Principals of Occupational Safety & Health

POSH is an intensive four-day course, covering 19 topics which will give you a firm grounding in the fundamentals of occupational safety and health. Our Occupational Safety & Health Training delivers a solid curriculum of important safety concepts with an emphasis on best practices for implementing and managing a health and safety plan/program. You¹ll get the confidence you need to develop a health and safety plan that meets regulatory compliance. This course is a great introduction for anyone new to safety responsibilities, and an excellent review for experienced safety practitioners. Discussion and practical exercises show you what is needed to develop a safety action plan for your organization.

Here's what you'll learn:

  • How OSHA affects your organization.
  • Uses and benefits of recordkeeping to prevent injuries and illness ­ and meet OSHA requirements.
  • The reason behind safety inspections and how to effectively plan and conduct them.
  • The who, what, when, where, and how of incident investigations.
  • The impact of industrial hygiene and HazCom standards on your safety plan.
  • Components of the communication process and how to improve the effectiveness of safety messages.
  • How to:
    • Recognize, evaluate and control hazards, and determine an acceptable level of risk.
    • Create an effective safety team and facilitate productive safety meetings.
    • Define ergonomics, assess ergonomic risk factors, and recommend corrective actions.
    • Determine when personal protective equipment (PPE) should be used and ways to increase employee acceptance of PPE.
    • Develop an emergency action plan.
    • Use a safety orientation program to improve employee performance and reduce incidents and costs.
    • Implement various employee involvement techniques.

Here's what's new:

In just four days, you¹ll get the best of POSH, plus five all-new modules:

  • Hazard Recognition, Evaluation and Control
  • Employee Involvement
  • Safety Training
  • Safety Teams and Committees
  • Emergency Action Planning
  • We¹ve reviewed and updated the whole program, with more emphasis on best practices for implementing and managing a safety management system.
  • For your convenience, we now offer POSH two ways: as an intensive four-day course or presented in a series of four one-day courses. Call your local Chapter for details.
  • Resource CD now included with more than 75 valuable reference documents, including: Self Inspection Checklist, Job Safety Analysis Form, Causal Factors Checklist, and a variety of OSHA tools and fact sheets.

Course fee includes over $350 worth of reference materials, including Accident Prevention Manual (12th Ed.), Administration & Programs; Accident Prevention Manual (12th Ed.), Engineering & Technology; Injury Facts CD-ROM; and Resource CD.

4-day course
2.6 NSC CEUs, 2.6 COCs

To register for this class click here.

Location: Statewide

Instructor:

Member Price: $1,195

Non-member Price: $1,550

 

 

 

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