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Instructor-Led Courses

 

Our instructor-led seminars encourage every employee in your company to place safety on the same level as quality, production and cost goals.

Our premiere offering is Safety Awareness Program, which motivates employees to “want to” act safely rather than “have to” follow rules. This is accomplished through constant interaction and positive reinforcement in the training sessions. Safety success can only be achieved when employees learn to value safety for themselves, their families and their fellow workers.

Here are our standard instructor-led training offerings. We can also build customized training to suit your needs.

Safety Awareness (8 hours)
Safety Management (40 hours)
Supervisor Safety Training (24 hours)
OSHA 10-Hour Course
OSHA 30-Hour Course
Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods Course (16 or 24 Hours)
Powered Industrial Truck (Forklift) Safety Training
Trenching and Excavation
Confined Space
Legal Aspects of Safety
Construction Best Practices
Dispute Resolution
Customized Training

 

Safety Awareness (8 hours)

The Safety Awareness seminars are tailored to your industry, your company and your safety goals. The sessions increase employees’ awareness of the importance of safety and motivate them to act safely. Our program motivates employees to “want to” act safely rather than “have to” follow rules. These seminars also deal with specific safety topics. Methods include discussion of key safety concepts, videos and team building. Specific topics customized to your business often include lockout/tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, permit-required confined spaces and personal protective equipment.

 

Safety Management (40 hours):

This course includes extensive training for supervisors and safety staff. It contains an overview of safety concepts and the nature, causes and results of accidents. Management topics include safety meetings, safety committees, workers compensation, toolbox talks and using the OSHA Standards effectively. Specific topics customized to your business often include lockout/tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, permit-required confined spaces and personal protective equipment. Each participant receive the OSHA 10-Hour training certification.

 

Supervisor Safety Training (24 hours):

This seminar assists supervisors in evaluating worker safety habits and educating employees on proper safety procedures. The course includes a video introduction to safety, instruction on conducting observations, safety meetings and hazard communications. The instructor-led discussions are on specific safety procedures, safety management and customized topics. The topics that FDRsafety can customize into the course include safety meetings, safety committees, workers compensation, toolbox talks, using the OSHA Standards effectively and industry-specific issues.

 

OSHA 10-Hour Course:

FDRsafety can deliver this course for general industry or construction and each seminar is taught by an authorized OSHA instructor. The course provides detailed information on complying with safety and health standards, an introduction to the Occupational Safety and Health Act and extensive discussion and instructions on the OSHA regulations most relevant to your employees. Participants will be able to resolve safety concerns, recognize workplace processes, materials and equipment, specify OSHA standards and identify common workplace hazards and recommended abatement methods.

Each participant will receive a certification card from OSHA after completing this course.

Who should attend: Safety managers/ Safety coordinators; HR professionals in charge of safety; supervisors/managers

Topics covered, with variations depending on whether the session is for construction or general industry:

• Introduction to OSHA, the OSHA Act and the General Duty Clause
• Materials handling, storage and use of disposal
• Introduction to OSHA inspections, citations and penalties
• Hazard communication
• Hazardous materials
• Walking and working surfaces
• Means of egress and fire protection
• Machine guarding
• Electrical safety
• Recordkeeping
• Forklift safety
• Fall protection
• Lockout/tagout
• Personal protective equipment
• Fire protection
• Scaffolds and ladders
• Cranes, hoists, derricks, elevators and conveyors
• Motor vehicles, mechanized equipment and construction equipment
• Excavation safety

 

OSHA 30-Hour Course:

These sessions, called “The Guide to Voluntary Compliance — 30-Hour Industry Safety and Health Outreach Training Programs,” are intended for all entry-level employees and employees who have responsibility for health and safety compliance. Each course is taught by one of FDRsafety’s authorized OSHA instructors. The course can be customized for your company and incorporates OSHA’s approved curriculum for either construction or general industry standards.

In addition to covering the same topics as the 10-Hour program, this course deals with supplemental safety/OSHA material. Participants will be able to interpret safety/health policy and procedures as related to OSHA regulations. The classroom instruction will be combined with competency-based workshops that enable participants to demonstrate proficiency with the acquired skills.

All attendees will receive 30-Hour OSHA Course Completion Cards from OSHA after successful completion of the program.

Who Should Attend: Safety coordinators/safety managers; HR professionals in charge of safety; supervisors/managers.

Topics covered, with variations depending on whether the session is for construction or general industry:

• Introduction to OSHA, the Occupational Safety and
  Health Act, and the General Duty Clause
• Materials handling, storage and use and disposal
• Introduction to OSHA inspections, citations and penalties
• Hazard communication
• Hazardous materials
• Working and working surfaces
• Means of egress and fire protection
• Machine guarding
• Electrical safety
• Recordkeeping
• Forklift safety
• Fall protection
• Lockout/tagout
• Personal protective equipment
• Fire protection
• Scaffolds and ladders
• Cranes, hoists, derricks, elevators and conveyors
• Welding and cutting operations
• Rollover protective structures and overhead protection
• Concrete and masonry construction
• Confined space entry
• Steel erection
• Underground construction, caissons, cofferdams and compressed air demolitions
• Blasting and use of explosives
• Power transmission and distribution
• Process safety management
• Lead hazards in construction
• Power platforms, man-lifts and vehicle-mounted work platforms
• Hearing conservation
• Ergonomics
• General environmental controls
• Medical and first aid
• Safety and health program management
• Hand and portable power tools
• Blood-born pathogens

 

Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods Course (16 or 24 hours):

FDRsafety has developed this course to assist employers in complying with Title 49 CFR/IATA. It is an FAA/DOT certified course that ensures maintained compliance with all HAZMAT laws and regulations. The seminar covers handling, labeling, transportation and storage of hazardous materials, and hazard communications.

 

Powered Industrial Truck (Forklift) Safety Training:

FDRsafety can provide operator training programs that are fully customized to your specific forklifts and facility. Our programs include hands-on evaluations of your facility, a sample of OSHA’s required forklift pre-shift checks, a sample OSHA recommended forklift policy and training that identifies the causes of actual forklift accidents and ways to prevent them.

 

Trenching and Excavation (1, 2 or 3 day courses available)

This seminar provides a fundamental component for competent person training. It is based on OSHA’s Subpart “P” Excavation standard of 29 CFR 1926. An emphasis is placed on making the training hands-on and interactive through classroom demonstrations, lab work, and instructor led peer group discussions.

Topics discussed include:

• Soil classification (Visual and Manual testing)
• Slope protective systems (sloping, benching, shoring, shielding)
• Soil mechanics theory (friction, cohesion and apparent cohesion)
• Fall protection (ladders, stairs, ramps, guardrail systems, barricades)
• Hazard awareness (water, vibration, freeze-thaw, previously disturbed soil, confined space, utilities, work zones, surcharge effects, housekeeping, PPE, hazard communication)
• Job inspection /checklists
• OSHA’s most often cited excavation standards
• Vocabulary terms such as “unconfined compressive strength” and “shear strength” will be compared and contrasted as will “competent” and “qualified” person.
• Trench rescue techniques

 

Confined Space

This seminar provides a working knowledge of the following terms of art with respect to confined space regulation: permitting; alternate entry procedures; reclassification; written programs and elements of same; ventilation; rescue; required training; warnings and signage. This is based on OSHA’s 29 CFR 1910.146 Permit Required Confine.

 

Legal Aspects of Safety (2 or 3 day seminar)

In today’s environment there is more to safety than limiting near misses and preventing injury to people and property. Understanding how to control risk and reduce liability is now cardinal to an effective safety and health program.

This seminar goes beyond the basics of “being safe.” It is offered by an instructor uniquely qualified with 25 + years of field experience as an award winning Certified Safety Professional, Professional Engineer and Attorney.

The topics discussed include:

• Causes of action (Negligence, contract, common law, criminal, promissory estoppel, strict liability, trade practice, course of dealing, state and federal law, local ordinances and codes, warranties and consensus standards — to name a few)
• Significance of independent contractor status
• Preparing for deposition
• Court pleadings and basic rules of civil procedure
• “Cost” of not being safe
• Effective communication – (Written, verbal and non-verbal)
• Team-building
• Attaining buy-in (boss, managers, craft professionals)
• Checklists (pros and cons)
• Incentives and disciplinary programs (pros and cons)
• Goal setting – how to be “SMART”
• OSHA inspections, citations, settlements and appeals
• Understanding and measuring leading indicators
• Finding networking and resource opportunities
• Dispute resolution skills (negotiations, mediation and arbitration)
• Ethics and professionalism
• Control of Workers’ Compensation costs
• Media relations and crisis management

 

Construction Best Practices – What Industry Leaders Are Doing

Basically, learn and discuss over 75 suggested courses of action for what are shown to work as part of an effective safety and health program. This course is administered by the past executive director of the nation’s largest non-profit organization strictly dedicated to OSHA’s construction voluntary protection programs.

This fast-paced, results driven seminar aims to provide participants tools, tips and techniques to make your policies, program and safety system more successful.

 

Negotiation Tips and Techniques for the Best Dispute Resolution Results

Learn how to resolve disputes and limit conflict from a seasoned national award winning master mediator (over 200 cases with an 85% settlement rate) and large complex case arbiter.

Benefit from one that has seen it all behind the closed door of dispute resolution. Learn how to actually achieve that win-win outcome. Also learn how to preserve or even strengthen ongoing business relationships after a dispute.

 

Customized Courses:

FDRsafety will develop a custom course on any safety, health or environmental topic that your company needs. FDRsafety’s team of consultants will work with you to determine your goals, the length of the course and the appropriate content. This process is a team approach that utilizes the strengths of the client, the FDRsafety subject matter experts, our instructional designers, graphic designers, writers and editors to develop high-quality courses.

 

Contact us for information about our instructor-led training program.

We also offer online courses.