2013 Professional Development Schedule |
| Start/End Date | Seminar | Location | Early Registration | Regular Registration |
| Oct, 28-30, 2013 | OHST Examination Preparation Workshop | Des Plaines, IL | Sep, 27, 2013 | Oct, 11, 2013 |
Math Review for Certification Exams
1 Day / .5 CEU
This workshop is specifically designed for those preparing for certification examinations (ASP, CSP, CHST, OHST) and needing a hands-on review of essential math skill areas. Tl-30X llS calculator included.
Learn:
- Conversions
- Dimensional analysis
- Number manipulation
- Shapes and formulae
- Graphing
- Algebra
- Trigonometry
- Operation of a scientific calculator
Calculators
Attendees will need to use scientific calculator TI-30X IIS in the Math, ASP, CSP, CHST and OHST workshops. These calculators will be provided in the Math Review seminar. ASP, CSP, CHST, and OHST attendees who do not attend the Math Review seminar may bring their own TI-30X IIS calculator or purchase one on-site.
Associate Safety Professional (ASP) Examination Pr
3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.5 Safety CM Points, Approval # 09-2774
Gain the knowledge and confidence to pass the Safety Fundamentals ex-amination leading to the ASP designation with this review of SH&E concepts and test-taking strategies.
Learn:
- Recognizing, measuring, evaluating, and controlling SH&E hazards
- SH&E training and management
- Business principles, practices, and metrics in SH&E practice
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Examination Pr
3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.5 Safety CM Points, Approval # 09-2775 / 21 CHMM CMPs
Prepare for the Comprehensive Practice Examination leading to the CSP through lectures, sample problems, and discussion on a variety of subjects essential to the three domains of the exam.
Learn:
- Collecting, assessing, managing SH&E and security risk
- Concepts of probability,statistics and basic sciences
- Engineering:safety, environmental, occupational health and fire protection
- Applied management principles, ergonomic analysis, risk management
- Legal/regulatory and issues in SH&E and security
- Workers’ Compensation
Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) E
3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 21 CHMM CMPs
You will receive information on CHST education and experience require-ments for the certification and practice on 200 questions addressing the eight areas to be covered by the exam.
Learn:
- Safety program management and administration
- OSHA regulations and inspections
- Training and orientation
- Hazard communication and accident investigation
- Inspections, audits and recordkeeping requirements
- Job hazard analysis/pre-job planning
Occupational Health and Safety Technologist (OHST)
3 Days / 2.1 CEUs
This workshop will provide you with the potential areas that will be covered on the OHST certification examination.
Learn:
- Fundamentals: calculator, mathematics, statistics, chemistry, physics
- Engineering technology and control concepts
- Basic and applied sciences
- Law, regulations and standards
- Data computation, recordkeeping, surveys, inspection techniques and investigation
- Education, training and instruction
Managing the Business Aspects of Safety
3 Days, 2.1 CEUs / 3.5 IH CM Points, Approval #09-2781 / 21 CHMM CMPs
Practice techniques that will enhance your ability to manage the business aspects of your safety effort and effectively communicate the results.
Learn to:
- Demonstrate business communications, ethics, legal liability and contract language
- Develop strategic plans and statistical analysis
- Align safety with the business aspects of
- Financial management
- Insurance and claims management-Human resource management
- Risk management
- Crisis management
- Corporate security
- Develop corporate systems for training,education and resource infor-mation
- Interface with other areas of your organization that can support your efforts
Corporate Safety Management
3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.5 IH CM Points #09-2778
Corporate Safety Management provides a forum to share challenges, craft solutions, and implement the necessary skills to be successful in positioning safety in your organization.
Learn to:
- Design your safety management system to support business objectives
- Influence and obtain management support for your safety efforts
- Demonstrate business acumen and negotiation skills
- Achieve work habits necessary for more effective safety management
- Adjust safety efforts in response to corporate mergers, downsizing, rightsizing, and reorganizing
- Benchmark your organization’s safety and health system
Safety Management I
3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.5 IH CM Points #09-2776
Through examples,case studies and other resources, this seminar provides a foundation of fundamental elements and techniques for managing an effective safety system.
Learn to:
- Establish accountability for safety efforts
- Implement proven system elements and strategy
- Satisfy the moral, financial and legal responsibilities
- Develop policy statements and performance standards to assist the management team fulfill its safety responsibilities
- Control Workers’Compensation costs
- Create a budget for your safety efforts
Safety Management II
2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 3.5 IH CM Points #09-2777
Review case studies to learn measurement techniques with recommenda-tions for implementation.Take this seminar as a continuation of Safety Management l or for strengthening an existing safety management system.Bring a copy of your current safety policy and rules.
Learn to:
- Conduct an effective safety audit
- Analyze the ethics of safety-related matters
- Fulfill the expanded safety role and the expectation of your organization
- Implement strategic safety efforts that will impact the system
- Reinforce safety behavior in your organization
Delivering a High-Performance Safety Management Sy
2 Days, 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 IH CM Points, Approval #09-2779 / 14 CHMM CMP
Designed to assess the effectiveness of your system,this seminar evaluates methods and enables you to continuously measure your safety manage-ment efforts.
Learn to:
- Evaluate safety management approaches, techniques and performance
- Human behavior
- Zero incidents
- Six Sigma
- International system standards
- VPP as a model
- Critical management activities
- Managing safety for profit
- Return on investment
- Integrate safety in the management process
- Demonstrate system effectiveness by measuring and interpreting results
- Develop leading indicators, corporate-wide standards and international system standards
- Implement safety design standards for new processes, equipment and systems
Reducing Losses from Occupational Health Risks and
2 Days, 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 IH CM Points, Approval #09-2780 / 14 CHMM CMP
Reduce the incidence of occupational illness by understanding the relationship between environmental issues and the overall safety and health system.
Learn to:
- Implement practical approaches for reducing the incidence of occupational illness
- Identify the most common environmental concerns and consider possible solutions
- Recognize environmental issues and how they relate to the overall safety and health system
- Risk Assessment Process
- Process Safety Management
- Waste Management
- Employ and manage ergonomics
- Manage major losses






