February 14-20, 2010 - Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel

Seminars Offered at SeminarFest 2010

Certification Preparation Workshops

Calculators: Attendees will need to use scientific calculator TI-30X IIS in the Math, ASP, CSP, and OHST workshops. These calculators will be included in the cost of and provided in the Math Review seminar. ASP, CSP and OHST attendees that do not attend the Math Review seminar may bring their own TI-30X IIS calculator or purchase one at the SeminarFest registration desk.

1 Math Review for Certification Exams

February 14 - 1 Day / .7 CEU

This is an intensive review of essential math skills specifically designed for those preparing for certification examinations (ASP, CSP, CHST, OHST) and needing a hands-on review of essential skill areas.

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, trigonometry functions and word problems

Instructors: C. David Langlois, CSP and Michael Weigand, CSP - Langlois, Weigand & Associates, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA

2 ASP Examination Preparation Workshop

February 15 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.5 Safety CM Points # 09-2774

This workshop will prepare you for the BCSP’s Safety Fundamentals Examination, which leads to the ASP designation. You will review more than 350 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 Fundamentals Exam materials
Identify areas where additional preparation is needed
Become familiar with resources available to prepare for the exam
Utilize information about certification requirements and scoring procedures in your test preparation
Review content material utilizing a testing format

Instructors: C. David Langlois, CSP and Michael Weigand, CSP - Langlois, Weigand & Associates, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA

3 CSP Examination Preparation Workshop

February 18-20 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.5 Safety CM Points #09-2775 / 21 CHMM CMPs

This workshop is designed to prepare individuals for the Comprehensive Practice Examination leading to certification as a CSP. The workshop consists of lectures, sample problems, and discussions on a variety of subjects essential to prepare the student for the exam.

Learn

Concepts of probability, statistics and basic sciences
Engineering: safety and environmental, occupational health, fire protection
Applied management principles, ergonomic analysis, risk management
Workers’ Compensation
Legal/regulatory and issues in safety, health, environment and security

Instructor: C. David Langlois, CSP - Langlois, Weigand & Associates, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA

4 CHST Examination Preparation Workshop

February 18-20 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 16 CHMM CMPs

This workshop 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

5 OHST Examination Preparation Workshop

February 18-20 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs

This workshop 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: Michael Weigand, CSP - Langlois, Weigand & Associates, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA

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 is awarded as documentation of this 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. The ASSE Professional Development Conference, Chapter and Regional seminars are not applicable to this program. The required seminars are: Safety Management I, Safety Management II, and Corporate Safety Management.

6 Safety Management I

February 14-16 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.5 IH CM Points # 09-2776 / 21 CHMM CMPs

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

Learn

Techniques to establish accountability for safety efforts
Effective, proven system elements of a safety management system
Strategies for each element
Sample policy statements and performance standards to assist the management team in carrying out its safety responsibilities
Approaches to selling safety to various levels in the organization
Moral, financial, and legal responsibilities to today’s safety professional
Strategies to control workers’ compensation costs
How to budget for a safety management effort

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

7 Safety Management II

February 17-18 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 IH CM Points # 09-2777 / 14 CHMM CMPs

This seminar may be taken as a continuation of Safety Management I or as a stand-alone seminar for those who wish to strengthen an existing safety management system. Safety Management ll attendees will use case studies to learn measurement techniques with recommendations for implementation.

Learn

How to fulfill the expectations of your organization related to the expanded roles of today’s safety professional
Effective safety auditing
To recognize how the ADA and other strategic management efforts impact the safety management system
Preparation for a deposition
Analysis of the ethics of safety-related matters
How to reinforce safe behavior in your organization

* 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.

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

10 Corporate Safety Management

February 14-16 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.5 IH CM Points #09-2778 / 21 CHMM CMPs

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
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
Make appropriate adjustments to your safety effort in response to corporate mergers, downsizing, rightsizing, and reorganizing Instructors

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 signifies accomplishment of critical moves toward maximizing safety program performance. It is a program for Safety, Health, or Environmental professionals who aspire to a higher level of achievement in safety management and want to:

Demonstrate safety system success
Gain an advantage in career objectives
Open up opportunities for long-term achievement

Complete this program to receive a Certificate signifying advanced accomplishment in safety management from the ASSE Professional Safety Academy.

Eligibility

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

Completion of the ASSE Certificate in Safety Management
CSP, CHMM, ARM or CIH designation
Professional Member of ASSE
Baccalaureate degree plus 5 years experience in Safety
Professional Engineer working in the Safety, Health or Environmental field

Learning Objectives

Successful completion of the ASSE Executive Program in Safety Management will improve your ability 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

Completion Requirements

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.

11 Delivering a High-Performance Safety Management System

February 17-18 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 IH CM Points # 09-2779 / 14 CHMM CMPs

This seminar is designed to support your efforts in assessing the effectiveness of your system and gaining recognition for it. The curriculum will guide you in the evaluation, measurement and demonstration of the outcome of a safety management system.

Learn to

Evaluate methods for assessing the performance of a safety management system
Consider various approaches to safety management and discuss how they may benefit your organization
Implement a process that will enable you to continuously measure the effectiveness of your safety management efforts

Seminar content

Evaluating Safety Program Performance
Evaluating safety management approaches and techniques
Integrating safety management in the management process
Critical management activities

Exploring Safety Management Approaches

Human behavior
Zero incidents
Six Sigma
International system standards
VPP as a model
Critical management activities
Managing safety for profit
Return on investment

Demonstrating Safety System Effectiveness:

Measuring and interpreting results
Developing leading indicators
Developing safety design standards for new processes, equipment and systems
Developing corporate-wide standards
International system standards

Instructors: James “Skipper” Kendrick, CSP - Director, EHS Training, Textron, Hurst, TX and Thomas Cecich, CSP, CIH - President, TFC & Associates, Apex, NC

12 Reducing Losses from Occupational Health Risks and Environmental Exposures

February 19-20 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 IH CM Points # 09-2780 / 14 CHMM CMPs

The safety professional aspiring to a higher position has an increased scope of authority that includes health and environmental exposures. This seminar explores the areas of activity outside of accident prevention for the safety professional ready to assume responsibility for the health and environmental challenges with their organization.

Learn to

Discuss major causes of occupational illness
Consider practical approaches for reducing the incidence of occupational illness that can be implemented in your organization
Recognize the most common environmental concerns and consider possible solutions for each
Discuss the relationship between the environmental issues and the overall safety and health system

Seminar content

Environmental liability exposures
Occupational health risks
Implementation and management of ergonomics
Risk assessment process
Waste management
Environmental considerations
Regulatory dealings
Managing major losses
Process safety management

Instructors: Joel N. Tietjens, CSP, CSHM - President, T-JENS & T-JENS, Inc., Spring, TX and Thomas L. Roberts, CSP, CIH, CHMM, President, Occupational & Industrial Health - Systems, Inc., Nacogdoches, TX

13 Managing the Business Aspects of Safety

February 14-16 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 3.5 IH CM Points # 09-2781 / 21 CHMM CMPs

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
More 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: James “Skipper” Kendrick, CSP - Director, EHS Training, Textron, Hurst, TX and Thomas Cecich, CSP, CIH - President, TFC & Associates, Apex, NC

Satisfying the Electives Requirement for Certificate Programs

The following seminars and symposia will meet many of the continuing education and training needs of the safety and health professional and are applicable to satisfy the electives needed to complete the 7.5 CEU requirement for the Certificate in Safety Management or the 7.5 CEU requirement for the Executive Program in Safety Management:

Proactive Safety Management High-Impact Workshops, November 12-13, 2009, Miami, FL
Safety Management Symposium, March 11-12, 2010, Scottsdale, AZ
SeminarFest, February 14-20, 2010, Las Vegas, NV
Pre and Post-Professional Development Conference Seminars, June 10-19, 2010 in Baltimore, MD
Seminars delivered to your company through ASSE’s On-Site Seminar Program or ASSE’s Corporate Prime Time

NOTE: Additional information on the Certificate in Safety Management or the Executive Program in Safety Management can be found on ASSE’s web page www.asse.org or upon request from Customer Service at 847.699.2929

Additional Technical, Management and Skill Development Seminars

8 Reducing Chemical Use: Impact of Global Harmonization, REACH and Sustainability (CANCELLED)

February 19 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 IH CM Points # 09-2789

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., South Portland, ME

9 Becoming an Effective Independent Consultant

February 20 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 IH CM Points #09-2802

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

14 Industrial Hygiene for the Safety Professional

February 17-18 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 14 CHMM CMPs

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
Evaluation strategies
Control measures
Indoor air quality
Industrial hygiene reports/calculations

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

15 The Business Tool Box for Safety

February 19 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2803 / 7 CHMM CMPs

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 - Director, EHS Training, Textron, Hurst, TX

16 Creating Safety Training Programs That Work (CANCELLED)

February 20 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2804 / 7 CHMM CMPs

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 Adjunct Professor - Wright State University, Division of Professional Practice; McGregor School of Antioch University Private Practice - Learning Style Assessments, Dayton, OH

17 Risk Management for the Safety Professional

February 14-16 - 3 Days / 2.1 CEUs / 2.05 Safety CM Points # 09-2805 / 21 CHMM CMPs

Management of corporate risk is a critical part of every organization’s management process. The safety and health professional needs to understand and apply a wide variety of best practices beyond “simple” accident prevention. This seminar provides a framework for understanding the risk management process, and its implications for corporate financial and operational management. Designed for practicing safety professionals, the seminar 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

18 People-Based Safety: The Human Dynamics of Achieving an Injury-free Workplace

February 17 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2806 / 7 CHMM CMPs

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 Leading with People-Based Safety: Enriching Your Culture (Dr. Geller is Senior Partner with Safety Performance Solutions, Inc. along with the workshop presenter Dr. Steve Roberts.)

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

19 Predicting Errors Using Human Performance Measurement Tools

February 18 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 IH CM Points # 09-2807

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

20 Fall Protection in Construction

February 19 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2808

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
Identify which OSHA standards have fall protection requirements
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, Safety Manager, Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Irvine, CA

21 Critical Issues in Construction Safety

February 20 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2809 / 5 CHMM CMPs

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, Safety Manager, Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Irvine, CA

22 Principles of Leadership

February 14-15 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 IH CM Points # 09-2810 / 14 CHMM CMPs

Meeting the diverse challenges and demands in today’s safety environment requires strong leaders who can put leadership principles into practice. Effective leaders apply proven principles and live them on a daily basis. In this seminar, you will learn the principles that link leadership skills to safety and health management. You will take away practices that will improve your effectiveness as an influential leader in your organization and enhance the contribution you make to its core business objectives.

Learn to

Recognize the characteristics of an effective leader
Assess the five levels of leadership as they relate to your role in health and safety
Explore the differences between managing and leading
Act as a positive force in leading safety and health in your organization
Exercise influence in leadership decisions

Instructor: M. E. Eddie Greer, CSP, OHST, President, Eddie Greer & Associates, Horseshoe Bay, TX

23 Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis

February 16-17 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 IH CM Points # 09-2811 / 14 CHMM CMPs

All accidents, injuries, illnesses and near-miss incidents should be investigated to determine the cause(s) so that appropriate corrective (remedial) action can be taken to prevent similar events. In addition, 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 (remedial) 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

24 Implementing a Machine Risk Assessment Program

February 18 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 IH CM Points # 09-2790

A critical factor in any management system is a thorough and ongoing workplace assessment for hazards, which must include hazards associated with machines. Join in this seminar to learn to establish a system of continuous improvement for safeguarding industrial machinery. You will take away a process involving the use of risk assessment to prioritize machinery for safeguarding.

Learn to

Apply "best practice" standards of machine safeguarding
Use risk assessment concepts to evaluate machine hazards
Implement risk reduction measures to assure the safe use of machinery
Evaluate and select the most appropriate remediation options for machine hazards

Instructor: Paul J. Prince, CSP, Bureau Veritas North America, Inc., Hendersonville, TN

25 Global Environmental Health and Safety Management

February 19-20 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 IH CM Points # 09-2812 / 14 CHMM CMPs

This seminar is practical, experience-oriented and designed for new or experienced EHS managers and consultants working in the international arena. You will walk away with resource materials and problem solving tools to develop, implement and monitor an effective global EHS safety management system. The seminar incorporates British and European safety and health management systems, U.S. based multinational experience as well as an opportunity to discuss business approaches through breakout groups and case studies.

Learn to

Discuss strategies for developing, implementing and monitoring a global environmental safety and health management system
Explain how many U.S. multinationals manage compliance with non U.S. safety and health regulations (Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
Develop an overview and knowledge of the European health and safety directives for your European sites
Describe how to manage cultural, language and religion issues at non U.S. sites to achieve desired global business results
Develop a network of safety professionals actively involved in managing global EHS systems

Instructor: Kathy A. Seabrook, CSP, RSP (UK), MIOSH, President, Global Solutions Inc., Mendham, NJ

26 Planning, Developing, Managing and Tracking the Organizational Performance of EHS Initiatives and Programs: A Mini Safety MBA

February 14-15 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 IH CM Points # 09-2827 / 14 CHMM CMPs

You may not have had time to pursue an MBA, but you can get a sampling of the content of a graduate-level business program with a safety slant. In this seminar, you will learn strategy for planning, developing, managing and tracking the performance of your safety programs. Objectives are accomplished through lecture and team participation.

Learn to

Describe tangible and intangible values commonly used to make business decisions
Using provided software, conduct a Value Priority Analysis to determine business value ranking
Using provided spreadsheets, incorporate value priority in an assessment of EHS risks
Use EHS Balanced Scorecard techniques to develop effective objectives and targets
Using provided software, conduct financial analysis of EHS initiatives
Using a provided presentation template, develop a management level presentation of sample initiative
Using provided software, develop a chart to track and manage objectives and targets
All software tools will be provided to participants for their future use.

Instructors: David E. Downs, CSP, CIH, QEP, CPEA - President, EHS Management Partners, Inc., Excelsior, MN and William L. Heim , CSP, CIH - Director, EHS, Seagate Technology, Inc., Bloomington, MN

27 Systematic Slip, Trip and Fall Prevention: Strategies that Work!

February 16 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2791

Slips, trips, and falls have been and remain a major cause of workplace injuries in all industries for as long as loss data has been tracked. Unfortunately, even though new technologies are available, accident rates still remain high. However, you can take actions that will make a difference in your loss experience and in this seminar, you will learn these methods. You will learn that a relatively straightforward set of factors related to floor-related issues, footwear and walking style, can reduce the risks of slips, trips and falls and these measures can be employed in your workplace immediately. While this seminar is focused on same-level falls, many of the points covered will be useful for those seeking to prevent falls from heights..

Learn to

Develop a broad plan for slip, trip, and fall prevention
Implement key risk reduction methods for falls on the same level
Evaluate and select solutions for problem areas
Determine which prevention methods work best together

Instructor: David Natalizia - Principal, Dynamic Safety, Inc., Castle Rock, CO

28 Techniques for Building a World-Class Safety System

February 17 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2813 / 7 CHMM CMPs

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. This proven simple approach to safety is based on multiple case studies of major capital construction projects, with world-class safety performance, that have been executed in a variety of cultures and business environments around the world.

Learn to

Use the key elements of a proven approach to delivering excellence in safety performance that includes:
Organize management safety steering teams
Establish effective safety visions, principles, and strategies
Apply techniques that will create a synergy between your organization’s culture and systems for a more proactive approach to safety

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

29 Coaching to Improve Safety and Health Performance

February 18 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 IH CM Points # 09-2814 / 7 CHMM CMPs

Coaching skills, the ability to work with an individual (employee or leader), group, team, or organization to help them get unstuck in their current ways of thinking and acting about safety and health, and to transfer their learning into overall improved results for the organization, is quickly becoming a foundational part of every safety and health professional’s toolbox. Coaching can dramatically increase the service and value you bring to your organization and also provide a different framework for you to work with and get the best performance out of others. By understanding coaching skills you will learn how to move beyond a “safety cop” to an enabler and partner to those within the organization. In this seminar, you will learn to excel in coaching, identify the differences between coaching and performance management as it relates to safety, and share an easy-to-apply coaching model.

Learn to

Describe the key roles and types of coaching
Use a recognized coaching model
Applying coaching techniques, guide your organization’s workforce to better safety and health performance

Instructor: Katherine A. Hart, EdD, CSP - Founder and Principal, ClearVision Consulting, Alameda, CA

30 The Safe Work Habits Program: A Practical Approach to Leading Safety Improvement

February 19-20 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEU / 2.34 Safety CM Points # 09-2792

Improving safety performance can be a fight against human nature! We often perform an at-risk behavior without consciousness of the risks at play or to meet an immediate need to save time, be comfortable, or receive approval from others. These at-risk behaviors become unsafe habits over time, putting us at risk of injury. Here is a new approach, “The Safe Work Habits Program” to reducing risks that can improve the performance of your safety efforts. In this seminar, you will learn to challenge the perceptions of individuals that lead them to risk-taking behaviors and employ methods to replace these unsafe practices with a commitment to safer performance.

Learn to

Challenge the perceptions in the workforce that lead to risk-taking behavior
Increase your organization’s commitment to safer work practices
Strengthen collaboration between your workforce and management that results in greater support for safety
Achieve sustainable improvement in your safety culture and safety system

Instructor: Robert M. Chvatal - Senior Consulting Partner and Trainer, The Galileo Initiative, Eagan, MN

31 Basic Electrical Safety with Application of NFPA 70E

February 14-15 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 Safety CM Points # 09-3294

Worker injuries resulting from inadequate electrical safety controls can be debilitating and even fatal. It is the OSH professional’s responsibility to recognize electrical hazards and suggest methods of control. The course will examine how-to issues using a direct explanation of principles and visual skills. Course content will cover the basic principles required to meet OSHA and NEC standards. A chronological sequence will be provided to implement electrical hazard control and management.

Learning Aids: Participants must bring a hand held calculator. Laptop computer with Excel is optional.

Learn to

Describe engineering design and management principles requirements and practices including application of the 2009 NFPA 70E electrical safety requirements.
Discuss the basic principles of electricity, including basic circuitry and electrical units and engineering controls.
Explain general requirements for electrical installations, wire design and protection, and hazardous locations.
Identify hazards of electricity to the human body.
Note safety-related work practices for energized systems, including the assignment of protective clothing and equipment utilizing NFPA 70E and IEEE 1584 arc flash calculations, and the establishment approach boundaries.
Establish an electrically safe work condition and implement training requirements for an electrical safety program.
Demonstrate skills learned through hands-on laboratory sessions on basic principles, reverse polarity and energy control.

Instructor: Paul Zoubek, CSP, CIH - Succeed Safety & Health Services, Inc., San Diego, CA

32 Crane Safety Management

February 16 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2816

Daily, cranes tip over, collapse, drop loads, and fail to perform as designed or expected due to common gaps in operational skill and efficiency among the members of the workforce. Safety Professionals need, at a minimum, basic crane safety knowledge to challenge common operator misconceptions, empower operators and riggers with authority and knowledge, and educate line supervision and upper management about crane management risk and responsibilities. In this seminar, you will learn how managers using cranes, and others, fail to critically assess craning and hoisting practices and risk, and how this and other factors cause accidents and mishaps with cranes. Discussion and examples focus on mobile cranes, but principles of crane safety management apply to all cranes, including tower, gantry, bridge, traveler, pedestal, jib, and other cranes.

Learn to

Recognize the most critical areas that need to be managed for crane safety and reduce the majority of factors that cause accidents
Control and question crane operators, and empower operators to question users and lift supervisors on appropriate information critical to proper crane safety practices
Describe the effects of structural, mechanical, external, and human impact on crane safety
Discuss the requirements of OSHA and ANSI basics and the potential impact new proposed rules may have on crane management and operations
Advise and audit the rigging and craning team on the basics of ` proper crane set up and safe operation that will provide maximum crane safety

Instructor: Barry A. Cole - President and CEO, Cole-Preferred Safety Consulting, Inc., Preferred Safety Products, Inc., Denver, CO

33 Developing a High-Level Ergonomics Culture

February 17 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 IH CM Points # 09-2799

Ergonomics incorporates best equipment and behavior for accomplishing tasks as safely as possible. Cumulative trauma injuries - such as soft-tissue and others - are prevalent and often the result of a mounting series of ongoing perceptions, decisions, actions and omissions, at work and at home; these both reflect and contribute to a company's ergonomic culture. At the highest ergonomic level, executives and managers have realistic expectations of return on investment, strategically allocate resources and lead/participate appropriately. And workers think more cumulatively, recognize forces building at just-beginning stages and make needed modifications. In this seminar, you will learn the kinds and levels of ergonomic cultures so you will be able to apply strategies for overall ergonomic performance and injury reduction.

Learn to

Identify kinds and levels of ergonomic cultures to assess your organization
Recognize barriers to moving to a higher- level ergonomic culture
Explore strategies for activating executives and managers to become more effective ergonomic culture proponents
Plan for elevating worker engagement in changing their mental and physical ergonomic habits and actions.

Instructor: Robert Pater - Managing Director, Strategic Safety Associates/MoveSMART®, Portland, OR

34 Sustainability: This Emerging Force in Business has an Impact on the Safety Profession

February 18 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 IH CM Points # 09-2793

Market forces are influencing companies to incorporate workplace safety and health performance into their sustainability goals. Although the US business community has been slower to embrace sustainable development and manufacturing than their European counterparts, there is now significant change afoot in the United States and safety and health will have a role in this movement. Join is this seminar to learn the concepts underpinning sustainability and how your organization can construct a sustainability model. Most importantly, you will gain insight on how safety and health will be impacted and also realize opportunities from this emerging trend in business.

Learn to

• Strategize your safety efforts to build in safety’s role in sustainable performance

• Influence your organization’s sustainability goals and performance in the areas of safety performance (safe working conditions) for employees and supply chain contractors

• Contribute to your organization’s sustainability efforts related to product safety, renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions, product packaging initiatives and external product and internal recycling programs with hazardous materials implications

Instructor: Kathy A. Seabrook, CSP, RSP (UK), MIOSH - President, Global Solutions, Inc., Mendham, NJ

35 Change Management and Leadership: Understanding the Dimensions of Change and How to Be More Effective As a Change Leader

February 19 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 IH CM Points # 09-2817 / 7 CHMM CMPs

Today’s safety professionals are no longer expected to simply know and understand safety, they are being asked to be effective leaders of change within their organizations. Whether you are changing an existing procedure, implementing a new process, or transforming your organization to improve safety performance, there are some foundational skills for change management that will make your efforts easier and more effective. In this seminar, you will learn how to be more successful as a change leader and how to leverage those around you to implement change efforts that are sustainable.

Learn to

Apply the three types of change and select the change leadership style most appropriate for you
Recognize stages of change that your workforce, team and organization transition through
Identify acceptors, adopters, and resistors, and leverage them to move your change-efforts forward
Apply Harvard professor and change management guru John Kotter’s 8-step change model for your leadership of change in your organization’s safety performance

Instructor: Katherine A. Hart, EdD, CSP - Founder and Principal, ClearVision Consulting, Alameda, CA

36 Influencing Your Organization on the Value of Safety

February 20 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2794

Our success as safety professionals is dependent upon our ability to both influence and educate the decision makers in our organization on the value of our safety initiatives. Simply selling our efforts is no longer good enough. We must be engaged in our organization’s decision-making process and take steps to enhance our credibility by demonstrating safety success. Join us for this seminar to learn a strategic model, based on business marketing strategies, that will help you gain management support for all of your safety efforts.

Learn to

Identify the needs of your customers (management, your workforce, your board of directors, etc.)
Determine what motivates the decision makers in your organization and tailor your safety services(product) to meet their needs while achieving safety goals
Demonstrate the impact of safety and health on the organization’s business goals and outcomes to leaders in your organization through use of business-marketing concepts

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

37 Techniques for Hazard Recognition

February 14-15 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 IH CM Points # 09-2818 / 14 CHMM CMPs

Employees find it difficult to recognize hazards, even among organizations with the best safety and health management systems. 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

38 Conducting a Life Safety Inspection of Your Organization

February 16-17 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 Safety CM Points # 09-2795

Life safety readiness is an ongoing responsibility in our facilities. Safety professionals must ensure that our buildings and systems will function properly in the event of an emergency. In this seminar, you will learn the key elements of an effective inspection process. In this highly interactive workshop, you will work in groups to plan the actions of a life safety inspection that you can conduct in your organization.

Learn to

Apply the fundamental principles of life safety
Execute the appropriate code and standards for your organization’s life safety plan
Identify key components to evaluate during an inspection
Evaluate the status of items under inspection

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

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

February 18-19 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 IH CM Points # 09-3295 / 14 CHMM CMPs

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 and Barry S. Spurlock, Loss Control Professional, Midwestern Insurance Alliance, Louisville, KY

40 Confined Space, Evaluation, Entry and Rescue

February 14 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 IH CM Points # 09-2815 / 7 CHMM CMPs

In this seminar, you will learn how to evaluate spaces to determine if they are permit-required confined spaces. You will also review the proper entry and rescue procedures into and from confined spaces. The following topics will be covered: development of a written program; training requirements for entry and rescue; inventory; monitoring; ventilation; permits; recordkeeping; retrieval; communication; contractors; and rescue team evaluation. The latest confined space equipment will be available for your inspection during the seminar.

Learn to

Evaluate a space to determine if it is a confined space, and/or permit-required
Develop confined space entry and rescue procedures
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, Inc., San Jose, CA

41 Integrating Safety Into Your Organization’s Strategic Plan

February 15 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2820

Join us for this seminar to develop long-term goals for safety that can be integrated into your organization’s strategic plan. You will learn by example, participating in exercises and a case study of the steps taken by a major corporation to achieve the integration of safety throughout the management planning process. This case will demonstrate how the use of safety management systems, leading metrics, worker perception surveys, and the integration of business systems like six-sigma contributed to the success of this effort.

Learn to

Develop a safety policy consistent with your organization’s strategic vision
Write strategic goals and objectives for your safety effort
Develop data sources for leading metrics and a balanced scorecard
Determine which programs (safety management systems) are most effective for injury and illness rate reduction
Recognize interaction and integration opportunities with your organization’s other business initiatives

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

42 Prevention through Design (PtD) at Every Phase of the Project

February 16 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2796

Recent studies indicate that approximately 40% of work-related fatalities are design related. Prevention through Design (PtD) is an approach that can eliminate or reduce work-related hazards by designing them out of the project. Attend this seminar to become more knowledgeable on the occupational safety, environmental and health issues in the design/ redesign process. You will learn to prevent or minimize work-related hazards associated with facilities, materials, and equipment during: construction, manufacture, use, maintenance and disposal/demolition

Learn to

Evaluate the benefits of PtD for your project
Influence management on the benefits of using PtD
Implement PtD into your project

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

43 Occupational Risk Assessment Strategies

February 17 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 IH CM Points # 09-2819 / 7 CHMM CMPs

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 CSP, CIH, CPEA, Vice President, ESIS, Inc. Global Risk Control Services , Annapolis, MD

44 Creating A Positive, Proactive and Participative Safety Culture

February 18 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2821

This seminar covers the process of creating cultural change to achieve a positive, proactive safety culture. It is designed for those who need a roadmap 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

45 Achieving Organizational Social Responsibility: Safety’s Reward (CANCELLED)

February 19 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2797

As our organizations embark on corporate responsibility (CSR) and sustainability initiatives, safety professionals need to know the opportunities these efforts can bring to the performance of the organization’s safety system. Safety is a major stakeholder in the benefits of successful corporate responsibility and sustainability programs. Join us for this seminar to learn this dynamic global endeavor and how to reap the rewards of this effort for safety.

Learn to

Increase awareness of safety in your organization by taking a role in its organizational social responsibility efforts
Describe the impact social responsibility actions by your organization can have on the safety performance of its workforce
Demonstrate to your organization the linkage between an organizational social responsibility effort with safety as a component and your organization’s success in gaining a greater competitive edge

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

46 Balanced Scorecard Approach to Determine Safety Program Effectiveness

February 20 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 IH CM Points # 09-2828 / 7 CHMM CMPs

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

47 Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) A to Z

February 15 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2823

Last year, OSHA most frequently gave citations in manufacturing for violation of LOTO (29CFR1910.147). This standard regulates the servicing and maintenance of equipment in which the unexpected energization or start up of the equipment, or release of stored energy could cause an injury. In this seminar, you will learn the A to Z on compliance with this regulation through the development and implementation of a practical written LOTO program, LOTO training program (initial and refresher) as well as equipment- specific LOTO procedures for equipment that does not meet the OSHA eight-point exclusion. 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 and 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 eight-point exclusion

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

48 Auditing Safety and Health Management Systems

February 16 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 IH CM Points # 09-2824 / 7 CHMM CMPs

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 CSP, CIH, CPEA, Vice President, ESIS, Inc. Global Risk Control Services , Annapolis, MD

49 Aligning Safety with Your Organization’s Business Goals: A Six-Step Process

February 17-18 - 2 Days / 1.4 CEUs / 2.34 Safety CM Points # 09-2798

In a recent ASSE survey, respondents ranked their interest in aligning safety with their organization’s business goals as a topic of high importance for their professional development. This topic is viewed as a quid pro quo that is critical for the organization’s survival and helps assure the success of the safety endeavor. An approach to achieving this balance can be found in the application of risk principles as a facet of safety management. In this seminar, you will learn to use risk principles through a six-step risk-based process, Operational Risk Management. This process will guide you through risk identification, risk assessment, and the development of risk control measures that will impact the cost of risk in any organization and at the same time further your efforts to be more proactive in safety management.

Learn to

Use risk principles to identify, assess, and rank safety and health hazards
Create a risk assessment matrix
Follow risk principles to analyze control measures and make risk control decisions
Implement risk control actions that are aligned with their organization’s business goals

Instructor: Francis P. Sehn, CSP, ARM, Willis HRH, Pittsburgh, PA

50 Training Supervisors to Become Safety Coaches

February 19 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 Safety CM Points # 09-2825

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, CEO, ProAct Safety, The Woodlands, TX

51 Cost Analysis for Safety and Health Professionals

February 20 - 1 Day / .7 CEU / 1.17 IH CM Points # 09-2826

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

Luncheon Presentation

Monday, February 14 - This luncheon presentation offers .1 CEU

ASSE Membership Can Benefit Your Safety Performance and Your Career

Membership in ASSE is more than networking opportunities and being in the information pipeline. There are many more rewards to realize from a membership in ASSE that can have a significant impact on the performance of your organization’s safety system and the goals you have established for your career. In this presentation, you will learn to:

Use the many resources available through ASSE to enhance your performance as a safety professional and the results of your safety efforts for your organization
Practice more effective leadership as a result of opportunities for ASSE leadership development and training

Presented by: Terry Wilkinson, Ph.D, CSP, CAE, Director, Member/Region Affairs, ASSE