January 2010
IAM CREST OFFERS SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING JOINT LABOR/MANAGEMENT CLASSES. EACH PROGRAM WILL BE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF YOUR WORKFORCE AND FACILITY. SPECIFIC PROGRAMS CAN BE DEVELOPED FOR YOUR SITE BY EXPERIENCED, QUALIFIED SAFETY AND HEALTH SPECIALISTS. CREST IS A 501(C)(5) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. TUITION IS BASED ON A FEE-FOR-SERVICE PER DAY, PER PARTICIPANT COST AND A CLASS MINIMUM OF PARTICIPANTS. EXAMPLES OF AVAILABLE COURSES ARE:
Setting Up A Joint Labor/Management Safety and Health Committee - A three-day program that emphasizes the importance of joint relationships. While working together in small groups learn the necessary key elements and components for a proactive safety committee. Some of the key elements include: organizational structure, identify committee roles and responsibilities and employee involvement. Both the company and union will draft a joint mission statement and outline their joint commitments to safety and the employees, define improved overall communications, identify training and on-going training requirements for the committee and sub-committees through organizational and process techniques. At the completion of the program participants will have developed a written plan for the joint committee that includes operating procedures, reporting and problem solving processes.
Job Safety and Hazard Analysis Program - A two-day training program that will help your company reduce employee injuries, lower workers’ compensation premiums and reduce overall risk of OSHA imposed citations. One of the best ways to determine and establish safe work procedures is to conduct a proactive job safety/hazard analysis for each job in the facility. The participants will learn the techniques to perform a job safety/hazard analysis that can be used to eliminate and prevent hazards in the workplace. Participants will identify each step of the job procedure and determine the hazards or potential safety/hazards associated with the process by completing a Job Safety/Hazard Analysis Worksheet. Each completed Worksheet will include the recommended action(s)/procedure(s) that will eliminate or reduce the hazards and the risks of workplace injuries and illnesses. This proactive approach is more likely to result in fewer worker injuries and illnesses; a safer work environment; more effective work methods; reduced workers' compensation costs and increased worker productivity.
Accident/Incident Prevention - A 40-hour General Safety and Health program. Explains the requirements of the OSH Act and employee and employer responsibilities. Participants will learn about OSHA standards and how they apply to the workplace. Participants will gain knowledge of how the body is affected by the workplace and techniques for a proactive injury/illness intervention program. Participants will learn the importance of immediate reporting of all accidents and near misses and how to properly inspect the work areas for hazards. Participants will conduct root cause accident/incident, near miss investigations and area inspections on the shop floor. They will report back their findings and suggest corrective action plans.
Employee Accident/Incident Prevention Awareness Program - During this 4-hour Joint Labor/Management Site-Specific Awareness program participants will learn about their facility’s last five years of Injury/Illness Data, such as: OSHA Recordables, Near misses, Workers’ Compensation Costs, Lost Time Incidents and Work-Related Injuries/Illnesses centering on their top three concerns within their facility. Participants will gain knowledge of why it is important to report all accidents and near misses immediately. Participants will participate in a human data illustration by identifying the injuries and illnesses within their facility and what body parts are affected. They will learn the importance of a root cause analysis and why we need to investigate all accidents and near misses within a timely manner. They will participate in a “Where do we go from here” exercise and determine how they can improve the safety within their facility.
Understanding Work-Related Principles of Ergonomic Musculoskeletal and Nerve Disorders - A 32-hour Ergonomics program. Provides students with the basic knowledge for identifying and solving workplace musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), repetitive motion signs and symptoms and coverage of current OSHA compliance policies. Participants will learn the /importance of joint labor/management ergonomic teams, a proactive approach to injury/illness intervention and how to apply assessment and hazard analysis techniques. Participants will conduct shop floor exercises identifying risk factors and make site-specific recommendations to prevent MSD injuries and illnesses.
Ergonomics as Applied to Office/Workstation-Related Musculoskeletal and Nerve Disorders - A 40-hour Office/Workstation program that is an extension of the basic program and coverage of current OSHA compliance policies. Provides students with a more detailed knowledge of Ergonomics as it applies to workstation and office environments. Takes special interest in specific topics such as VDT, workstation design and job analysis. Participants will conduct shop floor/office exercises identifying risk factors and make site-specific recommendations to prevent MSD injuries and illnesses.
Employee Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder Awareness Program - During this 4-hour Joint Labor/Management Site-Specific Awareness program participants will learn about your facility’s last five years of Injury/Illness Data, such as: OSHA Recordables, Workers’ Compensation Costs, Lost Time Incidents and Work-Related Injuries/Illnesses centering on their top three concerns. Participants will gain knowledge about ergonomics, how the law applies and how their body is affected by work-related soft tissue illnesses. Participants will learn about the three stages of early symptom’s recognition and the importance of reporting at the earliest stage, along with identifying soft tissue injury/illness risk factors. Human body measurements and Illustrations are performed during Anthropometry for the purpose of design/redesign of workstations and work areas.
Employee Injury and Illness Awareness Program - During this 4-hourJoint Labor/Management Site-Specific Awareness program participants will learn about their facility’s last five years of Injury/Illness Data, such as: OSHA Recordables, Workers’ Compensation Costs, Lost Time Incidents and Work-Related Injuries/ Illnesses centering on their top three concerns. Participants will gain knowledge of how the human body is affected by the hazards of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and learn how to identify the need for early symptom reporting along with how to protect themselves before and during the early stages. Everyone will realize the importance of a proactive injury/illness intervention program for all employees and the need for total employee involvement throughout the facility. Human body measurements and Illustrations are performed during Anthropometry for the purpose of design/redesign of workstations and work areas.
Powered Industrial Trucks - This program involves a full day of safety training designed to address specific occupational safety and health hazards associated with operating powered industrial trucks. OSHA’s General Industry Standard 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks is extensively examined. Topics include general description and truck safe operations and operating procedures, controls and functions, pre-operation inspection, material handling, understanding the stability of a fork truck, motorized hand trucks, training and inspections. Participants will be provided training on the safe use of fork trucks, develop skills to operate specific equipment and actively participate in hands-on exercises.
OSHA 510 Construction Industry Outreach - A 30-hour program that provides training from designated topics under OSHA 29 CFR 1926 from the OSHA Training Institute’s Outreach Program. A 10-hour Construction Industry course is also available.
OSHA 500 Train-The-Trainer for Occupational Safety and Health Standards in Construction Industry - A 40-hour Train-The-Trainer course. Upon completion and passing the Department of Labor OSHA Trainer examination, students will be authorized to teach Construction Industry 10-hour and 30-hour courses for OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Standards. OSHA requires an OSHA 510 course as a prerequisite.
OSHA 511 General Industry Outreach - A 30-hour program that provides training of designated topics under OSHA 29 CFR 1910 or 1926 from the OSHA Training Institute’s Outreach Program. A 10-hour General Industry course is also available.
OSHA 501 Train-The-Trainer for Occupational Safety and Health Standards in General Industry - A 40-hour Train-The-Trainer course. Upon completion and passing the Department of Labor OSHA Trainer examination, students will be authorized to teach General Industry 10- and 30-hour courses for OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Standards. OSHA requires an OSHA 511 course as a prerequisite.
OSHA 7635 Maritime Industry-Shipyard - This 30-hour course is designed to give the student an in-depth understanding of 29 CFR 1915, Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Shipyard Employment, as well as addressing the unique hazards found in shipyards. This class uses actual examples of workplace hazards, accidents and incidents to illustrate safe work practices. Special emphasis will be placed on those hazards that have traditionally caused the highest losses. Upon successful completion of this course, the participant will receive a Maritime Safety 30-hour course completion card.
OSHA 5400 Train-The-Trainor for Occupational Safety and Health Standards in Maritime Industry - This course has been designed for all people working in the Maritime Industry who either want to learn more about workplace safety and health hazard recognition or who want to become OSHA authorized trainers for the 10-and 30-hour Maritime courses. Special emphasis has been placed on those areas in the Maritime Industry that are the most hazardous, using the OSHA 29 CFR 1915, 1917 and 1918 Standards as a resource. Course participants who successfully complete the course and pass a final exam will become OSHA Authorized Maritime Outreach Trainers, authorized to conduct both the 10-and 30-hour Maritime Outreach courses.
OSHA Outreach Trainer Re-Authorization 502, 503 and 5402 - 24-hour re-authorization courses for personnel who have completed the OSHA 500, 501 or 5400 Trainer course. Program provides an update on General Industry Standards, Construction Industry Standards and Maritime Industry Standards updates and OSHA policies. These are re-authorization courses for OSHA Outreach Trainers.
OSHA 7600 Disaster Site Worker - Disaster Site Workers who provide skilled support services (e.g., utility, demolition, debris removal or heavy equipment operation) or site clean-up services in response to a disasterParticipants must have completed the OSHA 10-hour Construction Outreach Training course.
OSHA 5600 Disaster Site Worker Train-The-Trainor - Participants must have a minimum of three years’ experience as an occupational safety and health trainer, be a current authorized OSHA Construction Outreach Trainer and complete at least one of the following: A 40-hour (minimum) HAZWOPER training course; possess journey-level credentials in a building trade union and possess understanding of technical skills of construction work that is equivalent to journey-level.
OSHA 6000 Collateral Duty Course for Other Federal Agencies - This course introduces federal agency collateral duty (part-time) safety and health personnel to the OSH Act, Executive Order 12196, 29 CFR 1960 and 29 CFR 1910. It enables them to recognize basic safety and health hazards in their own workplaces and to effectively assist agency safety and health officers in their inspection and abatement efforts.
Occupational Disease and the Workplace - A 24-hour program designed as workgroup activities and discussions covering the magnitude of the problem, body systems and physiology and methods of control. At the end of the course participants can perform epidemiology studies and identify if occupational disease is occurring.
Hazardous Materials & Emergency Response - A 40-hour Site-specific Hazardous Materials and Chemical Emergency Response Awareness, Operational and Technician Level Training program. This training meets or exceeds 29 CFR 1910.120 and 49 CFR Hazardous Materials Transportation requirements. Site-specific Incident Command System also available. Training is performed on-site and incorporates site policy and procedures. The course can also be designed to cover WMD concerns at the site.
Respiratory Protection - An 8-hour or 16-hour module for use and selection of respirators that meets or exceeds the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.134 and incorporates site-specific policy and procedure. Hands-on instruction using site equipment. Training equipment can also be provided.
Workplace/Area Inspection (Audit) - This 24-hour course provides students with the basic knowledge and techniques to perform area inspections or audits. The objective of this program is to train smaller teams to conduct workplace inspections jointly in a proactive approach for hazard identification to prevent injuries/ illnesses, proper inspection procedures and recommendations for corrective action. Participants will conduct area inspections on the shop floor and report back their findings.
Accident/Incident and Near Miss Investigation - A 24-hour course. The objective of this program is to train smaller teams to conduct investigations jointly and to learn the importance of proactive vs. reactive approach for injury/ illness prevention, proper investigation procedures and making recommendations to prevent injuries. This training provides the basic knowledge and techniques needed to perform accident investigations using immediate, underlying root cause analysis. Participants will conduct real case root cause accident/ incident, near miss investigations.
Other site-specific available training:These programs are designed specifically for the site being trained using the site safety and health plan and policies and procedures. They can be provided in conjunction with other programs as a site-specific need or as individual programs.
Hazard Communication - Meets or exceeds 29 CFR 1910.1200 and incorporates site-specific policy and procedure.
Personal Protective Equipment - Selection and use of Personal Protective Equipment per 29 CFR 1910 and 1926 PPE Standards and incorporates site-specific policy and procedure.
Chemical Protective Clothing - Selection and use of Chemical Protective Clothing and Gloves and incorporates site-specific policy and procedure and manufacturer’s recommendations and limitations.
Confined Space Awareness, Entry and Rescue - Meets or exceeds 29 CFR 1910.146 Confined Spaces requirements and incorporates site-specific policy and procedure.
Hazardous Energy Control (Lockout-Tagout) - Meets or exceeds 29 CFR 1910.147 requirements and incorporates site-specific policy and procedure.
Occupational Noise Exposure - Meets or exceeds 29 CFR 1910.95 requirements for selection and use and incorporates site-specific policy and procedure.
Workplace Monitoring - Hands-on instruction and use of monitoring equipment.
Workplace Toxicology - Provides basic knowledge and instruction for performing chemical research, chemical exposure toxicological effects, terminology and available resources.
Blood borne Pathogens - Awareness training that meets or exceeds the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1030. Program can be designed to cover site-specific policy and procedure.
Emergency Evacuation - Provides training as required by 29 CFR 1910 Subpart E and all Standards that apply. Program can also be designed to cover and incorporate site-specific policy and procedure.
Fire Extinguisher and Emergency Action Plans - Fire extinguisher training as required by 29 CFR 1910 Subpart E and all Standards that apply. Program can also be designed to cover and incorporate site-specific policy and procedure.
Safety Awareness Programs - Site-specific developed training based on site assessment.
Certified Safety and Health Train-the-Trainer Program - Trainer instruction and techniques to deliver IAM CREST curriculum or site-specific developed curriculum.
National Safety Council Certified Defensive Driving Course DDC-8 - A comprehensive driver improvement program with a basic curriculum offering practical knowledge and techniques to avoid crashes, and to choose safe, responsible and lawful driving behaviors. Insurance companies in 34 states offer a reduction on insurance premiums to DDC graduates.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR CONSULTATION, CONTACT Mike Hinthorn at:
IAM CREST9000 Machinists PlaceUpper Marlboro, MD 20772
Phone (301) 967- 4707
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