Event Type: Single Event

The 8-hour Fall Protection Equipment Inspection Course (formerly Competent Inspection) is a course designed for a tool crib worker that needs to inspect the equipment prior to issuing to the users, but does not have the level of responsibility the competent person does. The training provides experience, methodology and in-depth look at all standards (ANSI & CSA) and regulations (OSHA) covering inspection of personal fall arrest systems.

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Newly trained “competent person” who is responsible for the annual inspecting of personal fall arrest systems. The newly trained competent person may need additional hands on inspection experience to broaden their inspection education.

Course curriculum includes:

• Competent Inspector Definition and Requirements
• Inspection Pass/Fail Criteria
• -American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• -Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• Inspection Procedures
• Hands-On Practical Exercises

Who Should Attend:
All personnel interested in additional experience inspecting personal fall protection equipment. As stated above, this is excellent training for a tool crib worker (pre-use inspection) or a newly trained competent person (annual inspections) who needs additional hands on inspection experience.

This 8-hour course will provide participants with an awareness and introduction of the principles and concepts required to establish a workplace violence prevention program. Participants will learn specific strategies to incorporate into their daily professional lives to improve the overall security and safety of their organization. The primary goals of this course is to give participants a greater ability to recognize the warning signs of potential violence, guidelines for managing threats and specific actions to take should violence occur.

Course curriculum includes:

• Review of the types and impact of workplace violence
• Concepts of personal safety
• Strategies for evaluating and improving the security of the workplace
• Review the key elements of developing a workplace violence prevention policy
• Learn how to recognize the warning sign of potential workplace violence
• Strategies for getting employees to bring concerns forward
• Concepts to better evaluate and manage threats once they have been identified
• A simple strategy for responding to incidents of active violence (M.O.V.E.)
• Strategies for getting your organization to support violence prevention efforts

Course Locations:

Safety Center offers a variety of courses and curriculum at our Northern and Southern California campuses. Please be sure to choose the location closest to you.
• NC = Northern California Campus located at 3909 Bradshaw Road, Sacramento, CA 95827
• SC = Southern California Campus located at 109 S. Spring Street, Claremont, CA 91711

This 4-Hour course covers the basic skills needed to identify the signs and symptoms of drug and alcohol use in the workplace. This highly interactive workshop gives supervisors the confidence to effectively handle sensitive and potentially volatile situations involving alcohol and drugs. Topics include: history, identification, use, effects, and symptoms of illegal drugs, as well as how to document behavior and determine appropriate action.

This 4 hour workshop will help  participants learn how to recognize the major risks that lead to slips, trips and falls, and discuss control strategies to prevent accidents.  Using the participatory approach, students are involved in the recognition, assessment and control of risks, discuss the steps to developing a comprehensive slip, trip, fall prevention program for your workplace and become familiar with tools to help develop your program.