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Gain expert guidance from global safety and health leaders as they share their experiences, challenges and strategies for influencing corporate leaders. Learn about emerging issues of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and human capital, and discuss a new tool you can use to assess your company's impacts and dependencies so you can measure the true value of people and OSH.

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Enhance your presentation skills by using the latest tools within PowerPoint. Learn tips and tricks that will help your presentations be more engaging so you can overcome the perception of "death by PowerPoint!"

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Training Spanish-speaking workers involves much more than just translation. The Spanish-speaking workforce is diverse and has different needs and expectations. Gain new insight on common challenges encountered when providing safety training to Spanish-speaking workers and take away guidance on practical solutions that will improve your efforts.

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Determining key work hazards and employee risks is a problem-solving process that involves personal observation, inquiry and research. Explore a strategic approach that you can use to determine whether you are addressing a symptom or the actual root cause of any safety challenge.

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As understanding of the future of work grows, so must your understanding of the EHS and well-being challenges and hazards these changes will introduce. Build your ability to communicate and address them three areas of focus in NIOSH's Future of Work initiative.

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Ever been made aware of an incident where your first thought was "what were they thinking?" Get a more complete understanding of why people do what they do. Discover the four "brain modes" that influence behaviour, what can be done about each and how leaders can help.

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Recorded August 2024. Leading indicators are proactive measures that can provide insight on the effectiveness of EHS activities. Choose the right indicators to move your organization in the direction that you want. Discuss best practices, EHS management system standards, software solutions and specific success stories that can help you harness the potential of leading indicators in your organization.

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Sponsored by Amazon

Recorded August 2024. Technology is evolving at an unprecedented pace, transforming the way we approach safety. From advanced artificial-intelligence-driven systems to wearable devices, these technologies are not only enhancing incident prevention but also revolutionizing safety design. Through case studies and discussions of practical applications, you will gain insights into how these innovations can help you enhance incident prevention, revolutionize efficiencies and shape the future of EHS.

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Recorded August 2024. Learn how to elevate your training and communication skills by discussing ways to incorporate opportunities for trainees to be active participants in their learning. Gain practical, proven guidance for developing creative visual communication skills and actionable tips for effectively presenting numerical data and statistics for lasting impact.

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Recorded August 2024. Review the critical role supervisors play in organizational success. Learn through small-group discussions and storytelling to define the characteristics of "good" supervisors, and take away actionable guidance on techniques and tools to improve your skills as an EHS leader.

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Recorded August 2024. We face significant challenges in achieving safety excellence while balancing other organizational goals — such as efficiency, quality and profitability. Explore four tenets that drive elite team success and organizational safety:

1. Complexity requires group success.
2. High-performance teams are built on trust.
3. Move from academic to actionable.
4. Adaptive capacity equals mission success.

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Recorded August 2024. Most companies agree safety is important, but many struggle to successfully create a culture of safety. Our panel will share their experiences from the JFK Terminal One Project, with a focus on driving employee engagement, the role of leadership and the impact of technology on safety efforts.

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Recorded August 2024. Attendees will learn how to overcome the challenge of lack of engagement in safety by implementing four leadership fundamentals: 1) value alignment; 2) systems and monitoring; 3) education and awareness; and 4) exhibiting visible leadership. Interact with other attendees as we collectively demonstrate how the management team (all levels) must exhibit visible leadership commitment to a safe workplace to change behavior.

Webinar sponsored by the ASSP Consultants Practice Specialty delivered on Aug. 7, 2018. Focused on key elements to consider before starting a career in consulting, such as personality traits, business skills and OSH expertise. The presenter shares her expertise about the business considerations of a consulting practice, such as legal structures, proposals, contracts, invoicing and insurance.

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This course trains industrial workers to approach all tasks or jobs in the same way police officers/SWAT and military special operators are trained to do. The content is based on actual career experience as a U.S. Army soldier, Chicago police officer, defensive tactics instructor and SWAT team member. This process establishes a tangible concept of understanding mental focus levels so that all workers are properly engaged.

What You Will Learn

• Apply a simple concept of focus to train your employees to be more aware and effective in performing work and evaluating hazards in the work area.

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Many companies suffer "tenacious" injuries - the same type that stubbornly continue to drag safety down, that an organization just can't seem to overcome despite numerous prevention attempts. These are frustrating, costly - and can lower performance and morale - as well as diminishing leadership credibility. But companies have found that, with the right approach, they can overcome perpetually persistent injuries.

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Companies around the world have committed to creating safe workplaces and have invested heavily in expensive safety training for their employees. But the #1 problem that companies face today is transforming that knowledge into consistent safety practice. If you’ve been disappointed in the results of your safety training then you know the painful truth that knowing is not enough. Employees may know what to do. They may even want to do it. But they don’t do it. Even the best intentions don't translate into results you can count on when safety is on the line. Tired of saying the same thing to your employees? You will leave this session understanding why people do what they do and how to change it.

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What do people in your company think about Safety? As boring, unexciting or even exhausting? Do they woodenly go through the Safety motions, rather than being vibrantly interested and stimulated? Do they basically see Safety is an unfortunate requirement, a pain in the posterior that’s mostly an obstacle to accomplishing their “real” work? Energy is essential for fueling highest-level Safety performance and culture throughout an organization. The right kind and sustained level of energy can propel momentum and actions to previously unforeseen heights (assuming – but going beyond - a base of policies and procedures, supportive structures, and consistent attention.) This webinar, based on over 3 decades working with larger, high-performance global companies, provides both practical strategies and methods for actually raising and sustaining Safety energy, enthusiasm, interest and engagement.

What You Will Learn

Identifying 4 Safety energy “myths” to overcome Understanding 3 critical steps for Energizing Safety Seeing 10 signs of Organizational Safety Energy Sliding or Atrophying Assessing 10 Signs of Organizational Safety Energy Rising Planning for 7 practical strategies for energizing Safety receptivity and performance

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Safety can be a tough sell. Even the word "safety" has negative connotations when we connect safety to terms like "investigation", "audit" and "disciplinary action." Yet, safety professionals, supervisors and operations managers must be able to sell safety up and down the organization. Convincing leaders that safety is important is not enough. Everyone including front line employees must understand the benefits of a safe operation. Tactics used to sell safety to leadership are different than the tactics used for front line employees. Selling is about influencing someone to do something we want them to do. It's about influencing employees to do more than follow procedures. We want them to be proactive in identifying and addressing hazards. We want them to be actively involved in creating a safe work environment. Session attendees will learn techniques for "selling" safety to front line employees including how to have a "Make Safety Personal" conversation.

What You Will Learn

Illustrate the importance of influencing front line employees to help build a strong safety culture. Drive safety culture and go beyond compliance by following three (3) tips to make safety personal. Apply the “Make Safety Personal” worksheet to your next conversation about safety with a front-line employee.

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Leadership is often identified as a core competency that safety professionals must have to be successful in their careers. This webinar defines key skills and practices that will help safety professionals in their career development as detailed in Safety Leadership and Professional Development, edited by Richard Olawoyin and Darryl C. Hill. We will provide the framework for safety professionals to effectively implement a leading safety and health process based on the  road map the book provides to define the safety profession and promote leadership and professional development. With contributions from academic and industry leaders, the major sections focus on ethics; leadership and management; certification and accreditation; professional development; technical aspects such as risk assessment and hazard recognition; and workplace culture.

What You Will Learn

• Define the core competencies that will help you provide result-driven solutions
• Discuss leadership traits that will foster effective decision-making in a complex, fast-paced enviornment
• Analyze the professional development opportunities that will support a rewarding safety career as outlined in this new book published by ASSP

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What leadership qualities and skills are needed to improve an organization's safety culture and performance? Regardless of your position or authority, whether on the line or on the management team, you need to understand basic tools to lead and support others for OSH improvement. Learn how positive changes in safety and health performance, inside and outside of the workplace, can result from a leadership-driven improvement process.

What You Will Learn

• Define what an OSH culture is, understand what to assess, and review what is necessary to improve OSH performance.
• Review the primary causes of workplace injuries and incidents.
• Identify unsafe attitudes, behaviors and other barriers to improvement from all levels of employees, including labor and management.
• Understand how attitudes, values, beliefs and behaviors can create barriers that affect your organization's OSH performance and how you can effect constructive change.
• Define what an OSH leader is, regardless of position or level of authority, and the qualities needed to be effective
• Learn the importance of effective listening as the key to communication and empowerment.
• Develop effective techniques for selling your ideas internally. To discover the role of the leader as a change agent and sales person.
• Establish action plans for applying this knowledge on the job.

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Over the years, the role of stress seems to have been downplayed in most behavioral approaches when addressing the causes of accidents, injuries, health issues and environmental incidents. Emphasis has been on observable behaviors and the reinforcement of positive or safe behaviors and/or the correction of negative or unsafe behaviors. Though this is essential for the prevention of accidents, injuries, health issues and environmental incidents, it is in no way the complete picture. Today, the sources of stress to the managers, supervisors, and line employees of both large and small businesses are numerous. More than ever, stress plays a continuing and often increasing role in safety, health and environmental performance. Attention to and the introduction of effective interventions are needed to counteract the negative effects on safety, health and environmental performance. This session will explore the role and impact that stress has on safety, health and environmental performance, as well as, on overall productivity.

What You Will Learn

• The common human causes of accidents, injuries and environmental incidents.
• Safety, health and environmental incidents.
• The relationship of stress to health issues and general well being.
• How to identify stress in themselves, their co-workers and families.
• Specific intervention skills and strategies to reduce stress and prevent incidents.
• The importance of stress management techniques as a primary intervention.
• How to use stress in a constructive way.

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Ultimately, safety and safety leadership entails anticipating and preparing for potential risks. In organizational reality, “certainty” is an illusion because everything is uncertain. But you can avoid getting blindsided by mounting injuries and eroding culture. Wise leaders rely more on avoiding and reducing potential uncertainties than just on reacting after-the-fact to emerging problems. At its core, strong leadership is taking care of people issues first.

What You Will Learn

• Define uncertainty and identify contributing factors
• Discover hidden kinds of uncertainty
• Understand the link between stress and safety.
• Discuss methods for changing beliefs
• Understand high-level strategies, principles and practices for leading through uncertainty

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It is difficult to see everything happening in an organization’s culture. Information is constantly changing, and some of it is hidden under layers of protection or inaccessible due to distance. This can put leaders in a position of reacting rather than actively leading – and, worse, can blindside them. This hidden culture can neutralize or block a company's ability to rise above performance plateaus. However, discerning and understanding leaders can learn to make needed adjustments to improve safety culture and performance outcomes.

What You Will Learn

• Recognize cultural, worker and organizational contributors to below-the-surface safety dynamics, performance and culture
• Understand how to enlist “hidden” forces as an early safety leadership warning system
• Review a strategic safety leadership plan that encompasses 10 performance and cultural driving strategies for revealing hidden safety culture.

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Recorded September, 2023. Organizations with true safety cultures go well beyond complying with OSHA regulations. They hold their businesses to a high standard, eliminating risks that cause worker injuries, illnesses and fatalities, and reducing the claims costs and reputation damage spurred by workplace incidents. When you adopt voluntary safety standards, you can evolve your safety program from a compliance-based cost center into an initiative that improves your organization’s performance and overall sustainability.

Gain new insight on ANSI/ASSP general industry standards that address significant hazards that cause occupational fatalities, injuries, illnesses and citations, and deepen your understanding of how you can use them synergistically with applicable OSHA standards. Our standards committee leaders will provide an overview of four key standards and discuss best practices for implementation on worksites, across wide variety of industries and businesses. 

• ANSI/ASSP Z15, Safe Practices for Motor Vehicle Operations
• ANSI/ASSP Z117, Safety Requirements for Entering Confined Spaces
• ANSI/ASSP Z244, Control of Hazardous Energy Lockout, Tagout and Alternative Methods 
• ANSI/ASSP Z490, Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health and Environmental Training

What You Will Learn

• Discuss hazards and exposures impacting occupational fatalities, injuries, and citations
• Review implementation examples and how to incorporate the ANSI/ASSP standards
• Assess how you can better prepare your organization to achieve OSH excellence using the applicable ANSI/ASSP Standards addressing these occupational hazards and exposures
• Discuss how ANSI/ASSP standard aids in improving compliance to the OSHA requirements

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Expert panel discussion on emerging issues affecting OSH professionals and the practice of the profession. Our panelists will explore these key questions:

• How do OSH professionals use consensus standards?
• What is the relationship between industry consensus standards and regulatory standards?
• What are some common issues and concerns with using these standards?"

What You Will Learn

• Review ANSI/ASSP voluntary national consensus standards and how they are used to mitigate OSH hazards and exposures
• Develop capabilities to use these standards to identify work-related hazards and exposures and hazardous working conditions.
• Explain the relationship between consensus standards and federal regulations, and develop an understanding of how to coordinate your efforts related to them

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Expert panel discussion on emerging issues affecting OSH professionals and the practice of the profession. Our panelists will explore these key questions:

• How do OSH professionals use consensus standards?
• What is the relationship between industry consensus standards and regulatory standards?
• What are some common issues and concerns with using these standards?"

What You Will Learn

• Review ANSI/ASSP voluntary national consensus standards and how they are used to mitigate OSH hazards and exposures
• Identify work-related hazards, exposures and hazardous working conditions using ANSI/ASSP Standards.
• Explain significance of ANSI standards with respect to OSHA requirements

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Lead Forward: ASSP Volunteer Leadership Development is part of the investment ASSP makes in our leaders. Through this course, you will have the opportunity to gain information, tools, and resources to help you leverage your strengths to be successful in your role. Over the coming months, you will explore four modules to support you in your ASSP volunteer role and beyond. As a virtual experience, each module will feature online content.

What You Will Learn

Upon completion of the Leadership Experience, you will be able to:

• Apply Strengths to gain buy-in and maximize results.
• Recognize how meaningful conversations build trust.
• Explain how to leverage a growth mind-set to motivate action.
• Identify personal listening roadblocks and practice active listening.
• Understand the needs of followers.
• Create a personal vision for leading through influence.

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Recorded October 2023. Refine and develop business skills that will make you financially successful as an OSH consultant. Deborah Roy will discuss strategies for pricing consulting services and setting terms and highlight the best methods for getting paid in a timely fashion.

What You Will Learn

• Identify two common methods to set an OSH consulting rate.
• Describe three methods to price OSH consulting services.
• Discuss the process that is most successful in getting paid on time.

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Recorded December 2023. Safety professionals are expected to act with integrity, demonstrate high professional conduct and exhibit ethical behaviors. They are expected to make leadership decisions that directly impact the lives of both employees and the public. Yet, these skills are not taught and rarely reinforced. This leaves safety professionals to define their personal ethics on their own and navigate difficult decisions, biases and pressures. Gain context about professional ethics and complete experiential learning opportunities base on case studies such as Hurricane Katrina, space shuttles Columbia and Challenger, and personal situations from the speaker's professional life.

What You Will Learn

• Summarize the historical and professional contexts of ethics and professional codes of conduct.
• Explain the utility of the Impediments to Responsible Action.
• Synthesize and evaluate situations in the context of professional ethics, ethical codes, individual understanding and the Impediments of Responsible Action.
• Discuss the relationship between ethics and acceptable risk.

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Recorded February 2024. Innovations in technology are influencing how safety professionals learn, collect, analyze and apply occupational safety and health information to reduce risk and improve decision-making. Explore artificial intelligence and discuss implications for safety and health professionals. Review current applications and discuss real-world examples of how AI is applied in EHS.

What You Will Learn

• Define artificial intelligence and machine learning.
• Describe the components of an artificial intelligence system.
• Discuss its use and implications to safety professionals.
• Examine common uses of artificial intelligence in safety and real-world examples.

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Recorded March 2024. Navigate the intricate interplay of identities in the safety domain. Each person embodies a unique intersection of factors. Failure to account for these factors in a safety management system can result in an unsafe work environment. By adopting an intersectional lens, we uncover hidden patterns, drivers and intervention points crucial for a safe workplace, often overlooked when considering systems or identities in isolation. Explore the transformative impact of recognizing our workforce's multifaceted nature and discuss how embracing these differences cultivates a resilient safety culture, propelling organizations toward excellence.

What You Will Learn

• Understand intersectionality.
• Identify ways to foster more meaningful engagement by embracing intersectionality.
• Develop strategies for using our workforce's differences to cultivate EHS excellence.

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Today’s OSH professionals can encounter a wide range of ethical dilemmas. Build your knowledge of how you can use professional codes of ethics to identify, analyze, navigate and resolve these dilemmas. By using facts and promoting ethical practices, you can minimize harm, foster a positive company culture and support your organization’s long-term success and profitability. Explore the drivers influencing ethical decision-making and the theoretical framework supporting the use of such drivers.

This course has been designed to meet the ethics training requirement established for certified industrial hygienists by the Board of Global EHS Credentialing (BGC), an umbrella organization that replaced American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Visit the BGC website to learn more about this requirement. This course also meets the ethics requirement established for recertification by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. Visit the BCSP website to learn more about this requirement

What You Will Learn

• Review professional codes of conduct for OSH professionals
• Build a better understanding of how the various codes of ethics apply to your practice as an OSH professional
• Explore various approaches for resolving ethical issues
• Practice applying various ethical principles through real-life scenarios to resolve ethical issues
• Identify and analyze steps you can take to avoid future ethical dilemmas

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Build your knowledge of the terms and data finance business leaders use to evaluate projects so you can more effectively develop the financial portion of your business cases for safety and health programs, interventions and systems. With a deeper understanding of what’s important to finance and business leaders, you can better engage with them, influence their decision-making process and challenge organizational assumptions about OSH investments.

What You Will Learn

• Use the metrics and terms finance and business leaders use to evaluate projects and investments
• Develop effective financial business cases for safety and health programs, interventions and systems
• Demonstrate that safety and health drives value for the organization by aligning financial knowledge and terms with OSH performance

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This comprehensive course focuses on the integration of occupational safety and health (OSH) into business and industry. Increase your ability to leverage leadership support and apply financial strategies to improve your organization’s bottom line. Build a better understanding of business functions to show how safety performance can increase overall productivity and efficiency. Develop a business model that supports safety performance throughout administrative processes, communications and operations. Demonstrate your leadership by applying financial analysis methods to show return on investment of safety initiatives. Develop safety measures communicated in statistical terms to demonstrate the positive impact safety has on your organization’s financial health.

What You Will Learn

• Build a deeper understanding of how to integrate safety into business strategy and operations
• Develop a business case for safety based on project management principles
• Review the four financial components used to make a business case for organizational resources to move OSH initiatives forward
• Apply financial principles, explore cost-benefit analysis and analyze the direct and indirect costs of incidents and injuries by demonstrating how these affect your business
• Recognize the language of risk and review the importance of using analytics for OSH metrics to connect with organizational goals and objectives
• Develop influence and selling skills to win support for budget requests, forecast and timing through effective communication and negotiation

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Build your skills to develop comprehensive business cases and make convincing presentations for organizational investments in safety and health. Gain insight on the key steps of building effective business cases that clearly outline the benefits and the return on investment, show how proposed investments meet stakeholder and organizational needs, and give decision-makers more confidence to say yes to necessary resources.

What You Will Learn

• Develop effective business cases for safety and health programs, interventions and systems.
• Use a systematic approach to identify and evaluate metrics to create a business case.
• Create convincing business case presentations to deliver to organizational leaders to obtain resources and sell improvement ideas.

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Coaching is often viewed as difficult and many safety professionals struggle with where to begin. This course provides the foundation for coaching in a safety-based environment with developed strategies and methods. You will learn the 5-5-5 method, discuss the coaching exchange, and takeaway tips for effectively implementing coaching to help you create your own approach to coaching effectively in a safety environment. This beginner-level course introduces the foundational knowledge in an engaging and easy-to-understand manner. 

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• Define the characteristics of a coach and a great coach 
• Identify the five core coaching skills 
• Discuss and implement the five steps of the coaching exchange 
• Demonstrate how coaching can improve your organization’s safety mind-set 

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The course focuses on criteria beyond the hazard identification process. Review the policy behind collecting safety observations, discuss the roles and responsibilities related to observations, explore the process to ensure consistent data collection and review the data use plan used to turn observation data into actionable information. The course leverages best practices, case studies, practical tools and hands-on applications to help you can easily implement the process in your organization. 

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• Develop a statement of purpose for your observation program 
• Develop a consistent methodology for collecting observations 
• Develop a robust data use plan that will aid in turning safety observation information into actionable data 
• Discuss metrics and analytics

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Prepare to pass the Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM®) credential exam from the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management (IHMM), which recognizes expertise in hazardous materials management. Our self-paced, interactive course features 12 modules based on the areas covered in the current IHMM examination blueprint. Topics include planning for materials with hazard; shipping and transportation hazardous waste and hazardous materials; storing materials with hazards; managing facility operations that involve hazardous materials; disposing of hazardous materials, recordkeeping and reporting; worker training; and addressing response, recovery and remediation.

Our course provides a wide range of interactive learning experiences that include lectures, videos and quizzes, as well as review of nearly 1,000 practice questions spanning all exam domains. Test- taking strategies and quizzes in each subject area help you prepare to take your exam with confidence.

To take the CHHM exam you must:

• Hold a baccalaureate degree (or higher) from an accredited college or university with a preference for disciplines in applied science or related field, chemistry, biology, geology, hazardous materials management, environmental science, environmental management, physical or life science or environmental technology, and
• Have a minimum of four years of relevant experience in the field of hazardous materials management or a related field.

Please review IHMM’s CHMM Program Overview to confirm program requirements and determine your eligibility to earn the certification.

Note: International shipping costs are not included in your course registration fee. We will calculate these fees based on actual shipping costs to your location and issue a separate invoice. Please note that any book shipments outside the continental U.S. are not guaranteed and may take up to 12 weeks for delivery.

What You Will Learn

• Identify proper ways to handle, store and/or transport hazardous materials
• Review topics from relevant national acts, policies and regulations
• Discuss chemistry and toxicology radioactive materials
• Develop deeper understanding of management principles and training practices as they relate to managing hazardous materials in your organization
• Identify scoring procedures and requirements of passing the IHMM exam
• Prepare to take the certification exam and identify topic areas where you need additional learning support

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Prepare for your construction health and safety technician (CHST) certification exam by reviewing occupational safety and health (OSH) concepts and test-taking strategies. In our interactive course, you will participate in a range of learning activities including video lectures with practice quizzes and exams offering more than 500 sample questions. These questions cover the knowledge and skills for the four domains in the CHST Examination Blueprint to include hazard identification and controls, emergency preparedness and fire prevention, safety program development and implementation, and leadership, communication, and training. This course will help you prepare for your CHST certification exam with confidence. You need a TI-30XS scientific calculator to participate in this course. Your course registration includes a digital copy of the textbook, 29 CFR 1926 OSHA Construction Industry Regulations & Standards, which you can keep as a reference for your safety library.

What You Will Learn

• Review the requirements to take the CHST certification exam, evaluate your knowledge of content covered in the exam and develop an individual study plan to prepare for the exam.
• Recognize steps to establish a safety management system (SMS) using OSHA general industry and construction standards, as well as ANSI and ISO consensus standards.
• Examine construction health hazards, industrial toxicology, fall protection, power tools, electricity, cranes and derricks, PPE, and proper labeling and handling of chemicals used on construction sites.
• Recognize best practices for recordkeeping, job hazard analysis, pre-job safety plans, investigation of incidents, site inspections, regulatory inspections and audits.
• Examine successful hazard communication and training plans (including the Globally Harmonized System).

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Prepare for your certified safety professional (CSP10) certification exam by reviewing occupational safety and health (OSH) concepts that address the knowledge, skills and abilities covered by the exam blueprint and deemed essential by industry leaders. In our interactive course, you will participate in a range of learning activities, watch video lectures and review more than 950 practice questions. Quizzes in each subject area help you prepare to take your certification exam with confidence. To participate, you must have successfully passed the ASP exam or be exempt because of another certification or designation. The course package includes a hard copy of the “CSP Examination Study Guide" textbook ($250 value) which you own and can keep for future reference. The textbook will be a great addition to your safety library. For more information, see BCSP’s CSP Program Overview. 

Course Objectives 

• Perform advanced science, mathematics and engineering functions/calculations related to safety 
• Examine safety management systems, and review methods to identify, evaluate and control OSH hazards 
• Use qualitative and quantitative analysis methods 
• Identify k 

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Prepare for your associate safety professional (ASP10) certification exam by reviewing occupational safety and health (OSH) concepts and test-taking strategies. In our interactive course, you will participate in a range of learning activities, watch video lectures and review more than 900 questions that address all the domains covered in the exam blueprint. Quizzes in each subject area help you immerse yourself in preparing to take your certification exam with confidence. The course package includes a hard copy of the “ASP Examination Study Guide" textbook ($150 value) which you own and can keep for future reference and will be a great addition to your safety library. 

Note: International shipping costs are not included in your course registration fee. We will calculate these fees based on actual shipping costs to your location and issue a separate invoice. Please note that any book shipments outside the continental U.S. are not guaranteed and may take up to 12 weeks for delivery. 

Course Objectives 

• Perform advanced science, mathematics and engineering functions/calculations related to safety 
• Examine safety management systems, and review methods to identify, evaluate and control OSH hazards 
• Use qualitative and quantitative analysis methods 
• Identify k 

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The safety management specialist (SMS) certification is intended for dedicated safety practitioners with 10 years of occupational safety and health (OSH) experience, with or without a college degree. This course prepares you for the SMS certification exam. We cover the exam’s five domains and enforce concepts through video lecture, activities and practice questions. 

Course Objectives 

• Examine the SMS domain areas and acquire foundational knowledge and skills required for SMS certification 
• Practice valuable success strategies for passing the SMS exam 
• Recognize OSH management system concepts 
• Identify risk management concepts 
• Examine phys

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This webinar discusses the major parts of the revised Z117.1 standard and how it compares with OSHA's Confined Spaces in Construction and General Industry Permit-Required Confined Spaces. It also discusses entry into non-permit spaces and recommended safeguards.

What You Will Learn

• Compare and contrast OSHA's regulatory requirements for entering confined spaces in Construction & General Industry
• Discuss the ANSI/ASSP Z117.1 revised consensus standard for entering confined space and how it compares with OSHA
• Outline basic training requirements for entry teams and rescue issues

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Every year, falls are among the most cited causes of fatalities at work. To help mitigate this risk, your organization can develop, implement and maintain a thorough fall protection program. Review what's involved in implementing a thorough program that employees will follow.

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Falls from elevation is the leading cause of deaths in construction. Despite regulations for residential construction and the availability of many innovative fall prevention products, more than 300 workers die due to falls each year. Leading construction companies, contractors, unions, and construction related organizations have comprehensive safety programs with requirements that exceed OSHA regulations. Gain new knowledge on fall protection policies, fall restraint and industry best practices to protect your workers on construction and demolition sites.

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Recorded in May, 2023. Working at height is a hazardous job, one that exposes workers to falls to lower levels, falls through roofs or floor openings, falling objects and falls due to structure collapses. Experts from the ANSI/ASSP Z359 Committee and ASSP share insights, practical guidance and resources to help you develop a better understanding of the Z359 fall protection and restraint standards and how they both complement and augment applicable OSHA standards. Review key requirements included in these standards and discuss best practices for implementation on worksites in a wide variety of work settings.

What You Will Learn

• Discuss the hazards and exposures with fall protection and fall restraint
• Review implementation examples and how to incorporate the ANSI/ASSP Z359 standards
• Assess how you can better prepare your organization prevent fall-related hazards and exposures using the ANSI/ASSP Z359 standards

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Working at heights can be a hazardous job and remains a leading cause of injuries and OSHA citations. This course is developed with funding from OSHA under Susan Harwood Grant and offers guidance on how to properly implement and use fall protection systems and equipment to effectively advance personal safety programs, increase efficiency and Stay OSHA compliant. This course is part of a series covering the three parts of the personal fall arrest system (PFAS). These parts are the “anchor,” the “bodywear,” and the “connecting device” — widely known as the ABCs.

This course focuses on the “C”, Connecting Devices — which is a critical link that attaches the workers harness to the anchorage connectors. Connecting devices can consist of energy-absorbing lanyards, self-retracting lifelines, rope grabs, or retrieval systems. In this course, we will focus on self-retracting devices (SRDs), their intended purpose, advantages and disadvantages of using SRDs and the variations, uses, limitations, inspection, and maintenance requirements for SRDs.

What You Will Learn

• Examine the history, design and intended purpose of SRDs.
• Recognize the OSHA and ANSI Z359 requirements for SRDs.
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of using SRDs as compared to lanyards.
• Recognize the associated hazards and potential risks when using SRDS.
• Examine clearance calculations for required clearances when using SRDs.
• Recognize the steps for inspecting, installing, and servicing SRDs.

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Working at heights can be a hazardous job and remains a leading cause of injuries and OSHA citations. This course is developed with funding from OSHA under Susan Harwood Grant and offers guidance on how to properly implement and use fall protection systems and equipment to effectively advance personal safety programs, increase efficiency and Stay OSHA compliant. This course is part of a series covering the three parts of the personal fall arrest system (PFAS). These parts are the “anchor,” the “bodywear,” and the “connecting device” — widely known as the ABCs.

This course focuses on the “A”, Anchor— which refers to the secure fall protection anchor points of attachment for lifelines, lanyards or deceleration devices and are designed to hold fast under the forces generated during a fall. Gain practical guidance on selection and use of anchorage connectors to establish active personal fall protection system using existing structures. Learn about the standards for anchorages and anchorage connectors and key considerations for applying them. Review the variations, uses, limitations, inspection, and maintenance requirements for anchorage connectors.

What You Will Learn

• Examine standards and regulations for anchorages
• Identify various types of anchorage connectors
• Examine how to select strong structure(s) to install an anchorage connector and the conditions for when you should consult an expert.
• Demonstrate installing an anchorage connector onto an existing structure
• Inspection and maintenance of anchorage connectors

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This course is part of a series covering the three parts of the personal fall arrest system (PFAS). These parts are the “anchor,” the “bodywear,” and the “connecting device” — widely known as the ABCs. This series was developed for OSHA under a Susan Harwood training grant and is led by well-known experts. Consider registering for all three courses or select the topic most valuable to you and your

This course focuses on the “B” — which refers to the bodywear or full body harness that workers wear to catch them in the event of a fall. Course topics include how to properly select, inspect and wear this equipment. This course is appropriate for workers and employers in industries with high fatality rates; in high-hazard industries; and in small or new businesses. It is also beneficial for temporary, minority and young workers (ages 16 to 24).

What You Will Learn

• Identify the four main inspection areas (hardware, web, stitching, tags) and list modes of failure for each
• Identify the proper location of thigh and chest straps, along with proper tightness, as well as proper location for the dorsal D-ring
• Recognize the danger of hanging in a harness and how suspension trauma straps can alleviate stress on the body
• Identify various types of specialty harnesses

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Fall protection systems are safer when fall protection equipment is used as a system rather than as individual components. Develop your knowledge of the most common types of fall protection equipment—including anchorage connectors, full body harness, personal energy absorbing lanyards and self-retracting devices—and gain expert guidance on implementing each component in alignment with the current ANSI/ASSP Z359 standards. Review standard requirements, variations, uses and limitations, and discuss how to inspect and maintain fall protection equipment.

What You Will Learn

• Assess key considerations for using fall protection equipment that meets the ANSI/ASSP Z359 standards
• Describe the different types of fall protection equipment and assess what might be appropriate for your organization
• Evaluate common uses and limitations associated with fall protection equipment
• Identify ways to more effectively implement fall protection equipment as part of a complete personal fall protection system

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As the battle to prevent falls from height continues, failure to use appropriate protective measures keeps falls among the top three causes of work-related death across all industries. These losses are counted in lives. Rope access is a viable alternative to conventional fall protection methods, and it’s been proven to cause few injuries and have low environmental impact. Gain a fundamental understanding of rope access, with emphasis on ensuring compliance and safety. Gather insight and guidance to help you consider implementing rope access into your managed fall protection program. 

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• Develop an understanding of rope access in context with other fall protection methods and a comprehensive managed fall protection program 
• Review how prevention through design concepts pair with ergonomics 
• Establish a foundational understanding of complian 

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Recorded October 2023. Hot conditions in the workplace can cause workers to develop different types of illnesses and injuries or even die due to heat-related exposures. Given global warming trends and potential increases in the occurrence and intensity of heat waves, the prevalence of work-related heat illness may rise and increasingly become an issue for workers operating in temperate climates. Review critical information you can use to support the application of emerging solutions and technologies for preventing heat stress.

What You Will Learn

• Describe heat stress risk factors in hot industrial work environments.
• Identify different emerging solutions, interventions, strategies and technologies for heat stress prevention.
• Discuss case study applications of effective wearable devices for preventing heat stress.

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Recorded June 2024. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 400 work-related deaths have been caused by environmental heat exposure since 2011. ANSI/ASSP A10.50 is the first national consensus standard to address heat stress management in construction and demolition operations. It explains how to help prevent heat illnesses and provides an approach any organization can use to help workers acclimate to working in high-heat conditions. It also identifies relevant engineering and administrative controls to help combat the heat hazards

What You Will Learn

• Identify the foundational elements of a work-related heat stress management program for both outdoor and indoor work environments
• Discuss ideas for engineering and administrative controls to reduce or eliminate workers’ symptoms at construction and demolition work sites
• Present planning assistance in developing heat-stress-related training content for workers and supervisors

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, and likely going forward, many companies switched to virtual office work, while many other companies limited access to their manufacturing facilities. Discuss best practices for conducting virtual assessments.

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Risk management help you achieve your OSH goals. Following an overview of a structured risk management approach, discuss how to apply a risk management framework to OSH management systems, and consider how risk and safety management can align to improve risk outcomes.

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Our expert panel of safety professionals turned lawyers will discuss recent developments in the ever-changing landscape of legalized marijuana. Topics will include developments in state and federal law; strategies for minimizing legal risks associated with determining impairment; workplace accommodations; discrimination; drug testing policies; defining "safety sensitive" positions and other key issues.

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Discuss the ANSI/ASSP Z16 standard, its current framework and scope, and how to use it as a cutting-edge tool to develop your organization's approach to measuring and improving OSH performance so you can demonstrate how OSH generates organizational value. Speaker(s)

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OSH professionals must have an evidence-based understanding of the dynamics that lead to effective teams. Review various research studies and discuss how the findings that psychologically safe environments are a critical enabler of team effectiveness.

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Recorded August 2024. Workers' capacity to solve problems and experience errors depends on their individual psychology. Many neurological traits simultaneously enhance capacities and increase errors. Build your understanding of the role of workers' cognitive and neurological diversity, and develop strategies for combining human performance principles and operational hazard analysis to help mitigate risk to workers during operational tasks.

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Recorded August 2024. We have made vital improvements in EHS over the years, yet still see many of the same incidents occurring. We also seem to expect different results from those same processes. Identify ways to apply different thinking in the workplace, review how to focus on jobs, prevent serious injuries and fatalities and move beyond simply checking the box.

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Recorded August 2024. OSHA is exploring ways to modernize, expand and enhance the way organizations can join the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP). Stay ahead in an ever-evolving regulatory environment by discussing the potential expansion of VPP into construction and demolition, which could help transform safety protocols and position the ANSI/ASSP A10 series of standards to play a significant role. Explore the collaborative efforts between ASSP and VPPPA driving this change forward, and gain actionable insights on how these changes could directly impact you and your organization.

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Recorded August 2024. Workplace incidents, injuries, illnesses and fatalities are a significant business concern. Discuss the only global standard on workplace incident investigations; take away new prevention insights gained from more than 30 years conducting investigations at one of North America's largest workers' compensation boards; and gather actionable tips and suggestions included in ASSP's book, "Accident Investigation Techniques."

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Recorded August 2024. ANSI/ASSP Z590.3, "Prevention Through Design," has garnered renewed interest. But what does this really mean for employers and EHS professionals? How do we effectively address occupational hazards and risks while designing, redesigning and retrofitting processes? We'll help you see why the answer is simple: Integration.

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Recorded August 2024. Explore the dynamic relationship between management of change and risk assessments. Discuss the types of assessments required for different change scenarios: process changes, design changes and personnel changes. Aligning the appropriate risk assessment types with the corresponding changes helps to ensure comprehensive, effective risk mitigation within your organization.

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Recorded August 2024. Core ergonomics risk factors include high force exertion, extreme temperatures, awkward postures, frequent repetition and vibration exposure. Take a closer look at how work postures and methods affect physical strength and comfort; review the impact of improvements on employee safety and business metrics; and discuss on how worker injuries and illnesses contribute to the opioid epidemic.

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Recorded August 2024. Being successful as an EHS professional is both science and art. Using an experiential learning approach, engage in using tools that will improve your understanding of the environmental factors that exist and how you can enhance your EHS practices using the art of learning to see.

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Most things a Safety Professional should know about impulse noise from weapons fire. Safety Professionals and Risk Managers in the Public Sector may be responsible for protecting employees from the hazards of impulse noise, specifically from exposure during weapons fire in the training environment. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics there were over 1.7 million people employed in the Police and Security Service Industry in 2016. Efforts to reduce hearing loss from hazardous impulse noise in many ways have fallen behind the efforts to mitigate continuous noise. There are some misconceptions and some deaf spots, so this on demand webinar will help clear the fog and assist you in your efforts to serve a population exposed to a hazard that can do permanent damage in one stroke.

What You Will Learn

• Awareness of regulations and lack of regulations that address high peak impulse noise
• Awareness of limitations and obstacles to measure impulse noise accurately
• Awareness of current research on the effects and mitigation of impulse noise
• Understanding the common obstacles to mitigating hearing loss from impulse noise exposure
• How to select Hearing Protection Devices to attenuate an impulse noise environment
• Learn about the resources out there to help the Safety Professional and how the Safety Professional can contribute to reducing hearing loss from impulse noise exposure

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The impact of insufficient sleep on your organization is extensive. The Fatigue in the Workplace: Causes and Consequences of Employee Fatigue by National Safety Council determined that 13% of workplace injuries can be attributed to fatigue. According to NSC's research, 27% of survey respondents reported having fallen asleep unintentionally on the job in the past month and 16% fell asleep while driving. Fatigue isn't just a safety concern. According to a report by Rand, 60% of people report struggling with insomnia. That leads to lost productivity and potential safety incidents. “Workers who sleep less than six hours per day report on average about a 2.4 percentage point higher productivity loss due to absenteeism or presenteeism than workers sleeping between seven to nine hours per day. Those sleeping on average between six to seven hours still report about a 1.5 percentage point higher productivity loss compared to those sleeping seven to nine hours. To put these numbers into perspective, assuming there are 250 working days in a given year, this means that a worker sleeping less than six hours loses around six working days due to absenteeism or presenteeism per year more than a worker sleeping seven to nine hours. A person sleeping six to seven hours loses on average about 3.7 working days more per year.

What You Will Learn

• When to see a doctor for sleeping problems, and how much sleep your employees really need.
• 9 bad habits that disrupt the sleep cycle.
• By the way, using sleeping pills is one of those bad habits but there is 1 time when it's ok to take them.
• 9 good habits that will help your employees get a great night's sleep every night.
• Hint... A good night's sleep actually starts with what you do during the day.
• Why shift work is harder for some people than others and how to help your employees be more alert on the job.

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ISO 31000 was first adopted in 2009. Ten years later, it was revised to be more accessible and to clarify that risk management should be integrated into all organizational processes. We review the standard, now adopted as an American National Standard, and its key components, and explore how it can apply to organizations of any type or size. We also review other risk management standards currently being developed by ISO.

What You Will Learn

• Understand the structure and key concepts of ISO 31000 and why it is relevant to all organization
• Review the changes from the 2008 version<
• Learn about other risk management standards that are being developed

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Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) continue to be one of the leading work injuries, both in frequency and cost. Manual material handling is a recognized cause of MSDs and is present in almost any manufacturing or production environment. But what if your material handling environment is challenging or non-traditional? Being able to effectively identify, evaluate, and control MSD risks in challenging situations such as maintenance, housekeeping, patient handling, or other non-standard tasks can help you mitigate MSD risk and the likelihood of an employee getting injured.

What You Will Learn

• Provide examples of challenging material handling environments
• Identify strategies to identify and mitigate risk, and provide creative solutions
• Illustrate mitigation techniques based on the hierarchy of controls, and share improvements successfully implemented in a variety of environments
• Participants will be able to identify and improve challenging material handling situations

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Understanding OSHA's General Industry Beryllium Rule
In December 2018, OSHA proposed changes to the 2017 general industry beryllium rule. We will review the proposed changes and what workers and employers can expect. We will also highlight the unique union-industry collaboration between the United Steelworkers and Materion. Through this collaboration, the parties provided a model rule that OSHA used to develop its proposed rule..

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• Understand the structure and content of OSHA's final beryllium rule and the December 2018 proposal
• Appreciate the impact of the final rule on OSH professionals and business and industry
• Know and understand the criteria for compliance and implementation of the rule
• Address best practice implementation strategies.

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Trenching and excavation safety is an issue and concern faced by many OSH Professionals. The hazards and exposures related to trenching are very common in construction, demolition, utilities, natural resources, the public sector, and other industries. Many ASSP members and OSH Professionals have come to the Society for assistance with trenching and excavation. This is due, in part, to the recently announced OSHA Emphasis Program being implemented and became effective on October 1st. The questions and inquiries address the OSHA Emphasis Program, requirements of CFR 1926, and how the ANSI/ASSP A10.12 Excavation Standard can be used to assist with compliance and enhance safety performance. This webinar will include the ANSI/ASSP A10.12 Standard and address excavation concerns for OSH Professionals. Michael Hayslip is a well-known and respected OSH Professional, key member of the ANSI/ASSP A10 Committee, and has significant subject matter expertise with excavation. Michael will give a high-caliber presentation and will focus on blending current requirements, the OSHA Emphasis Program, and the ANSI/ASSP A10.12 Standard. If you deal with excavation, including trenching and shoring, then this is an event you need to attend.

What You Will Learn

• To understand the hazards and exposures related to trenching and excavation
• Enhance capabilities to identify hazards and exposures in the surroundings, or working conditions that are hazardous or dangerous to employees from trenching, shoring, and excavation
• Understand the OSHA Emphasis Program and how OSH Professionals can address compliance with the Federal Standard, the emphasis program, and ANSI/ASSP A10.12
• How to use ANSI/ASSP A10.12-1998 (R2016) [Safety Requirements for Excavation] to augment compliance with OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart “P”. A10.12 applies to all open excavations made in the earth's surface that require worker and/or property protection and excavations are defined to include trenches and shoring.

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Companies are seeking more effective methods to prevent human errors such as mis-shipments, operating errors, equipment and property damage that can affect all aspects of operations. Since 1983, we have studied and addressed the various human factors that cause errors that can lead to incidents and breakdowns. Learn about the research and explore the findings about these human factors, and examine the awareness, skills and strategies needed to achieve operating excellence.

What You WIll Learn

• Review the latest developments in error prevention and discuss cutting-edge technology to address the human factors that can cause errors.
• Understand why addressing human factors for error prevention is essential to survive in today’s competitive world.
• Discuss why some behavioral approaches are taking a back burner to error prevention.
• Develop practical self and team management skills and techniques to prevent errors.
• Apply strategies for error prevention citing examples from industry.
• Identify action steps for improvements in your workplace.

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Gain practical guidance on fundamental risk management and prevention through design tools, with practical applications, to help you demonstrate an understanding of business and risk management concepts. This information builds on material found in ISO 31010 and ANSI/ASSP Z590.3, and provides guidance on selecting, modifying, applying and combining various risk management tools. You also learn about essential operational risk assessment and risk management tools developed and used by practicing safety professionals.

What You Will Learn

• Use appropriate Risk Management terminology.
• Describe Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment Process Differentiate between qualitative and semi-quantitative risk assessment and risk management methods
• Evaluate various Risk Assessment and Risk Management methodologies Learn how to select, modify, apply and combine various risk management tools to effectively communicate risk.
• Summarize risk prioritization concepts, integrated risk assessment tools, and identify risk reduction opportunities to effectively manage risk.

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OSHA regulations require that crane operators be certified or licensed and receive ongoing training as necessary. Llearn about those requirements and OSHA's mandates about an employer's duty to ensure that crane operators can safely operate the equipment. Examine the principal content of the final rule, address its impact on OSH professionals, and review the need for synergy and coordination with the existing voluntary national consensus standards that impact cranes. We also review relevant consensus standards, how they support compliance, and how they can be used to remediate crane-related hazards and exposures.

What You Will Learn

• Understand OSHA's final rule on crane operator certification and discuss employers' duties related to this final rule.
• Assess how the rule affects OSH professionals and informs their role in coordinating compliance efforts with existing voluntary national consensus standards covering cranes.

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Scaffolding is used in almost every construction project. The new and completely revised ANSI/ASSP A10.8-2019 provides minimum guidelines for safety professionals and construction companies to follow to ensure the safe assembly, use and dismantling of scaffolding. Learn about scaffolding hazards and exposures and explore how ANSI/ASSP A10.8 applies. We also discuss OSHA's scaffolding rules and how you can use A10.8 to supplement compliance and address areas not covered by current OSHA regulations.

What You Will Learn

• Recognize the various types of scaffolds and applicable standards
• Identify a light, medium and heavy-duty load rating
• Assess whether a scaffold is properly tied and determine adequacy of the platform
• Understand how A10.8 is used to supplement compliance and address nonregulated concerns

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Active shooter incidents have become all too frequent across the U.S. Between 2000 and 2017, FBI data show that 250 of these incidents occurred in the U.S., leaving 799 dead and more than 1,400 injured. The data show that 42 percent of these incidents took place in businesses. Learn effective strategies to help your employers harden their work sites and prepare employees for an active shooter situation. We will discuss ASSP's Technical Report on How to Develop and Implement an Active Shooter/Armed Assailant Plan, which covers key steps such as performing site risk assessments, creating a site safety and security committee, conducting training and drills, implementing site hardening measuring, activating and auditing the plan and actions to take after an incident.

What You Will Learn

• Learn the steps in creating an active shooter/ armed assailant plan: deter, plan, act and review
• Learn different types of drills to verify the plan and to prepare employees

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Work zones can expose workers to many hazards. Our speaker Travis Parsons, chair of the ANSI/ASSP A10.47 Subgroup, will discuss work zone safety issues and explain how OSH professionals can use the ANSI/ASSP A10.47 standard to identify, assess and reduce the hazards and exposures found in these unique work environments.

The A10.47 standard covers employees engaged in construction, utility work, and maintenance or repair activities on any area of a highway. It also establishes minimum requirements for the construction and maintenance of public and private highways and roads.

What You Will Learn

• Recognize how to prevent injuries and illnesses that can occur in work zones.
• Establish safe work practices for highway work zones.
• Design a program to prevent vehicular crashes in highway work zones.
• Describe and apply the criteria for implementation and compliance.

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Installing a drilled shaft exposes workers to many hazards. Our speaker, Richard Marshall, vice-chair of the ANSI/ASSP A10.23 subgroup, reviews these hazards and explain how OSH professionals and employers can use ANSI/ASSP A10.23 to identify, assess and reduce the hazards and exposures found in this unique work environment.

The ANSI/ASSP A10.23 Safety Requirements for the Installation of Drilled Shafts standard establishes minimum safety requirements for employees who are exposed to hazards associated with the construction of drilled shafts for foundations and earth retention elements.

What You Will Learn

• Recognize how to prevent injuries and illnesses that can occur during drilled shaft installation.
• Recognize the need for the project constructor to design, construct and maintain safe working platforms for foundation drilling equipment
• Recognize the need for the drilled shaft contractor to create and implement a site-specific safety plan.
• Describe and apply the criteria for implementation and compliance.

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Walking and working surfaces present slip, trip and fall hazards to workers in all settings. We will explore how you can use ASSP/ANSI standards to eliminate these hazards and prevent costly incidents. ANSI/ASSP A1264.1-2017 establishes safety requirements to prevent workers or objects from falling from elevated walking and work surfaces. ANSI/ASSP A1264.2-2012 contains provisions to prevent slips and falls as a result of surface characteristics or conditions. ANSI/ASSP A10.18-2007 (R2012) establishes reasonable and practical safety requirements to protect employees and the public from falls through temporary roof and floor holes, wall openings, stairways, and active and inactive leading edges and other unprotected edges (for construction and demolition sites).

What You Will Learn:

• Review elements of a managed slip, trip and fall prevention process, including underlying complexities related to walkway friction analysis, trip hazards and code/standard compliance.
• Explain the criteria for implementing and complying with ANSI/ASSP A1264.1 and A1264.2 to control and/or eliminate walking/working surfaces hazards and exposures.
• Establish safe work practices using these ASSP/ANSI standards.
• Assess the benefits of incorporating national consensus standards into your safety management processes.

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Expert panel discussion on emerging issues affecting OSH professionals and the practice of the profession. Our panelists will explore these key questions:

• How do OSH professionals use consensus standards?
• What is the relationship between industry consensus standards and regulatory standards?
• What are some common issues and concerns with using these standards?"

 

What You Will Learn

• Review the background of ANSI/ASSP voluntary national consensus standards and how they are used by construction and insurance Safety and Health Professionals to reduce OSH hazards and exposures on construction and demolition (C&D) sites
• Understand the relationship between consensus standards and federal regulations so a coordinated OSH plan results on Construction and Demolition sites
• Develop the ability to use voluntary consensus standards to identify work-related hazards, exposures and hazardous working conditions on construction and demolition work sites

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Expert panel discussion on emerging issues affecting OSH professionals and the practice of the profession. Our panelists will explore these key questions:

• How do OSH professionals use consensus standards?
• What is the relationship between industry consensus standards and regulatory standards?
• What are some common issues and concerns with using these standards?"

 

What You Will Learn

• Identify how OSH leaders use consensus standards
• Explain relationship between consensus standards and regulatory standards
• Review work related hazards that have a corresponding ANSI/ASSP A10 Standards

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Recorded August 2023. Learn the critical role of controlling airflow and air balancing in preventing the release of agents from the laboratory, both with respect to the laboratory space and primary containment device such as a biosafety cabinet. Discuss examples about donning and doffing procedures, waste processing and disposal, as well as sample inactivation for downstream research in lower-level laboratories. Other topics include redundancy and validation of these systems during failure scenario; containment laboratory workflow; and a multi-hazard scenario involving both RG3 pathogens and radioactive material.

What You Will Learn

• Describe the critical roles of controlling airflow and air balancing in preventing the release of agents from a laboratory.
• Show the methods of donning and doffing procedures for laboratories. 
• Explain the waste processing and disposal related to laboratories.
• Assess how multi-hazard scenario involving both RG3 pathogens and radioactive material is completed to support infections disease research.

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Recorded September 2023. As a business partner or consultant to management, OSH professionals must understand not only the importance of safety and health but also the organizational need to reduce and minimize all types of business risk. Discuss risk management and safety at the crossroads using a case study to highlight the aspects of safety and risk management.

What You Will Learn

• Explore the risk management process from a traditional and a business model standpoint, focusing on risk reduction.
• Identify how an OSH professionals can effectively apply risk management principles.
• Understand the crossroads of risk and safety to move toward injury and incident prevention.

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Recorded August, 2023. Pandemics and other crises can trigger many psychosocial risks that affect worker health and well-being. The prolonged impact of the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the psychological stress that workers may experience in these intense situations. As OSH professionals, we identify hazards and assess work-related risks, then develop and implement effective controls. A management systems approach that aligns with ISO 45001 and/or ANSI/ASSP Z10 and incorporates guidance and methods described in ANSI/ASSP/ISO 45003-2021 (Occupational Health and Safety Management – Psychological Health and Safety at Work – Guidelines for Managing Psychosocial Risks) provides tools you can use to more effectively anticipate and plan for these crises. With better planning comes better outcomes – even when there are unknown conditions. Gain practical guidance on how to plan for and manage psychosocial risks related to crises, with a particular focus on infectious disease outbreaks.

What You Will Learn

• Review key elements of an OSH management systems approach and how it can help your organization manage infectious disease outbreaks
• Review key elements of an OSH management systems approach and how it can help your organization manage infectious disease outbreaks
• Discuss how to address the psychological and psychosocial aspects of crisis management, using ISO 45003 as a guide
• Develop understanding of controls that can help your organization avoid or minimize crisis-related psychosocial risks.

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Recorded April 2024. Work zone safety is crucial to preventing injuries and deaths for both workers and the public. By employing innovative tools and methods, we can significantly reduce accidents and fatalities in these often-hazardous areas.

Safety challenges in work zones include:

• Increased traffic congestion and lane closures, which can lead to distracted driving, tailgating and reckless maneuvers. 
• Exposure to heavy machinery and moving vehicles, preseting struck by or caught exposures.
• Employee complacency about the dangers of the work zone environment.

What You Will Learn

• Describe safety challenges related to construction work zones.
• Solve common questions regarding work zone safety.
• Summarize innovative tools and technologies that can assist in work zone safety challenges.
• Discuss important considerations for causes of work zone challenges both for drivers and those coordinating work zones during construction activities.

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Recorded August, 2023. This course series is developed with funding from OSHA under Susan Harwood training grant and offers guidance on how to effectively advance workplace safety and health by identifying and preventing infectious diseases including COVID-19. The training is led by well-known experts. Consider registering for all courses or select the topic most valuable to you and your team.

Occupational safety and health professionals (OSH) play a key role in bringing employees and contractors back into the workplace following pandemics such as COVID-19. Gain information and review examples of practices OSH professionals can use to help their organization resume operations and safely return people to a traditional work environment. Use practical examples of how to conduct a hazard assessment to create a plan for your workplace to effectively identify and mitigate hazards and return to work safely.

What You Will Learn

• Review how to effectively conduct a risk assessment Review how to effectively conduct a risk assessment
• Create a written return-to-work plan
• Assess facilities and physical assets
• Identify entry requirements
• Prepare your team to return
• Examine importance of social distancing and proper hygiene
• Review cleaning, deep cleaning and related considerations

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Recorded August, 2023. Pandemics and community-wide outbreaks of infectious diseases are a workplace risk that is best managed as part of your organization’s business continuity planning process. The response to COVID-19 provided many lessons learned and created greater visibility for the OSH function across organizations that can be leveraged to continuously improve our planning for future infectious disease risks. Review the history of global pandemics and gain new understanding about why more are expected. Discuss how to structure a pandemic preparedness/response plan as part of your company’s business continuity process and gain practical guidance on how to develop an effective plan for the next pandemic.

What You Will Learn

• Describe the history of pandemics and why experts expect more
• Describe the history of pandemics and why experts expect more
• Discuss how to incorporate pandemic plans as part of organizational business continuity planning 
• Develop a flexible pandemic preparedness and response plan

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Recorded, September, 2023. This course series is developed with funding from OSHA under Susan Harwood training grant and offers guidance on how to effectively advance workplace safety and health by identifying and preventing infectious diseases including COVID-19. The training is led by well-known experts. Consider registering for all courses or select the topic most valuable to you and your team.

Infectious diseases are a leading cause of illness and death around the world. The enormous diversity of microbes and their ability to continually evolve challenges our efforts to prevent and control infectious diseases. Gain insight into the latest research on viruses that present risk in the workplace, including COVID-19. Examine the legal obligations of employers to address the risk of infectious diseases in the workplace. Gain practical guidance on how to improve our ability to prevent known infectious diseases and to recognize and control emerging threats by following a best practices framework.

What You Will Learn

• Describe the current state of COVID-19 and infectious disease risks in the workplace
• Describe the current state of COVID-19 and infectious disease risks in the workplace
• Examine employers’ legal obligations related to infectious diseases such as COVID-19
• Identify best practices that you can use to mitigate the risk of infectious disease in your workplaces

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Recorded September, 2023.This course series was developed under a Susan Harwood training grant from OSHA and is led by well-known experts. Consider registering for all courses or select the topic most valuable to you and your team.

The enormous diversity of microbes and their ability to continually evolve challenges our efforts to prevent and control infectious diseases during construction activities. Gain expert insight on the infectious disease exposures that construction activities present to workers. Examine the unique difficulties of operating in dynamic work environments, including the challenges encountered on multiemployer worksites. Take away practical guidance on how to better prevent known infectious diseases and use a best practices framework to more effectively recognize and control emerging threats.

What You Will Learn

• Describe the current state of infectious disease risks in the construction industry
• Describe the current state of infectious disease risks in the construction industry
• Examine differences in infectious diseases encountered during construction activities compared with those encountered during pandemics or local outbreaks
• Identify control methods and best practices you can use to mitigate the risk of infectious disease in construction
• Recognize how infectious diseases impact your role on multiemployer worksites.
• Explain how to integrate infectious disease programs into your safety management system
• Review resources you can use to develop and implement an infectious disease program

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What You Will Learn

• Discuss ways to address context considerations identifying internal and external issues that matter when planning for infectious diseases
• Review how to anticipate, recognize and plan for the necessary controls to address infectious disease in your occupational safety and health management structure
• Apply the principles from management system standards and ISO 45006 (Draft Guidelines for organizations on preventing and managing infectious diseases)

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Data show that while the overall efforts to reduce injuries have progressed steadily over the past few decades, the trend for fatalities has not been as significant. This trend illustrates that whatever organizations have been doing to reduce injuries has not had the same effect on fatalities. As a result, organizations are recognizing that the causes of serious events are different from the causes of events in which a serious injury or fatality is not likely, and that a concentrated focus on high exposure events is required. In addition, organizations need to understand how and why people do what they do, especially during situations that matter. Develop the skills you need to recognize the impact of Brain-Centered Hazards, understand how those hazards can contribute to serious injuries and fatalities, and identify ways to prevent them. 

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• Explain the primary causes of human errors
• Describe how each Brain-Centered Hazard materializes in the pathway of a serious injury and fatality exposure
• Discuss how it is possible to anticipate, recognize and control each Brain-Centered Hazard in this situation, preventing the onset of the exposure to serious injuries and fatalities
• Review examples of serious injury and fatality situations where multiple Brain-Centered Hazards factored into the exposure

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Occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals play a key role in incorporating ergonomics into construction site safety programs and culture. Gain information and review examples of practices OSH professionals can use to assess ergonomic risk factors. Use practical examples to apply the NIOSH lifting equation and implement prevention through design to effectively identify and mitigate ergonomics hazards in construction. 

Course Objectives 

• Identify the big three factors of ergonomics 
• Review how prevention through design concepts pair with ergonomics 
• Examine how to apply the hierarchy of controls to ergonomics 
• Calculate the NIOSH lifting equation 
• Review checklists to implement on your constr 

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High-functioning risk assessment teams are at the heart of any effective risk management system and risk management is most effective when all team members understand the risk assessment process. Developing and maintaining these teams usually falls to the OHS professional. Discuss effective ways to create a risk assessment team, including how to identify relevant stakeholders, develop customized training content and sustain the teams over time. We will also review processes to ensure the completed assessments meet the needs of the organization for content and quality. 

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• Develop an appreciation for the critical role risk assessment teams play in the implementation of OSH risk management 
• Discuss a methodology for identifying critical stakeholders to the risk management process and review how to ensure the right mix of stak 

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Incident analysis involves collecting data and evidence and performing interviews to identify causal factors and root causes. One aspect of data quality is the ability to standardize data points, so trend analysis is viable. Getting to root cause yields numerous lessons learned opportunities if the right data is collected and analyzed. In this course, incident analysis does not focus only on the individual incident, but explains how to categorize and organize trends so areas of common weakness become apparent. Risk-centric concepts, like hazard classification, as well as the hierarchy of controls, if incorporated into incident analysis, can yield valuable insights into common weakness in your management system and risk assessment methodology. The course also uses an automotive industry 8D (discipline) process. 

Course Objectives 

• Identify what risk-based data can be most impactful in identifying cause factors and root causes 
• Develop a standard methodology to determine immediate, corrective and preventive actions 
• Trend meaningful incident data, over time, to identify management sys 

Course Description 

Some current occupational safety and health (OSH) risks did not exist 20 years ago. Others didn’t exist last week. The OSH profession is affected by rapid technological advances. You will learn about risk identification techniques using checklists with risk aspects and smart devices,wearable sensor technology, “smart” PPE, data collection and analysis, big data management, machine learning and artificial intelligence, infrared cameras, 3D printing and holographic, training, exoskeletons, robotics and drones. 

Course Objectives 

• Develop skills to use advanced technology applications in 21st century safety profession 
• Develop a plan to prepare for the challenges posed by developing and emerging risks 
• Apply benefits of modern technology for the safety profession 

Course Description 

Construction and demolition sites face a wide range of threats and potential hazards, ranging from fires and explosions to acts of violence, pandemics and natural disasters. All of these can require emergency response operations, and OSH professionals can prepare for such events by applying risk assessment, situational awareness, planning and preparedness strategies. This course, based on ANSI/ASSP A10.26, Emergency Procedures for Construction and Demolition Sites, will help you develop a base of practical competencies needed for emergency preparedness and crisis response, with a focus on planning and process implementation for emergencies on construction and demolition sites. The course does not address specific situations, such as on-scene firefighting tactics or active shooter scenarios as other standards address these scenarios in depth. 

Course Objectives 

• Apply ANSI/ASSP A10.26 for emergency response planning focusing risk assessment, situational awareness, planning, synergy and preparedness 
• Determine what elements need to be in your construction and demolition emergency response plan based on the requirem 

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Why do organizations adopt ISO 45001 and seek certification? This presentation discusses the current state of ISO 45001 implementation, the results of a membership survey designed to explore motivations for adoption of this management system, and implications for the future.

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Human factors are the most challenging obstacle to maintaining your safety management systems. Build your understanding of two learning loops that can produce outcome reliability and take away guidance that will help you be better prepared for the new ISO 45003 global standard. You will also develop a better understanding of internal factors that affect decision-making.

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Webinar co-sponsored by the Utilities and Manufacturing Practice Specialties. August 22, 2018

The newly published Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) standard, ISO 45001, has replaced OHSAS 18001 as the global standard for monitoring, controlling, and improving health and safety in the workplace. The ISO 45001 standard provides the basis for the improvement of safety and working conditions, and reduction of risks for workers, requiring an organization to look beyond its immediate health and safety issues and consider what the wider society expects of it. This webinar will cover the evolution of OHSMS and effects on safety performance, the explanation of key concepts and major changes brought about by ISO 45001 and identification of potential organizational barriers to OHSMS implementation.

Course Description

An effective occupational health and safety management system can enable your organization to holistically view interdependent core system elements and better engage management and workers in improving organizational safety performance. View a lively Q&A session with ASSP President Diana Stegall and ASSP CEO Jennifer McNelly to gain new insight and understanding of the benefits of a safety management system and how to get leadership buy-in.

Course Description

Is your organization ready to climb the maturity ladder with its occupational health and safety management system? The new and improved ANSI/ASSP Z10 standard provides industry best practices that can help you redefine your organization’s efforts to manage risk, improve worker safety and elevate organizational performance.

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Do safety and health management systems add value for construction or demolition contractors? This topic sparks some controversy in our industry and opinions on the benefits of certified management systems vary widely. Learn about applicable ANSI/ASSP standards that can help construction/demolition employers develop a management system that can help identify hazards, manage risks and better protect workers.

Course Description

Course Description

Recorded March 2024. Use of occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) based on standards like ANSI/ASSP Z10.0 is on the rise. For many organizations, an OHSMS creates a road map for identifying work-related hazards, eliminating workplace risks and continually improving performance. Gain expert insight on ANSI/ASSP Z10.0 and take away practical guidance from real-world experiences and lessons learned during its implementation.

What You Will Learn

• Explain the difference between state/federal/local regulations and voluntary consensus standards
• Define why business integration is critical to successful implementation
• Review lessons learned from experts who have implemented an OHSMS based on ANSI/ASSP Z10.0
• Discuss additional resources that can help you apply ANSI/ASSP Z10.0

Course Description

Safety management systems (SMS) are a powerful tool to continuously improve occupational safety and health (OSH) in your organization. To select the best SMS standard for your organization, you need to carefully consider a range of factors. Build a better understanding of the foundational concepts of systems thinking you can apply to make strategic and tactical decisions in selecting, implementing and continuously improving your SMS. Gain insight on ways to combine current SMS standards to develop a road map for establishing your organization's approach and implementing a control structure to manage occupational risk and integrate SMS with business systems. Review examples of hybrid SMS in various organizations.

What You Will Learn

• Develop better understanding of the fundamental concepts of safety management systems
• Review the major elements of a safety management system
• Explain the value a safety management system can bring to your organization
• Compare existing SMS standards with your company’s requirements to select the best approach for your organization
• Conduct a gap analysis of existing safety and health systems and compare with best practices
• Apply strategies to successfully include management systems in your overall safety initiatives
• Review how to design and implement hybrid safety management systems to meet your company’s needs

Course Description 

Improve your knowledge of the major similarities and differences between the ISO 45001 standard and the OHSAS 18001 standards for occupational health and safety management systems. Hear an interview with a leading expert with expertise implementing and auditing both standards while building your skills and understanding about the certification process, schedules and more to ease the transition process for your organization. 

Course Objectives 

• Explain the importance and value of implementing an occupational health and safety management system 
• Define key terminology and guidelines related to the OHSAS 18000/18001 standards and the ANSI/ASSP/ISO/IEC 45001 standard 
• Translate knowledge gained into an actionable plan for the transition from OHSAS to ISO 45001
• Assess the steps need to move from certification under OHSAS to 45001
• Rate performance of your health and safety management system against ISO 45001, with an aim to continuously improve the process