| March 25, 2004
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Spring Training - Upcoming Opportunities! March Ergonomics: Evaluate Your Industrial Workstation, March 29. Learn effective and inexpensive solutions to control musculoskeletal injuries in the industrial setting. DOT Hazardous Materials: A Regulatory Overview (Duluth), March 30. Learn what to expect and how to prepare for a DOT inspection. Respirator Fit Testing-Hands On, March 31. Learn when fit testing is required and how often it must be done. Learn how to conduct a respirator fit-test using the protocol described in the revised OSHA Respirator Standard 1910.134. April Ergonomics: Evaluate Your Office Workstation, April 1. Practical, effective and inexpensive ergonomic strategies to address musculoskeletal injury prevention. OSHA 501 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health for General Industry (30 contact hours) April 5-8. An introduction to OSHA's General Industry Standards and an overview of the more frequently referenced standards. Completion allows you to conduct both a 10- and 30-hour voluntary compliance course and issue course completion cards. OSHA 503 Update for General Industry Outreach Trainers, April 13-15. For certified OSHA 501 instructors who are active in the field. Outreach trainers are required to attend this course at least once every four years to maintain their trainer status. Right-to-Know Workshop, April 14. Designed to assist employers in complying with the Minnesota OSHA Right-to-Know Standard and the Federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard 1910.1200. Conducting Effective Workplace Safety Inspections, April 15. Provides an overview of the safety and health inspection process, then focuses on specific techniques to improve the process, including the use of checklists in continuous and formal inspections. Fork Truck Instructor Development Training, April 16. OSHA's General Industry Standard 1910.178 requires fork truck drivers to be trained and authorized. This full-day training provides you with the technical expertise needed to safely operate forklift equipment, info about safe driving procedures, and the skills to conduct an effective training session. First Aid/CPR Employee Training, April 16 Emergency Response Incident Command, April 19. Train your company's emergency response team to take responsibility as incident commander during hazardous materials spills. Hazards of Confined Space Entry I, April 19. Focuses on how to comply with Minnesota and Federal OSHA confined space regulations and includes hands-on training in respiratory protection. Fork Truck Instructor Development Training, Advanced, April 20. Geared for instructors who have had the basic class and need to sharpen their skills to create more challenging and exciting training for their forklift operators. Spill Response, City of Duluth, April 20. Emergency Response Initial Training (8-hour), April 21. Meets the initial training requirements of 1910.120. 8-hour Refresher Training for Workers at Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Sites, April 22. Safety Management for Supervisors, April 22-23. Helps supervisors become effective safety leaders. Learn hazard types, analysis and control, safety inspections, accident response and investigation, and OSHA compliance. Supervisor Safety Certificate awarded upon completion. Workers' Compensation: Controlling Costs, April 26. How can business control rising premiums and claim costs? Learn practical strategies PLUS hear a success story from a small manufacturing company. Safety Training Methods, April 26-29. Covers adult teaching techniques, training course development, effective use of teaching aids, basics of speaking and more. Part of the Advanced Safety Certificate Series. OSHA 502 Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers, April 27-29. For OSHA 500 Trainers who are active trainers in the outreach program. It provides an update on such topics as OSHA construction standards, policies, and regulations. Active instructors are required to complete the update course every four years. May Effective Safety Committees, May 11 Emergency Response Initial Training (24-hour), May 11-13 10-Hour General Industry Safety & Health Training, May 12-13 Fire Protection Compliance Training, May 14 Hazards of Confined Space Entry II, May 14 Math Review Course for Certification Exams, May 17 OHST Examination Preparation Workshop, May 18-20 First Aid/CPR Employee Training, May 21 Asbestos Awareness for Custodians, May 25 Asbestos Refresher, May 25 Right-to-Know Workshop II, May 27 June AWAIR, June 1 Accident Investigation and Job Hazard Analysis, June 2 Fork Truck Instructor Development Training, June 2 OSHA Recordkeeping Log 300 and 301, June 3 Safety Management Techniques, June 7-10 Electrical Safe Work Practices Training, June 8-9 Lockout/Tagout Workshop, June 10 OSHA 501 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety & Health for General Industry, June 14-17. Please see April course description. First Aid/CPR Instructor Development Training, June 14-17 First Aid/CPR Employee Training, June 18 Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene, June 21-25 Introduction to Occupational Safety, June 28 Introduction to Occupational Health, June 29 Introduction to Loss Control, June 30 Register online at http://www.mnsafetycouncil.org/courses or by contacting Carol Wicks at 651-228-7319/800-444-9150; e-mail: carol@mnsafetycouncil.org. Many of the courses listed above and on our Web-site can be customized and conducted at your organization or training location. Let us know your on-site training needs and we will work with you to secure an agreeable, budget-based strategy to accomplish your goals. For more information on on-site training contact Gina Hoffman at 651-228-7305 or e-mail her at: hoffman@mnsafetycouncil.org. Protect Employees With New Online Driver Training - Vehicle-Specific! $53 BILLION...that's how much motor vehicle crashes cost U.S. businesses last year. Just one crash can cost your company $29,000 in lost production, insurance and workers' compensation. The Minnesota Safety Council now offers online driver safety training in vehicle specific programs at http://www.minnesotasafetycampus.com. With complete testing, scoring and management reporting capabilities, this new programming is quick, efficient and effective. Employees can take the program online in the comfort of their own home, in the office or wherever there is Internet access. For more info, please contact Lisa Kons at kons@mnsafetycouncil.org or call her at 651-228-7330/800.444-9150. Trenching and Shoring - Complete Training Package As spring approaches, many of you in the construction industry will be excavating at jobsites. Our Trenching and Shoring training program demonstrates real-life examples of dos and don'ts that will make a lasting impression on your excavation crew. Key topics include support systems, emergency response and soil classification. The program comes with an 18-minute video, instructor's guide, employee handbooks and more. Call Russ at 651-228-7326/800-444-9150 or e-mail him at budin@mnsafetycouncil.org to order.  Safer Since 1928 |
