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Course 700: Introduction to Safety Management New Format! - Eight modules. Many companies today maintain reactive safety and health management systems that frankly don't work. Learn how to develop an effective proactive safety management system using time-tested methods that have proven successful in all organizations. This course discusses eight critical elements of a successful profit center safety management system. Subjects include: top management commitment, labor and management accountability, maximizing employee involvement, effective communications, hazard identification and analysis, taking corrective actions, making system improvements, incident/accident investigation, and continuous safety improvement. Suggested CEU Credits: .6 Course 701: Effective Safety Committees New Format! - Eight modules. Every company can benefit from an effective safety committee. Unfortunately, most safety committees do not understand their purpose or the role they play in assisting management to provide a safe and healthful workplace. This course helps the student understand his/her responsibilities as a safety committee member. It will help the safety committee chairperson successfully lead a safety committee. Includes Steve's One Minute Safety Sermons!. Suggested CEU Credits: .6 "I'd like to thank you for your online course. I had a safety committee meeting yesterday afternoon that was the best yet. I looked on line yesterday morning for some safety committee tips and found your website and went through your course. Although I didn't have any time to implement any of your pre-meeting prep ideas, I did use some of your other ideas during the meeting and it really worked. Everyone seemed fired up and more excited than ever before. Thank you so much for having your ideas available for me." Judy K., USA Course 702: Effective Accident Investigation - Eight Modules. This course is absolutely necessary for anyone who is required to investigate accidents. It gives you the information needed to effectively analyze the accident event by uncovering the cause of injury, and the primary and contributing surface causes for the accident. Then you learn how to analyze and evaluate your safety management system (SMS) for root causes. You'll learn why, when conducting the accident investigation, the question of fault and possible discipline is irrelevant and inappropriate. The course introduces you to a simple, yet extremely effective six-step procedure to secure the accident scene, collect information, develop the sequence of events, determine surface and root causes, recommend corrective actions and system improvements, and write an effective accident report. Suggested CEU Credits: .6 Course 703: Introduction to OSH Training New Format! - Eight modules. This is a must-take course for anyone managing a safety training program or conducting safety training. This online course helps safety professionals gain the knowledge and skills necessary to develop and implement an effective safety training program that (1) meets OSHA safety and health program requirements and ANSI/ASSE Z490.1-2009, Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health, and Environmental Training guidelines. Suggested CEU Credits: .6 Course 704: Hazard Analysis and Control - Seven modules. Safety directors, safety committee members, supervisors, and managers will gain a greater ability to identify the various categories of hazards in their workplace, and apply strategies used to make sure hazards are eliminated or reduced. Emphasis is placed on applying the "hierarchy of controls" strategies to eliminate hazards. Suggested CEU Credits: .5 Course 705: Hazard Communication Program - Six modules. OSHA inspectors will ALWAYS check out your Hazard Communication Program when they inspect. Why? Because failing to maintain a written program is one of the most common violations cited by OSHA. All employers must identify hazardous chemicals they use and develop a hazard communication (HAZCOM) program to inform their employees about those chemicals. This introduction to Part 1910 Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances - 1910.1200 Hazard Communication, discusses various requirements including written program requirements, labeling, and material safety data sheet (MSDS) maintenance and training. A sample written hazard communication program is reviewed. Suggested CEU Credits: .5 Course 706: Conducting a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) - Six modules. This course is designed to introduce you to the steps in conducting a Job Hazard Analysis (also called Job Safety Analysis) for the purpose or writing a safe job procedure. Included is a discussion of conducting a risk assessment, prioritizing jobs, writing the steps, determining hazards, including safety precautions, and tips on writing a safe job procedures. If your company is working towards OSHA's SHARP or VPP certification, you need to be conducting JHAs on all hazardous tasks. Suggested CEU Credits: .6 Course 707: Effective Safety Committee Meetings - Seven modules. If your company has a safety committee, it's critical that meetings are conducted in an efficient and effective manner. This course covers the safety committee meeting process including a review of the role and purpose of the safety committee, preparing and conducting the meeting, success tools, handling conflict, and activities after the meeting. Emphasis is on discussing techniques and tools you can use to conduct an interesting meeting filled with motivated members! Suggested CEU Credits: .5 Course 708: OSHA 300 Recordkeeping - Seven modules. Employers are required to record and report work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses. This is a great introduction in the requirements of 29 CFR 1904, Recordkeeping and Reporting, for recording injuries and illnesses on the OSHA 300 Log and the OSHA 300-A Summary. Emphasis is placed on entering data and maintaining the form. You'll also learn how to calculate OSHA's Days Away, Restricted, Job Transferred (DART) Rate! Suggested CEU Credits: .5 Course 709: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Seven modules. It's tough for any company to develop a safe and health workplace without an effective PPE program. This course provides information on using personal protective equipment to effectively protect the worker from exposure to workplace hazards. Program management, hazard assessment, and training requirements are also discussed. Suggested CEU Credits: .5 Course 710: Energy Control Program - Lockout/Tagout - Eight modules. This important course focuses on the requirements of the Energy Control Program, or more commonly called, the Lockout/Tagout Program. OSHA is very serious about Lockout/Tagout because if something goes wrong, it usually means a very serious injury or a fatality. This course is required for any employee who is responsible for servicing and maintenance of equipment or machinery. Suggested CEU Credits: .6 Course 713: Confined Space Safety - Nine modules. Employees who conduct work within confined spaces must be properly trained. This course presents information on the definition of a confined space and a permit-required confined space; hazards of a permit-required confined space; alternative procedures to control atmospheric hazards; the written program and entry permit system; rescue and emergency services; and training. Suggested CEU Credits: .7 Course 714: Fall Protection Program - Nine modules. Employees who conduct work at height on elevated surfaces are exposed to fall hazards and are required to receive fall-protection training. This course presents information on the components of an effective fall-protection program; personal fall-arrest and fall-restraint systems, other fall-protection system;, fall protection on ladders, scaffolds, and aerial platforms; training requirements; equipment inspection and maintenance and emergency-response. Suggested CEU Credits: .7 Course 715: Electrical Safety Basics - Nine modules. This course describes the hazards of electrical work and basic approaches to working safely. You will learn skills to help you recognize, evaluate, and control electrical hazards. This information will prepare you for additional safety training such as hands-on exercises and more detailed reviews of regulations for electrical work. Suggested CEU Credits: .7 Course 716:Safety Management System Evaluation - Four Modules. The Safety and Health Management System is extremely important to the long-term success of your organization. This course will introduce you to the Safety and Health Achievement Program (SHARP) Audit process by discussing an audit process similar to that used by OSHA evaluators. Even if you're company doesn't anticipate participating in the SHARP program, the information within this online course may be very helpful in your effort to improve the quality of your safety management system. Suggested CEU Credits: .3 Course 717:Emergency Action Plans - Five Modules. Several Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards explicitly require employers to have emergency action plans for their workplaces. Emergency preparedness is a well-known concept in protecting workers' safety and health. To help employers, safety and health professionals, training directors, and others, the OSHA requirements detailed in 29 CFR 1910.38, Emergency Action Plan, are summarized in this course. Suggested CEU Credits: .42 Course 718:Fire Prevention Plans New Format! - Eight Modules. The Fire Prevention Plan goes hand-in-hand with the Emergency Action Plan. Both plans should be included in an effective safety management system. This course covers best practices and OSHA requirements detailed within 29 CFR 1910.39, Fire Prevention Plans. Suggested CEU Credits: .6 Course 719:Fleet Safety Management New Format! - Seven Modules. Every company the operates a fleet of vehicles needs to develop and implement a Fleet Safety Plan. This course introduces you to the various components of a Fleet Safety Program and offers suggestions on how to manage it effectively. Suggested CEU Credits: .5 Course 720: Preventing Workplace Violence - Eight modules. Any form of violence in the workplace can devastate your safety culture. This course introduces the student to an important seven-step process of developing an effective workplace violence prevention program. Topics include: Initial assessment, written policy development, prevention measures, training, reporting and investigation, post-incident follow-up, and program evaluation. Suggested CEU Credits: .6 Course 721: Developing OSH Training New Format! - Five modules. This is the second course in the Train-the-Safety-Trainer Series and a must-take course for anyone responsible for developing safety training courses. This online course helps safety professionals gain the knowledge and skills necessary to develop and implement an effective safety training that (1) meets OSHA safety and health program requirements and ANSI/ASSE Z490.1-2009, Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health, and Environmental Training guidelines. Suggested CEU Credits: .4 Course 722: Ergonomics Program Management - Eight modules. Ergonomics related claims account for more direct accident costs than any other category. Not a surprise since OSHA has not yet approved an ergonomics standard. Nevertheless, you owe it to yourself to develop a strong ergonomics program. This course introduces the student to the various steps in planning and implementing a successful ergonomics program. Emphasis is placed on analyzing and controlling workplace risk factors, medical management strategies and training. Suggested CEU Credits: .6 |
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