriate California employees.

04

Answer

Provide access to a person knowledgeable about the employer’s WVPP for interactive questions and answers.

05

Record

Maintain the statutory training record and use WordPress, SCORM, or Captivate data as supporting evidence.

06

Improve

Revisit the plan and training after incidents, identified deficiencies, plan changes, and newly recognized hazards.

Compliance boundary

Employer-specific truth is the final layer.

The course must match the employer’s written WVPP, covered work, hazards, controls, reporting channels, emergency procedures, employee language needs, and knowledgeable Q&A contact. Final review by a qualified safety professional or counsel is recommended before production authorization.

Current-law foundation

Built against the operative California requirements.

Labor Code § 6401.9 has been effective and enforceable since July 1, 2024. Cal/OSHA’s general-industry standard remains in the rulemaking process, so the employer version should be revalidated when the final standard is adopted or the plan changes.

California workplace violence prevention

Make the plan usable before the moment tests it.

Configure the course around the actual workplace, validate the employer-specific content, and give employees a learning experience built for action under pressure.

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