OAR 414-350-0115
Training Requirements

(1) All staff shall receive an orientation within the first two weeks of employment and before they can have unsupervised access to children. Orientation shall ensure that staff are familiar with the contents of the orientation, as described below, and shall include, but is not limited to:
(a) Individual responsibilities in the event:
(A) The home must be evacuated (e.g. fire);
(B) An emergency requiring staff and children to remain inside under unusual circumstances (e.g. power outage, environmental hazard); or
(C) A child or staff is injured or becomes ill;
(b) These requirements (OAR 414-350-0000 (Applicability of Rules) through 414-350-0405 (Civil Penalty));
(c) The facility policies, as required in OAR 414-350-0050 (General Requirements); and
(d) Procedures for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect.
(2) The provider and all caregivers who function as substitute providers and Assistant II staff, including volunteers, shall participate yearly in at least 15 clock hours of training related to child care, of which at least eight clock hours shall be in child development or early childhood education. The annual 15 clock hours of training or education must include OCC approved health and safety training curriculum. Substitute providers and volunteers who provide care in the home for less than 20 hours in a calendar year are not required to participate in the 15 clock hours of training. If an individual has worked in the facility less than a year, the training requirements will be prorated as follows: At least 1.25 clock hours for each month worked in the current license period.
(a) The following core knowledge categories are accepted for the child development and early childhood education requirement: Diversity (D), Family and Community Systems (FCS), Human Growth and Development (HGD), Health Safety and Nutrition (HSN), Learning Environments and Curriculum (LEC), Observation and Assessment (OA), Special Needs (SN), and Understanding and Guiding Behavior (UGB).
(b) Training may include correspondence courses, conferences, workshops and audio-visual programs.
(c) An approved planned reading program of professional materials may count for up to six hours of the 15 clock hours of training and must include a written assessment of reading materials completed by each participating staff person.
(d) OCC will accept duplicate training one additional time if it is a Set 2 (intermediate) or Set 3 (advanced) training or above as described by the Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care and Education; and it is not taken within the same license period.
(3) During the first year of certification and the first year of employment staff may count up to two hours of orientation and their most recent training in first aid and CPR, food handler’s and recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect training, as part of the 15 clock hours of training required in OAR 414-350-0115 (Training Requirements)(2), but may not use these toward the eight hours required in child development or early childhood education.
(a) Recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect training must be based on Oregon law and practice so information is relevant to reporting in Oregon.
(b) Recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect training must be two clock hours or more in duration to be accepted.
(4) During subsequent years of certification and subsequent years of employment staff may count five hours of first aid and CPR training or food handler’s training as part of the 15 clock hours of training. Duplicate training on recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect training can be accepted again after three years, and every three years thereafter towards the 15 clock hours of staff training required for licensing.
(5) The provider shall document each caregiver’s training, showing the subject matter, the date completed, and the number of clock hours of training in each certification year.
(6) The provider and all staff, with the exception of Assistant I’s, who count in staff to child ratios must complete OCC approved training on recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect and health and safety, prior to having unsupervised access to children and functioning in their position. Assistant I’s must complete the training within the first 30 days of employment.

(7)

The provider and all staff, with the exception of Assistant I’s, who count in staff to child ratios must complete OCC approved training on safe sleep prior to having unsupervised access to children. Assistant I’s must complete the training within the first 30 days of employment.
(8) All current staff must complete OCC approved safe sleep training by January 1, 2019.
(9) When a reopen or address change application is submitted, OCC shall, prior to approving it, receive evidence that the provider and all staff have completed OCC approved safe sleep training. If the reopen is a result of an address change, the person must complete the OCC approved safe sleep training by January 1, 2019.

Source: Rule 414-350-0115 — Training Requirements, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=414-350-0115.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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