Course Naming Guidelines

When a new course is created, it's important that we have a uniform way to express its title. Naming courses should be a collaborative effort between the course writers and our SEO specialist. When selecting a name for the course, it should be brief but also:

- recognizable
- descriptive
- grammatically correct

When to use parentheses

Only use parentheses in a course title to denote a common alternate name, recognizable safety standard, or abbreviation. The content inside parentheses should be written in title case. For example:

• Lockout Tagout (LOTO) - parentheses mean the abbreviation of "Lockout Tagout" is LOTO
• Arc Flash (NFPA 70E) - parentheses mean this course is compliant with the NFPA 70E standard
• MEWP (Aerial Lift) - parentheses mean this course is commonly called "Aerial Lift"

When to use hyphens

Use hyphens to denote an additional version of a course. This version may be industry-specific or topic-specific. Hyphens in course titles must always be set off with spaces on either side. For example, the original Confined Space course has four additional versions: 

1. Confined Space - Agriculture (industry-specific)
2. Confined Space - 8 Hour (topic-specific)
3. Confined Space - Competent Person (topic-specific)
4. Confined Space - Rescue (topic-specific)

Note: In Train the Trainer courses, add " - Trainer Certification" to the end of the name in the LMS. For example, "Confined Space - Competent Person - Trainer Certification"

 

When to use &

Do not use ampersands (&) in course titles. It causes coding errors in the drives and on the LMS. Use the word "and" instead. For example:

- CPR and First Aid
- Eye and Face Protection
- Concrete and Masonry Construction

"Safety" vs "Awareness"

While most of our courses are technically safety courses, it is not necessary to title them as such. In an effort to keep titles descriptive, yet brief, omit the term "safety" unless the course title will be too vague without it.

Example: The Asphalt Safety course covers safe practices for employees who work around asphalt operations. If you were to title the course "Asphalt," it doesn't explain enough. Customers may wonder, "Is it about creating asphalt? Handling asphalt? Walking on it?"

Use the term "Awareness" at the end of any industrial hygiene courses. There may be other specific cases when you will use this term. Get approval from the management team before adding the term "awareness" to a course title. 

Existing Courses

Official course names for all existing courses are listed in the course catalog. Adhere to these names whenever you create files relating to that training topic. 

Example: The official title for our excavator operator course is "Excavator," not "360 Excavator" or "Excavation." This means when you title a video, online course, or other file designed for excavator operators, the product should be titled "Excavator."