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Occupational Safety Courses

 

Basic First Aid

Goal:

Each employee will know how to initially respond to an accident or injury situation, become aware of first aid guidelines and “good practices,” and be able to properly treat injuries and respond to emergencies.

Objectives:

  • Identify the correct actions to take during an initial response to an accident or first aid situation.
  • Identify the correct actions to take when providing first aid in situations involving bleeding.
  • Identify the symptoms of shock and the correct actions to take when providing first aid in situations involving shock.
  • Identify the correct actions to take when providing first aid in situations involving burns.
  • Identify the correct actions to take when providing first aid in electrical accident situations.
  • Identify the symptoms associated with a head injury and the correct actions to take when providing first aid in situations involving potential head injuries.
  • Identify when to suspect a spinal injury and the correct actions to take when providing first aid in situations involving potential spinal injuries.
  • Identify the correct actions to take when providing first aid in situations involving fractures.
  • Identify the signs and symptoms of poisonings and the correct actions to take when providing first aid in poisoning accidents.
  • Identify the signs and symptoms associated with environmental emergencies including snakebites and heat and cold stress and the correct actions to take when providing first aid in these situations.

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Chemical Safety

Goal:

The goal of this lesson is to provide required awareness training in the occupational hazards common to the handling and use of chemicals, methods and techniques used for evaluating and minimizing chemical exposure, measures employees can take to protect themselves from chemical hazards, safe practices for chemical storage and waste disposal, and the correct response to emergency situations involving chemical spills.

Objectives:

  • Identify physical and health hazards common to the handling and use of chemicals.
  • Identify methods and techniques used for evaluating and minimizing chemical exposure.
  • Identify measures employees can take to protect themselves from chemical hazards.
  • Identify safe practices for chemical storage and chemical waste disposal.
  • Identify the correct response to emergency situations involving chemical spills.

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Chlorine Safety

Goal:

The goal of this course is to provide awareness training to help workers recognize the occupational hazards and health effects of chlorine exposure and the exposure controls.

Objectives:

  • Recognize the hazards of chlorine in the workplace.
  • Identify the health effects of chlorine exposure.
  • Identify exposure controls to protect against chlorine hazards.
  • Identify how to respond to a chlorine spill or release.

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Compressed Gas Safety

Goal:

The goal of this course is to make all employees aware of the safety requirements when working with or around Compressed Gas.

Objective:

  • Identify the methods for identifying the contents of a compressed gas cylinder.
  • Identify the proper methods for transporting and storing compressed gas cylinders.
  • Identify the proper methods for installation and use of compressed gases.
  • Identify the proper methods for operation of regulators for compressed gas cylinders.

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Electrical Safety

Goal:

This course is designed for employees with a low risk of exposure to electrical hazards.  It covers general electrical safety in the workplace including the proper use of portable electrical equipment, such as appliances and tools, extension cords, and the Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCI).

Objectives:

  • Potential electrical hazards.
  • Proper use of extension cords and GFCI’s.
  • Types of injuries from electric shock.
  • Emergency response to electrical injury.

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Fire Safety

Goal:

To reduce the financial and personnel cost of fires.

Objectives:

  • Correctly identify fire prevention measures.
  • Correctly identify the proper use of a portable fire extinguisher.
  • Identify the correct response to a fire alarm.
  • Correctly identify when and how to fight a fire.

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Flammable Liquid Safety

Goal:

The goal of this course is to provide awareness training to help workers correctly apply the principles of hazard recognition, safety, flashpoint protection, and inventory inspections in the use of flammable and combustible liquids in the workplace.

Objectives:

  • Identify the definitions and terms associated with flammable and combustible liquids used in the workplace.
  • Recognize hazards inherent with work involving flammable and combustible liquids.
  • Identify the safety requirements for the use of flammable and combustible liquids on the job.
  • Recognize the storage requirements for flammable and combustible liquids at a work facility.
  • Identify the principles of flashpoint protection when working with flammable and combustible liquids.
  • Identify the steps for inspecting inventories of flammable and combustible liquids in the workplace.

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Hazard Communication

Goal:

The goal of this course is to inform workers of their right-to-know about chemical hazards in their workplace and to meet OSHA requirements for providing employees information about the Hazard Communication Standard.

Objectives:

  • Identify the type of information provided on a chemical container label and an MSDS.
  • Identify how they can detect the presence of hazardous chemicals in the work area.
  • Identify what physical hazards can result from hazardous chemicals and how employees can protect themselves from those chemicals.
  • Identify worker responsibilities for container labeling, using the MSDS, and training.

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Indoor Air Quality

Goal:

The goal of this lesson is to provide awareness training to help employees recognize the occupational hazards and health effects of indoor air contaminants and controls to help maintain good indoor air quality.

Objectives:

  • Define the term "indoor air quality" and recognize the consequences of indoor air contamination.
  • Recognize the causes and sources of the major indoor air contaminants.
  • Identify the health effects and major risks of indoor air contamination.
  • Identify controls to help maintain good indoor air quality.
  • Includes ASHRAE standards for indoor air quality for indoor swimming pools.

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Personal Protective Equipment

Goal:

The goal of this introductory course is to protect employees from work-related illness and injury. The student learns how to determine what personal protective equipment is required to perform a particular job, to inspect this equipment for defects before donning it, and how to determine when this equipment needs to be replaced.

Objectives:

  • Demonstrating how to determine what personal protective equipment is required to perform a particular job.
  • Identifying the need to inspect personal protective equipment for defects before donning and replace as needed.
  • Demonstrating an understanding of the need to wear personal protective equipment as it was designed to be worn.

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