Training & Events
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2017 Training Options
Certificate in Principles of Safety
Advanced Safety Certificate
- Principles of Occupational Safety and Health (POSH) – Aug. 7-10 – Madison
- Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene (FIH) – Jan. 23-26 – Madison
- Safety Training Methods (STM) – May 8-11 – Madison
- Safety Management Techniques (SMT) – Oct. 16-19 – Madison
- Safety Inspections
- Job Safety Analysis (JSA) – June 22 – Madison
- Incident Investigation: A Root Cause Analysis
- Ergonomics: Managing for Results
- Effective Team Safety
Supervisor Safety Courses
- Core Courses
- NEW! Safety for Manufacturing- What & How
- NEW! Five Fundamentals of Safety
- Incident Investigation: A Root Cause Analysis
- Electives
- Creating a World-Class Safety Culture
- OSHA 10 Hour General Industry Voluntary Compliance
- Safety Inspections
Regulatory and Compliance-Based Courses
- MSHA/OSHA Refresher (8-hour)
- Advanced Electrical Safe Workpractices – NFPA 70E
- Annual Hazwoper Refresher (8-hour)
- Applying the OSHA Recordkeeping Rule Review & Workshop
- Coaching the Lift Truck Driver
- Competent Person Trenching
- Confined Space Train-the-Trainer
- Confined Space Entry Training for Entrants/Attendants/Supervisors
- Contractor Safety Management
- Crane, Hoist and Hitching Best Safe Practices
- Develop and Implement a Respiratory Protection Program (1/2 day)
- Essentials of Hazardous Materials Management
- NEW! Fall Protection – Apr. 10 – WI Dells
- Frame Scaffolding Awareness (1/2 day)
- GHS-Are You Ready?
- Hazard Communication Train-the-Trainer
- Hazard Communication Compliance
- HazCom/Respiratory Protection
- How to Handle an OSHA Inspection (1/2 day)
- Identify & Control Hazards (Trainer Course)
- Indoor Air Quality-Principles & Practices
- NEW! Interpretation of Industrial Hygiene Sampling (1/2 day) – Apr. 10 – WI Dells
- Job Hazard Analysis (1/2 day)
- Leadership Thru Understanding People, Behaviors & Workplace Demands (1/2 day)
- Light Duty and Return to Work Programs
- Lockout/Tagout Train-the-Trainer
- Lockout/Tagout and Machine Guarding
- Meeting the PPE Regulation & Conducting a Hazard Assessment
- New Employee Safety Orientation: Taking The Right Approach
- NFPA 70E, Electrical Safety Compliance
- OSHA Construction Breakfasts
- NEW! OSHA 101 for Small Business: A Crash Course in Workplace Safety
- OSHA 10 Hour Construction Voluntary Compliance
- OSHA 10 Hour General Industry Voluntary Compliance
- OSHA 30 Hour Voluntary Compliance for Construction
- OSHA 30 Hour Voluntary Compliance for General Industry
- OSHA Hexavalent Chromium
- OSHA Powered Industrial Vehicle Compliance
- NEW! Prepared Not Scared: How to Respond to an Armed Intruder/Active Shooter – Apr. 10 – WI Dells
- Preventing Workers Compensation Fraud Course
- Prevention Strategies for Construction’s Focus Four Hazards
- Process Safety Management (PSM)
- RCRA Compliance for Hazardous Waste Generators Overview (AM)
- Respiratory Protection 101: What You Need To Know (1/2 day)
- Safety At Heights (OSHA’s Fall Protection)
- Safety Management Systems for Small Business
- NEW! Safety Metrics: Celebrate Successes (not Failures) (1/2 day AM)
- NEW! Focus on Competency (not Compliance) (1/2 day PM)
- Selection & Proper Use of Fall Arrest Equipment (1/2 day)
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- NEW! Behavior-Based Safety (1/2 day) – Apr. 10 – WI Dells
- Worker’s Compensation Case Management & Workplace Anatomy
- Worker’s Compensation Law Symposium
- Workplace Violence – Creating & Implementing an Effective Prevention Prgrm (1/2 day)
Ergonomics Courses
- Energizing Your Ergo Training (1/2 day)
- Ergonomics: Managing for Results
- Ergonomics in Industrial Workstation Design
- Ergonomics: Introduction to Manual Handling Assessment Tools
- Office Ergonomics: Beyond Ergonomic Guidelines
Emergency Care Courses
- Adult First Aid, CPR & AED Certification (offered every other year/odd years)
- Adult First Aid, CPR and AED Instructor Development Course – Aug. 28-30 – Madison
- NEW! Advanced First Aid, CPR, AED – Mar. 8-9 – Madison
- First Responder Skills in Action
- Communicable Disease in the Workplace
DOT and Driver Improvement Courses
- Coaching the Emergency Vehicle Operator III: Ambulance – Aug. 23 – Madison
- Coaching the Emergency Vehicle Operator II: Fire – Aug. 23 – Madison
- Coaching the Lift Truck Driver
- Coaching the Van Driver III (Train the Trainer)
- DDC 4-hour Defensive Driving Course
- DDC 8-Hour Defensive Driving Course
- Dynamics of Fleet Safety: Train-the-Trainer
- DOT Hazardous Materials Transportation Compliance (PM) RCRA & DOT Hazmat Transportation Compliance Courses