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31st Annual Occupational Safety and Health
Summer Institute

Fundamentals of Occupational Safety

August 4-8, 2008
Marriott Norfolk Waterside
Norfolk, Virginia

Safety Tech Required Credit Course

TECH EXAM FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 at 11:30 AM.
PLEASE MAKE TRAVEL PLANS ACCORDINGLY.

This 4 1/2 day current and comprehensive training course provides an interesting and challenging learning environment with safety professional instructors having extensive field experience who utilize interactive discussions, case studies, workplace examples, and group problem solving techniques to effectively communicate the fundamentals of occupational safety.

Course Faculty

Bill Taylor, CSP, CTJ Safety Associates, LLC, Cary, NC

Gerald Honeyblue, Safety Consultant, Raleigh, NC

Content

  • Safety, Past, Present and Future
  • Standards, codes and regulations
  • Engineering controls
  • Administrative controls
  • Ergonomics
  • Incident investigation
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Recordkeeping
  • Job hazard analysis
  • Safety inspections
  • Electrical safety
  • Fire safety
  • Safety meetings/communications
  • Safety management

Skills Obtained Upon Course Completion

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to apply the basic principles and practices of safety to improve the safety performance of your workplace and utilize management techniques for protecting people, property and the environment as well as complying with safety standards, codes and regulations.

Agenda Topics

  • Introduction to Course
  • Safety: Past, Present, and Future
  • Key Elements of a Safety Program
  • Standards, Codes and Regulations
  • Safe Design and Review
  • Facilities
  • Machine Guarding
  • Rules and Procedures
  • Training
  • Safety Meetings
  • Recognizing Hazard Potential
  • Inspections and Audits
  • Investigations
  • Electrical
  • Job Hazard Analyses
  • Written Programs
  • Introduction to Ergonomics
  • Introduction to Industrial Hygiene
  • Fire Safety
  • Lockout/Tagout
  • Emergency Procedures
  • OSHA Recordkeeping
  • Managing Safety and Health Programs
  • Resources

Credit

  • This course is approved as 2 Required Credits for "Safety Technician."
  • 4.5 (Safety) ABIH (Category 4)
  • 2.9 BCSP
  • CEUs requested

Meeting Times

Course begins Monday, August 4 at 8:00 am and ends Friday, August 8 at 11:00 am.

Tuition and Registration

Please review our Registration Policies.

Tuition for this course is $1400, $1500 after July 18.

To register online, go to the Summer Institute Registration Form. You may also submit your registration via email; please be sure to include the course title and date.

For further information on this course, contact the NC ERC office at osherc@unc.edu, or call us at 919-962-2101, toll free at 888-235-3320.

 

31st Annual Occupational Safety and Health Summer Institute
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Kathleen Buckheit, MPH, RN, COHN-S/CM/SM, FAAOHN
Continuing Education Director
NC OSHERC Continuing Education and Outreach Programs
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
Gillings School of Global Public Health,
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A program of
A program of the North Carolina Institute for Public Health
Phone 919-962-2101 | Toll free 888-235-3320 | Fax 919-966-7579
Mailing Address for US Mail
PO Box 16248
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-6248
Shipping Address for UPS, FedEx, etc.
1700 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 344
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
osherc@unc.edu

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

9/24/08