Seminars Offered at SeminarFest 2008

Certification Preparation Workshops

Instructors request each attendee bring a scientific calculator to class, such as a TI-30X IIS or equivalent. Effective January 1, 2004, only the following brands and models of calculators will be allowed for use during the examinations: Texas Instruments: TI-30, TI-34, TI-35, TI-36; Casio: FX-115, FX-250, FX-260, FX-300; Hewlett Packard: hp 9, hp 10, hp 12, hp 30. Different versions of the above brands and models will be permitted. For example, the TI-30X IIS and hp 30s calculators will be allowed, as they are versions of the permitted brands and models.

These seminars offer preparation for the new BCSP examinations for the ASP and CSP designations.

1 Math Review for Certification Exams

January 20, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU

Seminar Description: This is an intensive one-day review of essential math skills. This seminar is specifically designed for those preparing for certification examinations (ASP, CSP, CHST, OHST) and needing a hands-on review of the following essential skill areas; conversions, dimensional analysis, number manipulation, shapes and formulae, graphing, algebra and trigonometry. Operation of a scientific calculator is also included.

Learn:

• Conversions - SI and English conversions of mass, length and time
• Dimensional analysis - multi-step conversions (e.g., converting miles per hour to feet per second, pounds to micrograms)
• Number manipulation - exponents, scientific notation, significant digits, answer accuracy and rounding and logarithms
• Shapes and formulae - area, circumference and volume of rectangles, triangles, circles, trapezoids, cubes and cylinders
• Graphing - two dimensional graphing of linear, exponential, trigonometric and logarithmic functions
• Algebra - laws and concepts, word problems
• Trigonometry - right angles, trig functions and word problems

Instructor: Langlois, Weigand, & Associates, Baton Rouge, LA

2 ASP Examiniation Preparation Workshop: Safety Fundamentals

January 21-23, 2008 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.0 Safety CM Points # 07 -1938

3 ASP Examiniation Preparation Workshop: Safety Fundamentals*

January 24-26, 2008 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.0 Safety CM Points # 07 -1938

Seminar Description: This three-day review seminar will prepare you for the Board of Certified Safety Professionals’ (BCSP) Safety Fundamentals Examination, which leads to the Associate Safety Professional (ASP) designation. Participants will review more than 450 problems addressing all four sections covered by the exam.

Learn To:

• Determine whether you are ready to attend the Safety Fundamental Examination
• Obtain answers to questions about Core Exam materials
• Identify areas where additional preparation is needed
• Find resources available to prepare for the exam
• Utilize information about certification requirements and scoring procedures in your test preparation
• Review content material in an informal environment utilizing a testing format, including an opportunity for discussion

Instructor: Langlois, Weigand, & Associates, Baton Rouge, LA

*This seminar is not preceded by a Math Review seminar, but does include a complimentary copy of the book Background Math for Board of Certified Safety Professionals’ Safety Certification Exams.

4 CSP Examination Preparation Workshop

January 21-23, 2008 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.0 Safety CM Points # 07 1939 / 1.3 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: This seminar is designed to prepare individuals for BCSP’s comprehensive practice examination. Seminar content consists of lectures, sample problems and discussions on various subjects to prepare the student for the exam.

Learn:

• Concepts of probability, statistics and calculus
• Engineering - safety and environmental, occupational health, fire protection
• Applied management - principles, ergonomic analysis, risk management, Workers’ Compensation
• Legal/regulatory and professional affairs

Instructor: Langlois, Weigand, & Associates, Baton Rouge, LA

5 Construction Health and Safety Technician Preparation Workshop (CHST)

January 24-26, 2008 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 1.3 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: This seminar provides CHST education and experience requirements and over 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
• Inspections and audits
• Job hazard analysis/pre-job planning
• Accident investigation
• Recordkeeping requirements

Instructor: Steve Pereira, CSP - President - Professional Safety Associates, Denham Springs, LA

6 Occupational Health and Safety Technologist Examiniation Preparation Workshop (OHST)

January 24-26, 2008 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs

Seminar Description: This seminar will help identify potential problem areas, recommend resources available to prepare for the exam, explain certification requirements and scoring procedures, review content material utilizing a testing format, and minimize test shock.

Learn:

• Fundamentals - calculator, mathematics, statistics, chemistry, physics
• Engineering technology
• Basic and applied sciences
• Law, regulations and standards
• Control concepts
• Pre-event survey and inspection techniques
• Post-event Investigation
• Data computation and recordkeeping
• Education, training and instruction

Instructor: Langlois, Weigand, & Associates, Baton Rouge, LA

Note: Additional information on the certification preparation workshops can be found on ASSE’s web page (http://www.asse.org) or upon request from Customer Service at 847.699.2929.

ASSE Certificate in Safety Management

The Certificate in Safety Management signifies your attainment of an educational step recommended for the safety professional by ASSE. Upon completion, a personalized certificate of documentation is awarded after earning a total of 7.5 CEUs for completing three required seminars and any other ASSE National seminars or symposia that bring your CEU count to 7.5. The required seminars are Safety Management I, Safety Management II and Corporate Safety Management. Chapter and Regional seminars are not applicable to this program.

7 Safety Management I

January 20-22, 2008 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.0 IH CM Points # 07-1940

Seminar Description: This seminar provides a foundation of fundamental elements and techniques for managing an effective safety system. Through examples, case studies and other resources, participants will take away a framework for an effective safety management system that can be implemented in their organization.

Learn:

• Effective, proven elements of a safety management system
• Strategies for each element
• Techniques to establish accountability for safety efforts
• Sample policy statements and performance standards to assist the management team in carrying out its safety responsibilities
• Approaches to selling safety to various operating functions
• The moral, financial and legal responsibilities of today’s safety professional
• Strategies to control Workers’ Compensation costs
• Budgeting for a safety management effort

Instructor: Joel N. Tietjens, CSP - President - T-JENS & T-JENS, Inc., Spring, TX

8 Safety Management II*

January 23-24, 2008 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.0 IH CM Points # 07-1941

Seminar Description: This seminar may be taken as a continuation of Safety Management Part I or as a stand-alone seminar for those who wish to strengthen an existing safety management system. Case studies will be conducted in this seminar to learn measurement techniques with recommendations for implementation.

Learn To:

• Fulfill the expectations of your organization related to the expanded role of today’s safety professional
• Conduct effective safety auditing
• Recognize how the ADA and other strategic management efforts impact the safety management system
• Prepare for a deposition
• Analyze the ethics of safety-related matters
• Reinforce safe behavior in your organization

* Note: Please bring to class: 1) a copy of a safety policy; 2) a copy of several safety rules; or 3) a one or two-page memo on your company’s safety policy or rules.

Instructors: Joel N. Tietjens, CSP - President - T-JENS & T-JENS, Inc., Spring, TX

9 Corporate Safety Management

January 20-22, 2008 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.0 IH CM Points # 07-1942

Seminar Description: This seminar is for the safety professional who is facing the challenges of management responsibility in the corporate world. If you have recently joined the corporate management team or would like to enhance your business skills, this seminar will provide you with the steps to success in these areas. You will also learn how to make safety a key function of the overall business process of your organization.

Learn To:

• Design your safety management system to support the business objectives of your corporation
• Make appropriate adjustments to you safety effort in response to corporate mergers, downsizing, rightsizing and reorganizing
• Most advantageously position the safety function in your corporate structure
• Obtain management and non-management support for your safety responsibility
• More effectively conduct industry safety networking
• Use proven techniques to negotiate in the business world
• Adopt the working habits of highly effective safety professionals
• Benchmark your organization’s safety and health system

Instructor: Samuel Gualardo, CSP - President - National Safety Consultants, Inc., Salix, PA

Executive Program in Safety Management

Your Next Step In Continuing Education

A certificate from the Executive Program in Safety Management is a program for safety, health, or environmental professionals who aspire to a higher level of achievement in safety management. It signifies the accomplishment of maximizing safety program performance, demonstrates safety system success, shows advantages in career objectives and opens up opportunities for long-term achievement.

The Certificate is awarded after earning a total of 7.5 CEUs for completing three required seminars and any other ASSE national seminars or symposia that bring your CEU count to 7.5 or more. The required seminars are Delivering a High-Performance Safety Management System*, Reducing Losses from Occupational Health Risks* and Environmental Exposures and Managing the Business Aspects of Safety.

Participants in the Executive Program In Safety Management Learn To:

• Assess the performance of your safety management effort
• Review selected safety management approaches and determine the most appropriate for your organization
• Establish a process to determine the effectiveness of your safety program
• Develop loss reduction strategies to address the health and environmental risks that impact your organization
• Better manage the business aspects of your operation
• Interface more directly and more influentially with areas of your organization that interact with your department
• Become a valuable member of management’s decision-making team

Eligibility: You are eligible to receive the Certificate of Completion for this program if you satisfy one of the following criteria:

1. Completion of the ASSE Certificate in Safety Management
2. CSP, CHMM, ARM or CIH designation
3. Member of ASSE in the Professional Member category
4. Baccalaureate degree plus 5 years experience in safety
5. Professional engineer working in the safety, health or environmental field.

* Please visit www.asse.org for additional Executive Program in Safety Management classes presented throughout the year.

10 Managing the Business Aspects of Safety

January 20-22, 2008 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.0 IH CM Points # 07- 1943 / 1.3 CHMM CMP

Description: With career growth, the safety professional increases interaction with the senior management team. There is an expectation that the safety professional needs the knowledge of all aspects of the organization’s operations in order to more effectively integrate a safety system into the company’s business. This seminar is designed to support those challenges.

Learn To:

• Practice techniques that will enhance your ability to manage the business aspects of your safety effort
• Interface more readily with other areas of your organization that can support your efforts
• Effectively communicate the results of your safety program with senior management

Seminar Content:

• Business Communication
• Writing Safety Procedures
• Strategic Planning
• Business Ethics
• Financial Management
• Business Statistical Analysis
• Acting as a Consultant to Your Organization
• Human Resource Management
• Risk Management
• Insurance and Claims Management
• Legal Liability
• Contract Language
• Crisis Management
• Corporate Security
• Developing Corporate Systems for Training, Education, and Resource Information
• Building Trust Throughout the Organization

Instructors: Thomas F. Cecich, CSP, CIH - President - TFC & Associates, Apex, NC; and James “Skipper” Kendrick, CSP - Manager, Industrial Safety and Hygiene - Bell Helicopter, Hurst, TX

Technical, Management and Skill Development Seminars

11 Creative Line Management Safety and Health Leaders

January 25-26, 2008 - 2 Days/ 1.4 CEUs / 2.0 IH CM # 07-1944/ .88 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: Maximizing safety performance excellence can only be accomplished when line managers accept and own the safety responsibility. This seminar will assist you in your efforts to create an environment where your role and the role of the line management team can be enhanced to produce safety performance excellence.

Learn To:

• Train line managers on the techniques they must utilize to effectively execute their safety responsibility
• Implement a strategy to assist the organization in improving its safety culture
• Take steps toward achieving safety performance excellence based upon the critical elements necessary for reaching this goal
• Practice common and contemporary safety management approaches and work toward achieving senior management commitment to safety

Instructor: Samuel Gualardo, CSP - President - National Safety Consultants, Inc., Salix, PA

12 Cost Analysis for the Safety and Health Professionals

January 23, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1945

Seminar Description: Today business environments have many priorities that compete for an organization’s limited resources. Managers must justify the benefits of investments in safety and health equipment, technology, staffing and programs in terms that offer value to their organizations. Ultimately, safety professionals must identify and justify initiatives that will result in the greatest degree of risk reduction given a fixed amount of financial resource.

This seminar will examine the process of making sound business decisions that result in budgets sufficient to mitigate safety and health risks. Included will be a review of current models available to analyze the value of safety and health investments.

Learn To:

• Recognize the business drivers in planning safety and health investment strategies
• Quantify and present the benefits and costs of safety and health expenditures
• Utilize risk assessment methodologies to optimize safety and health investment decisions
• Evaluate existing models for analyzing safety and health investment strategies

Instructor: Thomas F. Cecich, CSP, CIH - President - TFC & Associates, Apex, NC

13 Techniques for Building a World-Class Safety System

January 24, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1946/ .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: World-class safety performance requires a balance between establishing a safety culture characterized by passion and caring, and utilizing a systematic approach to safety. In this seminar, you will learn techniques and tools that will help you connect these two essential components of a high-performance safety system.

Learn To:

• Utilize a simple proven approach to implement a system that can lead to a higher level of safety performance
• influence workforce culture toward greater support of safety and health efforts, within the framework of the safety system
• Apply techniques that will create a synergy between your organization’s culture and safety management system for a more proactive approach to safety

Instructor: Jack Toellner, P.E., CSP, MPH - Lead Safety Advisor - ExxonMobil Development Company, Houston, TX

14 Providing Expert Witness Testimony

January 25, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1947/ .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: As you progress in your career as a safety and health professional, opportunities arise for you to act as an expert witness in litigation. Or, you may be thinking about self-employment as an authority for litigation on safety and health matters. This seminar will provide you with a foundation of skills needed to take on the role of an expert witness.

Learn To:

• Provide expert witness testimony in accordance with the laws of the U.S. Legal System and its litigation process
• Use the rules of civil procedure and evidence to establish the functional framework for your testimony
• Respond in the role of a safety expert in depositions and at trial
• Conduct the business aspects to support your expert witness services
• More effectively communicate as an expert

Instructor: Neil A. Feldscher, CIH, CSP, Esq. - Lowenstein Sandler PC - Roseland, New Jersey

15 Becoming an Effective Independent Consultant

January 26, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 Mgmt CM Point # 07-1948

Seminar Description: This seminar offers hands-on training in basic business operations for those who would like to improve the effectiveness of their consultant practice or would like to make the transition from employee to independent practitioner.

Learn To:

• Establish or more effectively operate an independent consulting practice
• Discuss the most difficult challenges facing the independent consultant
• Create a business plan for optimum performance of the consulting practice
• Conduct key business operations
• Address financial issues
• Construct proposals, contracts and letters of agreement
• Use marketing, sales, financial and practice management in your business

Instructor: Deborah R. Roy, MPH, RN, COHN-S, CET, CSP - President - Safetech Consultants, Inc., South Portland, ME

16 Industrial Hygiene for the Safety Professional

January 23-24, 2008 - 2 Days/ 1.4 CEUs / .88 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: This seminar provides an overview of the elements involved with the field of Industrial Hygiene. Discussion will concentrate on hazard recognition, evaluation, and control for the participant who is either beginning in the field or in need of an overview refresher course. Practical hands-on case studies will be utilized in developing sampling strategy, sampling methods and use of control measures. A basic review of industrial hygiene equipment and current regulatory requirements will be addressed.

Learn:

• The role of industrial hygiene
• PEL vs. TLV
• Toxicology vs. hazard
• Prioritizing hazards
• Instrumentation
• Strategy evaluation
• Control measures
• Indoor air quality
• Industrial hygiene reports/calculations

Instructor: Thomas L. Roberts, CSP, CIH, CHMM - President - Occupational & Industrial Health Systems, Inc., Nacogdoches, TX

17 Implementing the Best OHS Management System for Your Organization

January 25, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1949

Seminar Description: Three occupational health and safety management systems, ANSI Z10, OHSAS 18001 and ILO OSH 2001, are widely recognized and available to organizations around the world. Which one is best for your organization? In this seminar, you will learn the benefits and challenges of each system.

Learn To:

• Compare and discuss the benefits and challenges of ANSI Z10, OHSAS 18001, and ILO OSH 2001
• Determine what preparation needs to be made for implementation of each system
• Use selection criteria to assist you in your management system decision-making process

Instructor: Joel N. Tietjens, CSP, CSHM - T-JENS & T-JENS, Inc., Spring, TX

18 Criminal and Liability Issues Facing the Health and Safety Professional (CANCELLED)

January 26, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Point #07-1950

Seminar Description: Examine, from a legal perspective, the types of work activities and business objectives that typically result in the greatest liability to business owners, contractors, employers, consultants, and the individuals they employ. You will analyze the criminal charges and convictions for health and safety related crimes, discover the actions that gave rise to the criminal liability, possible alternative actions that might have eliminated criminal liability, and the process of legal actions and outcomes.

Learn To:

• Describe personal criminal liability that can arise during health and safety related activities
• Identify and react to existing circumstances or developing situations that may result in personal criminal liability
• Implement the response actions before you are at risk of becoming personally criminally liable
• Use methods to reduce or eliminate liability and the resulting trade-offs in each method of liability mitigation

Instructor: Alan T. Blotch - EH&S Law Group, PLLC, Poulsbo, WA

19 Risk Management for the Safety Professional

January 20-22, 2008 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.0 IH CM Points # 07-1951 / 1.3 CHMM CMPs

Seminar Description: Safety and health professionals need to understand and apply a wide variety of best practices beyond simple accident prevention. Designed for practicing safety professionals, the seminar provides a framework for understanding the risk management process and emphasizes the complementary financial and contractual controls that can be used to assure the organization’s survival and profitability. Through case studies, you will conduct a thorough analysis of an organization's risks, examine the wide variety of risk management techniques to address real-world financial needs of risk management, and see the impact of insurance and other risk financing programs on the cost of risk.

Learn To:

• Prioritize your organization's pre-loss and post-loss objectives
• Identify and analyze loss exposures and their full impact on your organization
• Select appropriate risk control and risk financing methods, including insurance programs, risk retention and contractual risk transfer
• Reduce the cost of Workers’ Compensation and other insurance programs
• Apply the risk management process to tactical and strategic issues

Instructor: Philip E. Goldsmith, CSP, ARM - Deputy Chief, Risk Management - National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

20 People-Based Safety: The Human Dynamics of Achieving an Injury-Free Workplace

January 23, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 Safety CM Points # 07- 1952 / .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: This workshop will help you understand the dynamics of human nature relevant to increasing the kind of involvement in occupational safety that prevents workplace injuries. You will be able to discuss and implement the psychological principles and strategies applicable to improving the human dynamics of your organization and achieving an injury-free workplace. Attendees will receive a copy of Dr. Scott Geller’s book “People-Based Safety”. Dr. Geller is Senior Partner with Safety Performance Solutions, Inc. along with the workshop presenter Dr. Steve Roberts. Specific topics include:

Learn To:

• Utilize principles of people-based psychology, practice and strategies to facilitate a total safety culture
• Increase empowerment, ownership and involvement in occupational health and safety
• Help people develop self-accountability for safety
• Give and receive safety-related feedback
• Align safety management systems to drive positive culture change
• Use assessment, decision making and improvement tools

Instructor: Steve Roberts, Ph.D. - Senior Partner, Safety Performance Solutions, Inc. - Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

21 Preparing for Global Harmonization and Chemical Safety Regulations

January 24, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1953/ .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of classification and labeling of chemicals is coming to the US and it will affect your hazard communication program whether your organization is a manufacturer, importer, distributor or end user. Now is the time to get ready for GHS expectations and the impact it will have on your organization. In addition, the European Union and other countries have implemented new regulations that affect the registration of chemicals, use of certain materials and now mandate recycling. In this seminar, you will learn how to make the necessary changes to your safety and health efforts for GHS and related chemical regulations. You will take away information to respond to the changes in Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) Program, and even your company’s product lifecycle.

Learn To:

• Assess the components of your safety operation in relation to the requirements of GHS and other global chemical regulations
• Ready your safety efforts for the probable impact of GHS on OSHA Hazard Communication and other related EPA and DOT regulations
• Identify the current status of US regulations that will be impacted by GHS
• Identify the current status of international chemical regulations and how they will impact the US

Instructor: Deborah R. Roy, MPH, RN, COHN-S, CET, CSP - President - Safetech Consultants, Inc., Portland, ME

22 Designing Safety and Health for an Aging Workforce

January 25, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 Safety CM Points # 07-1954

Seminar Description: By 2030, forty-two percent of the US population will be more than 45 years-old. With aging, there can be declining physical and cognitive abilities. In this seminar, you will learn about those variables that will allow you to contribute to the work setting design process. You will take away information to support systems and processes that enable older workers to maximize productivity and minimize error rates while functioning normally.

Learn To:

• Assess the safety and health risks in your organization as they impact your aging workforce
• Tailor your safety and health efforts to respond to the workforce changes that occur with aging
• Better utilize the experience of an aging workforce to strengthen performance of your organization’s safety operations
• Manage self-induced accommodations made by the aging workforce to ensure safe operations
• Build safety into the design for an aging workforce

Instructor: Joel M. Haight, Ph.D., P.E., CIH, CSP - Associate Professor - Penn State University, University Park, PA

23 Fleet Safety: Managing Risk Associated with the Operation of Your Vehicle Fleet

January 26, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU’s / 1.0 Safety CM Point # 07-1955

Seminar Description: This seminar is a comprehensive approach to managing risk associated with vehicle fleet operations. This approach includes the establishment of relevant driver policies including; qualifying, managing behavior, suggested training, vehicle maintenance, regulatory considerations, and the appropriate disciplinary measures and protocols for poor driving behavior. The advantages and disadvantages of vehicle technology and management of driver distraction will be discussed.

Learn To:

• Discuss the elements of risk associated with vehicle fleet operations
• Acquire tools for management of risks
• Take steps to address the potential risks and consequences associated with inadequate fleet management and poor driving behaviors

Instructor: Carmen W. Daecher, CSP, CHCM - The Daecher Consulting Group, Inc. - Camp Hill, PA

24 Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis

January 20-21, 2008 - 2 Days/ 1.4 CEUs / 2.0 IH CM Points # 07- 1956 / .88 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: All accidents, injuries, illnesses and near-miss incidents should be investigated to determine the cause(s) so that appropriate corrective action can be taken to prevent similar events. OSHA has requirements for investigating certain job-related injuries and illnesses. Under OSHA 1910.119 Chemical Process Safety Management Standard, all incidents that did or could have resulted in the catastrophic release of highly hazardous chemicals or catastrophic explosions must be investigated by a team within 48 hours. This two-day seminar will teach participants how to promptly conduct thorough investigations and identify the root cause(s) of the event.

Learn To:

• Interview witnesses and gather facts
• Identify the injury or loss event, the accident event and preceding events associated with the incident
• Draft a report and document, preserve and maintain chain of custody of photos and critical evidence
• Use a causal factors guide to identify all possible causes of the incident and subsequent corrective action
• Avoid the use of inflammatory and subjective terminology
• Set up a system for tracking outstanding recommendations
• Document and handle unrelated but important information uncovered in the investigation

Instructor: Steven P. Pereira, CSP - President - Professional Safety Associates, Denham Springs, LA

25 Auditing Compliance with the OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard - Peeling the Onion

January 22-23, 2008 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.0 IH CM Points # 07-1957/ .88 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: If your organization has a Process Safety Management (PSM) covered process, you will need to conduct a compliance audit every three years to comply with OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119. In this seminar, you will develop detailed working knowledge of the PSM Standard that will enable you to develop and implement an audit process to satisfy OSHA requirements and evaluate the effectiveness of your PSM activities. You will take away audit checklists, a list of common problems found on many audits, and lessons learned from OSHA and CSB investigations.

Learn To:

• Develop an audit protocol
• Lead a PSM audit team in conducting an in-depth audit
• Evaluate the quality of Process Hazard Analyses (PHA’s)
• Describe common problems found with operating procedures and operator training programs
• Evaluate the contractor selection and oversight process
• Analyze the quality and effectiveness of the Mechanical Integrity Program
• Assess the PSM Incident Investigation process to assure the root cause(s) of incidents are identified and corrected in a timely manner
• Conduct an in-depth review of work permit procedures to verify hot work, confined space entry, lockout/tagout and line break activities are performed safely
• Review emergency reporting and response procedures

Instructor: Steven P. Pereira, CSP - President - Professional Safety Associates, Inc., Denham Springs, LA

26 Sellling Safety to Your Organization

January 24, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1986/ .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: You know it’s your responsibility to have your organization take an interest in the measures that will maximize their safety and health. The senior management of your organization is not aware of the value of the contribution made by safety and health to the success of the business. How do you get their attention? These are common challenges and barriers to effectively implementing safety and health into all levels of your organization. In this seminar, you will learn to apply and use business-marketing concepts to achieve greater success of your safety effort.

Learn To:

• Apply business-marketing concepts to your safety and health efforts to maximize performance
• Construct the most effective safety and health messages for all levels of your organization
• Determine the safety and health information needed by your organization’s leaders and develop appropriate communication for this group’s recognition of safety and health achievement
• Demonstrate the impact of safety and health on the organization’s business goals to leaders in your organization through business-marketing concepts

Instructor: James A. Boretti, CSP - President - Boretti, Inc., Visalia, CA

27 Creating Safety Training Programs That Work

January 25 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1958 / .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: Are your trainers sages on the stage or guides on the side? In this seminar, you will learn how to create training programs that actively engage your trainees using brain compatible learning principles. Discover three key learning patterns that help your trainees focus, pay attention, and remember your content. You will learn how to create instructional programs that accomplish your training goals.

Learn To:

• Identify three learning style patterns that indicate the best way to teach
• Discuss brain compatible teaching principles that relate to focus, attention, memory and application
• Improve your ability to create training programs that meet training goals by using the learning style patterns and effective teaching techniques shared in the seminar

Instructor: Ann Anzalone - National Trainer and Consultant - Adjunct Professor at Wright State University (Dayton, OH) - Adjunct Professor at McGregor School of Antioch University (Yellow Springs, OH) - Dayton, OH

28 Ergonomic Leadership: Motivating and Developing Ergonomic Behavior

January 26, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Point # 07-1959

Seminar Description: Ergonomic-related injuries such as soft tissue/strains/sprains, repetitive motion and others still remain a significant problem in many organizations. Companies have found that they have been able to reduce these injuries through a variety of task and workstation-specific interventions but the effectiveness of their efforts has reached a plateau. In this seminar, you will learn a systematic leadership approach for motivating and developing ergonomic behavior throughout the organization.

Learn To:

• Recognize hidden employee barriers to ergonomic change
• Persuade management to overcome obstacles to active ergonomic leadership
• Provide strategic leadership to your organization in ergonomic injury prevention
• Design the appropriate training to increase ergonomic behavior

Instructor: Robert Pater, M.A. - Managing Director - Strategic Safety Associates & MoveSMART, Portland, OR

29 Crisis Leadership Planning

January 20-21, 2008 - 2 Days / 1.4 CUEs / 2.0 IH CM Points # 07-1960/ .88 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: In today’s world, safety and health professionals must be proactive in organizational planning for crisis management. In this two-day seminar, you will learn the steps you need to take to assume a leadership role in preparing and responding to a crisis in your organization. You will take back step-by-step tools to create a vulnerability audit, crisis management plan and crisis response plan. You will also have the opportunity to experience this leadership role in a simulation lab.

Learn To:

• Create a vulnerability audit to determine current and potential areas of operational weakness and strength
• Develop a crisis management plan based on the results of the vulnerability audit
• Deliver crisis response training and simulations to provide your workforce with the skills they need to appropriately react during a crisis

Instructor: Gloria Heatherington, Ph.D. - CEO - Heatherington Consulting Group Safety Division, Las Vegas, NV

30 Nanotechnology: Being Prepared for the Next Big Thing

January 22, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1961 / .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: An estimated two-million workers in the US are currently exposed to nanometer-diameter particles on a regular basis, according to NIOSH. The NanoBusiness Alliance predicts that, Nanotechnology is likely to be the engine of innovation for the next fifty years, creating global economic output from one to three-trillion by 2015. Rapid advances in technology create significant challenges and opportunities for safety professionals. In this seminar, you will explore the latest issues associated with nanotechnology, tackle the challenges of what safety assessment you provide your employer/client when nanotech products enter their market, how to explain the risks of nanotechnology to workers and what precautions your organization should be taking now.

Learn To:

• Articulate the science and business of nanotechnology
• Anticipate potential legal, ethical, and societal issues
• Recognize safety, health, and environmental hazards associated with nanotechnology
• Deliver effective risk communication
• Devise strategies to distinguish and advance the role of safety professionals in this expanding technology

Instructor: Dan Markiewicz, MS, CSP, CIH, CHMM - President - Markiewicz & Associates Ltd., Toledo, OH

31 Leading Measures of Safety Performance: A Measurement and Metrics Workshop

January 23-24, 2008 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.0 IH CM Points # 07-1962 / .88 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: In this highly interactive seminar, you will learn the latest methods in measurement as applied to safety management systems. You will examine the proper application and limitations of various safety metrics, determine measurement priorities, learn about communicating with management through leading measurement systems, and identify methods for using measurement as a powerful driver of safety performance. Tools and resources for measurement will be discussed and demonstrated.

Learn To:

• Distinguish the roles leading and trailing indicators play in effective safety management systems
• Recognize key steps in utilizing leading measures and metrics
• Use basic safety metrics calculations and tools
• Develop a leading measures implementation strategy specific to your organization
• Identify pitfalls in establishing performance measurement systems
• Explain how to use meaningful safety metrics to affect employee motivation and as drivers of improved safety performance
• Prepare a report for senior management using leading safety metrics

Instructors: Earl Blair, Ed.D., CSP - Associate Professor & Program Director, Safety Management - Department of Applied Health Science - Indiana University - Bloomington, IN; Barry S. Spurlock - Loss Control Professional - Midwestern Insurance Alliance, Louisville, KY

32 Fall Protection

January 25, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 Safety CM Points # 07-1963

Seminar Description: This seminar is intended to provide an overview of the OSHA standards related to fall protection in the construction industry. The focus will be placed upon the information needs of those safety professionals responsible for the direct supervision of affected operations or those who oversee contractors.

Learn To:

• Develop and implement an effective fall protection program
• Determine the best methods for protecting employees
• Identify and take steps to comply with the requirements of the relevant OSHA standards
• Recognize the difference between fall arrest, restraint and positioning systems, and fall prevention and fall protection
• Conduct training as required by OSHA standards
• Discuss how OSHA enforces the fall protection standards

Instructor: Kimlee Lindgren - Compliance Officer - Cal/OSHA, Santa Ana, CA

33 Critical Issues in Construction Safety

January 26, 2008 - 1 Day/ .7 CEU / 1.0 Safety CM Points # 07-1964

Seminar Description: Designed for the construction safety professional, this seminar will identify the differences between general industry and construction, relative to hazard identification and control. It will also touch on the most common construction hazards, safety and health programs, hazard communication, personal protective equipment, fire prevention and protection, heavy equipment, traffic control, welding, electrical, scaffolding, training, fall protection, recordkeeping and more.

Learn To:

• Recognize the most common construction exposures and develop solutions for each issue
• Understand that it is impossible to be in compliance with the law
• Define critical
• Identify critical issues relative to OSHA standards and to preventing injury, illness, and death in construction
• Share the good, bad and ugly of personal experiences

Instructor: Kimlee Lindgren - Compliance Officer - Cal/OSHA, Santa Ana, CA

34 Basic Electrical Safety with Application of NFPA 70E*

January 20-21, 2008 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.0 Safety CM Points # 07-1965

Seminar Description: Worker injuries resulting from lacking or inadequate electrical safety controls can be debilitating and even fatal. It is the responsibility of the health and safety professional to recognize electrical hazards and suggest methods of control. It will provide you with how-to issues as well as a unique, direct focus explanation of principles and visual skills. The seminar's content covers the basic principles to comply with OSHA and NEC standards. The seminar’s objectives provide a chronological sequence for implementation of electrical hazard control and management.

Learn To:

• Gain a fundamental understanding of engineering design principles and management principles of electrical safety including the application of OSHA's newly adopted NFPA 70E electrical safety requirements
• Discuss the basic principles of electricity including electrical units and basic circuitry
• Identify the hazards of electricity to the human body
• Implement engineering control principles of electrical hazards, including hazardous locations, wiring protection and design, grounding, and workspace
• Explain the requirements when working near energized equipment when utilizing PPE, approach boundaries, and energy control procedures
• Identify the regulatory requirements for electrical safety under OSHA and the NEC, (NFPA 70E)
• Recognize the safety requirements for electrical equipment, temporary wiring, and cord and plug equipment
• Implement the training requirements for qualified persons
• Develop a company electrical safety program
• Demonstrate the skills learned in this seminar through hands-on laboratory sessions on basic principles, reverse polarity and energy control.

* Learning Aids: An arithmetic/scientific calculator with square root function is required for this seminar. A fully charged laptop with MS Excel is optional.

Instructor: Paul Zoubek, CSP, CIH - Occupational Services Inc. - San Diego, CA

35 Building Safety into the Design

January 22, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 Safety CM Points # 07-1966/ .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: Technology plays a critical role in modern life by providing many benefits ranging from dramatic increases in human performance and work productivity to enhanced quality of life. However, incorporating technology into products and environments can be potentially dangerous, particularly when the physical and cognitive limitations of the workforce are not key design considerations. Learn how to use human factors principles that help to ensure a match between new technology and the people who use it with the goal of ensuring personal safety. You will take away techniques you can apply to enhance safety in your workplace.

Learn To:

• Apply human factors principles relevant to safety to diagnose safety-related workplace hazards
• Implement human factors principles to dissolve safety problems through design
• Evaluate examples of good and poor designs to recognize design features that either facilitate or reduce safety
• Work interactively to use design to solve design-induced safety-related problems

Instructor: Michael J. Kalsher, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Psychology - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

36 Managing Safety in a Pandemic

January 23, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Point # 07- 1967 / .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: Experts predict that the world is overdue for a pandemic, a global disease outbreak that spreads quickly from person-to-person. A pandemic influenza outbreak in the US, for example, may cause illness among thirty percent of the population and result in employee absenteeism rates up to forty percent for several months. You will learn how to assist your organization in developing comprehensive strategies and tactics to better prepare them for a pandemic event.

Learn To:

• Develop a plan to respond to the impact of a pandemic on your organization
• Establish policy and procedure to follow during a pandemic
• Allocate the appropriate resources to assure your organization is protected during a pandemic
• Educate and communicate to your organization to reduce the impact of a pandemic
• Coordinate with external organizations for additional assistance for your organization and the community it serves

Instructor: Dan Markiewicz, MS, CSP, CIH, CHMM - President - Markiewicz & Associates, Ltd., Toledo, OH

37 Strategic Planning for Safety Programs

January 24, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1968

Seminar Description: In this seminar, you will learn to develop long-term goals for safety that can be integrated into your organization’s strategic plan. You will follow through a strategic planning process with these steps:

• Understanding your own safety process
• Data gathering
• Analysis
• Insight and action planning
• Communication and buy-in
• Implementation

In a case study, following the above steps being taken by a major corporation, you will learn how to achieve the integration of safety throughout the management planning process for the organization. You will also learn how the use of safety management systems, leading metrics (balanced scorecard), worker perception surveys, and the integration of business systems like six-sigma contributed to the success of this strategic planning effort. You will then develop a strategic plan for your own safety program through a series of exercises.

Learn To:

• Write strategic goals and objectives
• Develop data sources for a Balanced Scorecard
• Determine which programs are most effective for injury and illness rate reduction
• Understand interaction and integration opportunities among other business initiatives (e.g., Six Sigma, lean)

Instructor: Paul A. Esposito, CIH, CSP, CPEA - Vice President - ESIS Global Risk Control Services, Annapolis, MD

38 Auditing Safety and Health Management Systems*

January 25, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1969 / .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: This seminar will familiarize you with management and quality assurance principles, how to develop a safety and health management system, and present a methodology to audit safety and health management systems. OSHA’s Program Management Guidelines will be used as the template for the seminar presentation, with examples from OHSAS 18000 and ANSI Z10. Techniques on interviewing and scoring employee and supervisor interviews will also be discussed. Procedures to baseline, score and quality control the audit procedure will also be presented.

Learn To:

• Discuss Management Systems
• Describe the difference between compliance and management systems audits
• Differentiate between some of the existing safety management systems (VPP, OHSAS 18000 and Z10)
• Locate references for safety management system audit criteria
• Measure and score audits
• Learn techniques for interviewing and scoring employee and supervisor perceptions and organizational culture

* Prerequisites: Students should either have auditing experience, and their company should have some type of established auditing program, not necessarily a health and safety management systems auditing. A basic understanding of management principles or quality programs (e.g., VPP, TQM or ISO 9000/14000) will be helpful.

Instructor: Paul A. Esposito, CIH, CSP, CPEA - Vice President - ESIS Global Risk Control Services, Annapolis, MD

39 Managing OSHA Inspections to Minimize Legal Liability and Maximize Safety and Health

January 26, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1970/ .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: OSHA inspections are effective and necessary actions for safeguarding the nation’s workforce. But, they can also lead to significant legal liability for your organization. As the key responder to these inspections, the safety professional needs to exercise leadership to be certain that the outcome of the inspection is fair to both the workforce and their organization. The seminar will focus on discrimination investigations under Section 11(c) of the OSH Act, and the impact of any new OSHA legislation. In addition, you will learn to handle statutorily required documents, voluntary production of non-mandatory documents, warrant requirements, types of inspections and unique issues related to each category, subpoena power, health inspections, contractor liability issues, affirmative defenses, informal conference techniques, and post-accident crisis management, site control and investigative techniques.

Learn To:

• Identify required documentation to avoid citations and use non-mandatory documents proactively to minimize liability
• Resolve legal privilege issues in accident investigations and inspections, safety audit and near-miss report liability issues
• Determine the impact of recent court decisions on contractor liability in construction and general industry
• Manage OSHA informal conferences, prepare defenses and strategize for favorable settlements

Instructor: Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP - Law Office of Adele L. Abrams P.C., Beltsville, MD

40 Techniques for Hazard Recognition

January 20-21, 2008 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.0 IH CM Points # 07- 1971/ .88 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: Even among organizations with the best safety and health management systems, employees find it difficult to recognize hazards. Experience has shown that practically every organization needs a variety of hazard recognition techniques, as many as 20 to 25 different techniques to be reasonably assured that the majority of hazards are found. In this seminar, you will learn a variety of techniques including job hazard analysis, the multi-step planning process, the 10 second drill, out-of-view observations, permitting, new equipment reviews, blue print reviews, safety-by-design and more.

Learn To:

• Use a variety of hazard recognition methods
• Select the appropriate hazard recognition method for your organization
• Establish a management system that develops, implements and audits routinely the various hazard recognition techniques needed
• Train your workforce on a variety of techniques for hazard recognition

Instructor: David. F. Coble, MS, CSP - President - Coble, Taylor & Jones Safety Associates, Cary, NC

41 Statisical Analysis of Safety Data

January 22, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1972

Seminar Description: Learn the skills necessary to analyze safety data in order to evaluate programs and make program decisions. Techniques presented in the seminar include data collection methods, data analysis techniques, trend analysis, and the development of valid and reliable safety performance measures.

Learn To:

• Examine safety data utilizing a variety of statistical techniques
• Use a variety of statistical techniques to reach conclusions about safety program performance
• Analyze data to determine appropriate safety program interventions
• Develop a safety performance program utilizing various safety metrics and statistical procedures that can be used in the workplace to monitor and evaluate safety performance

Instructor: Christopher A. Janicak, Ph.D., CSP, ARM - Associate Professor - Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

42 Threat Assessment, Vulnerability Analysis and Risk Management Decisions

January 23, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1973/ .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: Knowledge of approaches to combat terrorism continues to grow in sophistication and techniques are being employed to assist organizations in the measurement and evaluation of threats, hazards and vulnerabilities. The safety professional can take a lead role in recommending changes to their organization, especially in the area of building design features to eliminate or substantially mitigate exposure to threats and hazards. In this seminar, you will be introduced to the Department of Homeland Security’s generally accepted risk assessment model that has become a method to benchmark against. You will take away reference information and an examination of the DHS Risk Assessment and CARVER 2 software packages.

Learn To:

• Perform the fundamental steps of an asset value assessment, threat/hazard assessment and vulnerability analysis
• Identify the basic challenges your organization faces in an environment where there is a threat of terrorism
• Outline the resources and data needed to conduct an effective facility risk assessment

Instructor: Jim Olsen, M.S., REM, CBRM, MEP - Director, Safety and Risk Management - Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

43 Creating a Positive, Proactive and Participate Safety Culture

January 24, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 Safety CM Points # 07-1974

Seminar Description: This seminar covers the process of creating cultural change to achieve a positive, proactive safety culture. It is designed for those who need a road map of tools that will enable them to guide others in their organizations to achieve breakthrough safety performance. Dr. Simon will illustrate the principles of transformative culture change by drawing on case examples of top-tier safety cultures that have demonstrated long-term sustainability even in the face of internal and external threats.

Learn To:

• Develop a culture within your organization that is receptive to injury and loss prevention
• Discuss how culture and organizational systems affect safety performance
• Separate the visible from the invisible influences a safety culture has on safety performance, policies and procedures vs. norms, beliefs and assumptions
• Implement a methodology to analyze and modify group norms that interfere with creating a positive safety culture
• Use concrete, practical techniques to get and sustain grassroots involvement, ownership and leadership in safety

Instructor: Steven I. Simon, Ph.D. - President - Culture Change Consultants, Inc. - Larchmont, NY

44 Risk Communication in the Workplace

January 25, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1975 / .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: Risk communication is an interactive process used to communicate topics or situations that cause concern about health, safety, security or the environment. The process of risk communication involves identifying the situation, effectively communicating technical information, and overcoming barriers. You will learn the types of hazards that require communication of technical information and how to effectively communicate that risk. You will participate in risk communication case studies based on actual events.

Learn To:

• Identify the situations that require communication of risk to your organization
• Upon review of several different models of risk communication, select the most appropriate for each situation
• Effectively communicate technical information and degree of risk
• Communicate to influence key decision makers to mitigate risk
• Employ techniques for communication with the media during an emergency

Instructor: Deborah R. Roy, MPH, RN, COHN-S, CET, CSP - President - Safetech Consultants, Inc., Portland, ME

45 Balanced Scorecard Approach to Determine Safety Program Effectiveness

January 26, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07- 1976 / .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: What gets measured gets managed. This statement is true in safety. The Balanced Scorecard System is a management system that can provide a new approach to measurement of safety program effectiveness. The Balanced Scorecard system provides a clear vision of the status of an operation and translates that vision into actions that facilitate identification of improvement in safety results. Using this system, you will learn to organize benchmarks in four perspective categories, learning and growth, business process, customer and financial. Using these four perspectives, you will learn to establish metrics that can be collected and analyzed on a continual basis to achieve a more meaningful metric for measurement of safety improvements.

Learn To:

• Define the Balanced Scorecard management system and describe its application to safety management
• Implement the Balanced Scorecard management system to measure the effectiveness of your safety and health program

Instructor: Terry Mathis - President - ProAct Safety, The Woodlands, TX

46 Confined Space Evaluation, Entry and Rescue

January 20, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1977 / .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: In this seminar, you will learn how to evaluate confined spaces, convert a space, develop a written program, select equipment, monitor a space, provide training and develop entry and rescue procedures. This workshop will review the latest advances in confined space safety including confined space tracking and software.

Learn To:

• Evaluate a space to determine if it is a confined space, and/or permit required
• Develop confined space entry and rescue procedures
• Select confined space entry and rescue equipment
• Determine the appropriate training for your confined space entrants, attendants, entry supervisors and rescue team
• Evaluate the capability of your designated confined space rescue team to respond to your confined spaces emergencies.

Instructor: Jay Jamali, CSP, CHMM, CHCM - EHS Director - Enviro Safetech - San Jose, CA

47 Lockout/Tagout

January 21, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 Safety CM Points # 07-1978

Seminar Description: OSHA 29CFR1910.147 regulates the servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment in which the unexpected energization or start up of the machines or equipment, or release of stored energy could cause injury to employees. In this seminar, you will examine this Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) standard, which establishes minimum performance requirements for the control of such hazardous energy. You will also have a hands-on opportunity to test a wide range of LOTO devices.

Learn To:

• Cite the minimum performance requirements for the control of machines and equipment
• Implement a Develop a LOTO plan for your organization
• Provide LOTO training to employees
• Develop tool-specific LOTO procedures for tools that do not meet the OSHA 8 point exclusion

Instructor: Jay Jamali, CSP, CHMM, CHCM - EHS Director - Enviro Safetech, San Jose, CA

48 Predicting Errors Using Human Performance Measurement Tools

January 22, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Point # 07-1979

Seminar Description: Studies on human error clearly demonstrate that reducing human error to zero is not possible and that some organizations actually experience an increase in average error rates with traditional error reduction approaches. While you cannot reduce human error to zero, gaining a greater understanding of human error may provide you with the ability to bring the impact of the consequences down to zero. In this workshop, you will learn the results of the latest studies on human error performed by NASA and others and take away tools available to address human fallibility.

Learn To:

• Differentiate between active error and latent error
• Identify error precursors in your workplace
• Implement tools in your organization that are designed to aid your efforts in reducing the consequences of errors to zero

Instructor: T. Shane Bush, CPT - President - BushCo, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID

49 Root Cause and Practical Prevention of Strains, Sprains and Pain

January 23, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Point # 07-1980

Seminar Description: Investigation of strains, sprains and other musculoskeletal disorders often result in vague statements of cause and pro forma recommendations for corrective actions such as retrain on lifting techniques. In this seminar, you will learn how to use practical investigation procedures and simple tools to identify specific and correctable work-related hazards. You will also improve your understanding of work-related and individual risk factors known to contribute to back pain, shoulder rotator cuff injuries, tendonitis, abdominal hernia, and knee injuries.

Learn To:

• Identify specific and correctable work-related hazards and risk factors
• Determine if an OSHA recordable incident based on a report of musculoskeletal pain indicates a high risk of similar injury to other employees doing the same work
• Produce practical recommendations to address ergonomic hazards, at-risk task behavior and wellness/fitness issues

Instructor: Robert Button, MS - Director - Safety Results, Inc., Portland, OR

50 Business Tool Box for Safety

January 24, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1981/ .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: Though the concepts of 5S, Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing have been around for a while, it is only recently that they have gained attention in regard to the safety process. Learn to use these management tools and how they can be effectively applied to safety systems. You will take techniques back to your organization to conduct the Six Sigma steps of voice of the customer, house of quality and also new tools for use in lean projects. During this session, participants will also be able to review and utilize a model deploying elements of these new business tools through the goal setting process.

Learn To:

• Discuss the 5S concept and its application to safety
• Integrate safety in a lean manufacturing environment
• Use Six Sigma tools, voice of the customer and house of quality
• Apply the Six Sigma Y=f(x) concept as it relates to safety
• Implement the goal deployment process

Instructor: James “Skipper” Kendrick, CSP - Manager, Industrial Safety and Hygiene - Bell Helicopte - Hurst, TX

51 Training Supervisors to Become Safety Coaches

January 25, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1982

Seminar Description: In this seminar, you will learn to turn supervisors, who are often an obstacle to safety, into safety coaches who can identify and modify the behaviors that cause accidents. The coaching skills taught will also help improve many other areas of worker performance and build supportive relationships between supervisors and workers.

Learn To:

• Train supervisors on coaching skills they can use to assist workers in becoming more safe and more productive
• Motivate supervisors to participate in safety efforts and make it an important part of their job description
• Focus safety efforts on a list of precautions that are within the power of supervisors and workers to control

Instructor: Terry Mathis - President - ProAct Safety - The Woodlands, TX

52 Leading Your Organization's Culture to Reduce Workplace Exposures

January 21, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1983/ .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: When you take a rigorous look at your organization’s workplace injury exposures you consider intuitive factors such as employee training, facility conditions, and proper PPE use. But there are also difficult-to-define systems within the organization that greatly contribute to its exposure such as informal cultural expectations or leadership and supervisory models with varying degree of effectiveness. In this seminar, you will learn a tested method of exposure analysis that will enable you to look beyond the obvious and into the cultural factors that influence employee behavior. In this process, you will also assess your own leadership strengths and identify the skills you can apply to make your exposure analysis process more effective.

Learn To:

• Recognize the cultural factor components of workplace exposures
• Use behavior analysis tools to improve safety and health in the workplace
• Advise your management on the relationship between your organization’s cultural conditions and its safety outcomes
• Exercise leadership best practices to influence your organization’s culture in their practice of safety and health

Instructor: Donald R. Groover, CIH, CSP - Vice President - Behavioral Science Technology (BST) Inc., Ojai, CA

53 Advanced Fire Protection

January 22, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 Safety CM Points # 07-1984 / .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: Many approaches to handling fire protection needs are simple in concept but sometimes challenging in implementation. This seminar will help you improve the way you identify fire risks and develop protection strategies. A selection of important but often overlooked fire protection issues will be discussed. The seminar focus is on practical solutions rather than just code compliance.

Learn To:

• Identify and evaluate critical fire risks and protect options
• Develop, implement, evaluate and improve fire protection processes
• Recognize and manage the impact of changes in your facility and processes on fire protection
• Evaluate fire protection system and feature readiness

Instructor: R. Craig Schroll, CSP, SFPE - President - FIRECON - East Earl, PA

54 Occupational Risk Assessment Strategies

January 23, 2008 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.0 IH CM Points # 07-1985/ .44 CHMM CMP

Seminar Description: Risk assessment is a fundamental part of OHSAS 18000 and ANSI Z10 Management Systems, as well as a powerful tool for any safety and health program. A skillfully performed risk assessment can make the difference between proactive and reactive safety management. This early knowledge of risk gives you the opportunity to integrate your efforts into all levels of your organization. In this seminar, you will learn the methodology of occupational risk assessments and how to implement these important strategies into your program

Learn To:

• Implement the risk assessment actions that satisfy the requirements of the OHSAS 18000 and ANSI Z10
• Select an appropriate risk assessment matrix to clearly identify your organizations risks
• Develop and use leading metrics that will quantify the potential for loss and risk reduction in your organization
• More proactively manage safety and health in your organization through the application of occupational risk assessment

Instructor: Paul A. Esposito, CIH, CSP, CPEA - Vice President - ESIS Global Risk Control Services, Annapolis, MD