New Professional Safety Institute Certification Program!

This is the foundation course for the Safety Management Specialist Certificate. In this course, students gain basic knowledge in the techniques and tools used most often by safety professionals. The information provided can be used immediately on a daily basis back on the job.

The course is designed to assist the safety specialist in implementing successful occupational safety and health programs. Developing and implementing new safety programs, maintaining their effectiveness, regulatory compliance and obtaining management, supervisory and employee buy-in requires a great deal of the Safety Specialist's time. This course teaches students how to use that time effectively.

Course curriculum includes discussions on:

• Benefits of Safety

• Initial Steps to Program Development

• Successful Safety Program Structures

• Using Cal/OSHA's Title 8

The course also includes mini-sessions on specific safety topics. Topic include: personal workspace safety; illumination; hand safety; slips, trips and falls; back injury prevention and materials handling; repetitive strain injuries; fire extinguishers; lock-out/block-out/tag-out; ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs); manual and portable power tools; Cal/OSHA hazard correction priorities; machine guarding; personal protective equipment (PPE) and housekeeping.

Students are strongly encouraged to take Establishing a Successful Safety Program or Selling Safety before taking any other Professional Safety Institute course.

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2. Industrial Hygiene

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Fees:

Member Price: $230
Non-member Price: $265

This is a one-day survey course of technical topics. Students will leave this course with a practical understanding of how to directly apply the information in their work environment. This course reviews the major stressors that comprise the field of Industrial Hygiene including chemical, physical and biological stressors. The course is presented in a highly interactive format utilizing audiovisual tools. Solutions will be offered for the following areas:

• Hazard Communication

• Respirators

• Confined Space Safety

• Solvents

• Indoor Air Quality

• Skin Care

• Hazard Control

• Temperature Extremes

• Vibration

• Radiation

• Noise

• Biological hazards

Students are strongly encouraged to take Establishing a Successful Safety Program or Selling Safety before taking any other Professional Safety Institute course.

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3. Selling Safety

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This is one of the most important courses within the Safety Management Specialist Certificate. Selling Safety provides students with ideas and techniques for improving workplace relationships. The 21 Steps to Success in Selling Safety are integrated into the course material and examples are based upon real life experiences.

Students will have an opportunity to rate themselves on how well they currently utilize the 21 Steps and will be encouraged to analyze their current communication techniques. Students will learn how to develop an environment of trust with co-workers and external contacts.

Students are strongly encouraged to take Establishing a Successful Safety Program or Selling Safety before taking any other Professional Safety Institute course.

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Fees:

Member Price: $250
Non-member Price: $275

Maintaining required records is one of the most complicated aspects of OSHA compliance. OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping comprises most of the course curriculum. Although OSHA and Cal/OSHA have simplified this recordkeeping process, it is still a difficult subject. This class covers minimum requirements and methods for accurate recordkeeping. Discussion on the differences between OSHA recordkeeping and workers' compensation documentation is also an integral part of this training.

This comprehensive course also covers how to maintain safety program documentation as it pertains to Injury & Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) requirements, access to employee exposure and medical records (HIPPA), hazard communication, and other safety programs.

Students are strongly encouraged to take Establishing a Successful Safety Program or Selling Safety before taking any other Professional Safety Institute course.

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2. Conducting Safety Inspections

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Conducting successful safety inspections is not an easy task. It requires a clear understanding of many different subjects to identify key elements of a safety inspection. This course provides the essentials needed for students to create an effective safety inspection program for their respective organizations. Students who take this course gain a greater understanding of the essential components of safety inspections.

Key concepts discussed include:

• Basic Steps for a Safety Inspection

• Hazard Recognition

• Acceptable and Unacceptable Risk

• Priority Setting

• The Most Frequently Cited Violations

• The Most Frequently Cited Serious Violations

• Standards You Should Know

• Questions to Ask

• Inspection Formats

Students are strongly encouraged to take Establishing a Successful Safety Program or Selling Safety before taking any other Professional Safety Institute course.

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3. Conducting Accident Investigations

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This class examines accident investigation as a means to prevent injuries, property damage and financial loss. Despite the best safety programs and intentions, accidents occur. Consequently, safety professionals must be able to discover root cause for accidents and to take corrective action to prevent recurrence.

This course is designed to answer the six basic questions of accident investigation: who, what, when, where, how and why through the use of real-life case studies. The course curriculum includes discussions on:

• Why People Take Risks

• Management System Weaknesses That Lead to Losses

• Who Should Conduct Investigations

• Effective Data Collection Techniques

• Effective Interviewing Techniques

• What Causes Accidents

• Accident/Incident Report Formats and Report Preparation

• Modern Loss Investigation and Analysis Tools

Students are strongly encouraged to take Establishing a Successful Safety Program or Selling Safety before taking any other Professional Safety Institute course.

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Safety professionals need to know more than just occupational safety and health. This course introduces risk management for the safety professional. Students learn to minimize conditions and practices that pose risks to organizations in this course. Subjects include: Risk Management and Control, Acceptable Risk and Loss Establishment, Safety Management Perception Questionnaire use, and other topic discussions, including:

• Occupational Safety & Health

• Ergonomics

• Third Party Liability Risk Control

• Fleet Safety

• Product Safety (Liability)

• Professional Liability (E&O)

• Directors & Officers Liability (D&O)

• Fire Prevention & Property Protection

• Security

• Environmental Concerns

This course addresses shifts in paradigms. Comfortable modes of thinking will be challenged to allow students to gain new insight into applying safety programs and achieving group cohesion. These same principles can be incorporated into students’ daily professional lives. The course provides students with an in-depth review of successful safety program structures for both the organization and the people within the organization. Some of the topics covered include:

• Safety Management Principles

• Structural Component of Successful Safety Management Programs

• Management and Employee Roles

• Helping Others Achieve Professional Success

• Influencing Mangers and Supervisors to Enhance Employee Safety

• Motivation Through Incentive Programs

• Environments and Situations that Foster Accidents

Students are strongly encouraged to take Establishing a Successful Safety Program or Selling Safety before taking any other Professional Safety Institute course.

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3. Solving Safety Problems

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This course provides the opportunity for students to practice the practical application of techniques gained throughout the entire Safety Management Specialist series-preparing students to solve safety problems professionally. Students practice newly acquired skills using real-life safety management problems as case studies. Students will be encouraged to seek solutions while exploring what comprises a successful safety program.

Elements critical for successful safety program management are reviewed in this course. The primary focus is continually on applying these factors to their own organizations. The course includes a safety committee problem-solving template for those students who use or want to use safety committees.

Finally, students have the opportunity to review a selection of quantitative and qualitative safety program evaluation techniques including modern problem-solving tools that can be applied to almost any safety issue in the work environment.

Students are strongly encouraged to take Establishing a Successful Safety Program or Selling Safety before taking any other Professional Safety Institute Course.

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The students who take this three-day course come away with a new sense of confidence in their ability to speak before groups and to train groups and individuals. If you are uncomfortable giving presentations in front of groups, this course will equip you with the skills and techniques to do so with ease. If you are an experienced instructor or presenter, you will acquire new skills and greater finesse in your speaking and presentation abilities.

Taught by an experienced communications coach and trainer, this course provides students with the technical knowledge to build excellent training programs and to give effective presentations. Students have the opportunity to learn successful presentation skills and practice them in a supportive atmosphere. Through group participatory exercises, students are encouraged to change unsuccessful presentation habits and to integrate new methods into their repertoire.

Students are strongly encouraged to take Establishing a Successful Safety Program or Selling Safety before taking any other Professional Safety Institute Course.

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