Continuing Education
Center for Occupational Safety and Health
ELECTRICAL SAFETY AND ARC FLASH TRAINING COMING YOUR WAY
Purdue University North Central’s Center for Occupational Safety & Health has been awarded a Susan Harwood OSHA Training Grant that will allow us the opportunity to develop programming in electrical safety and arc flash training at little or no cost to the participant.
Three of the Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Workplace Safety Violations in Indiana are electrical in nature. This concerns us and we are thankful for the opportunity to assist in altering this statistic.
Training will be designed for three distinct groups of workers.
8 hour qualified worker/train-the-trainer course on the hazards of electricity and arc flash and the new OSHA electrical standard requirements.
4 hour training program for affected workers*
4 hour training program for outreach trainers, and
1 hour update training to 30-hour card holders in their jurisdictions around the State of Indiana.
* Training materials for affected workers will be provided in English and Spanish,
Training Dates
Northwest Indiana April 18
April
25
Mid-Summer TBD
South Bend/Elkhart/Goshen area May 15
Fort Wayne May 16
Evansville June 11
Indianapolis June 12
June 13
Lafayette June 27
Attendees will receive a certificate of training from Purdue upon completion of the training.
Training CEU's Available
This programming is a collaborative effort of Purdue University North Central (PNC) and the Construction Advancement Foundation of Northwest Indiana (CAF). If you are interested in participating in this free training please call our office for more information.
Purdue University North Central’s Regional Institute for Service & Engagement (RISE) established the Center for Occupational Safety
and Health in fall 2005.
Since then the Center for Occupational Safety and Health offers the most-needed OSHA training courses at competitive rates. Purdue University
North Central partners with Great Lakes Regional OSHA Training Institute Education Center, and PNC’s OSH trainers are well established in the field of safety education, with 10 to 30 years experience each. The OSH Center also accesses support from INSafe and IOSHA at a depth that is not available to the private sector.
Learn from the experts – the professionals who absolutely make your OSH experience at PNC a step above the rest! Our instructors bring a wide range of knowledge and experience from the leading OSHA education centers around the country.
Instructor experience:
A combined 86 years of safety and health experience
OSHA Outreach Trainers
Executive Safety and Health Director of the Construction Advancement Foundation
Instructor of Safety Management, OSHA, DOT and Environmental Training
Consultant to over 400 companies on issues relating to safety, health and environmental management
Police and Fire Promotion School Instructor
Past Director of the OSHA National Training Institute
Consultant to some of the world’s largest high-profile cases;
corporations such as Exxon, Halliburton and World Bank
Meet your instructors:
(l-r): Jim Arendas, Sarah Sanders Smith, Manuel Ypsilante
OSHA 10-hour (Two-day program)
This course covers introductory OSHA policies, procedures and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Participant receives an OSHA general industry 10-hour card upon successful completion.
Dates: Wed. 4/23 & Fri. 4/25 Time: 8:30am – 4:30pm Location: PNC Porter County Instructors: PNC Center for OSH Staff Registration Fee: $295 - Includes Continental Breakfast and Snacks Book Fee: $45
OSHA 30-hour (Three-day program)
This course covers OSHA policies, procedures and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Participant receives an OSHA general industry 30-hour card upon successful completion.
Prerequisites: Must hold a 10-hour card issued within six months of this course’s start date.
Dates: Tue. 5/20, Wed. 5/21, & Th. 5/22 Time: 8:30am – 4:30pm Location: PNC Porter County Instructors: PNC Center for OSH Staff Registration Fee: $450 (pre-requisite: must hold 10-Hour card)
Includes Continental Breakfast and Snacks Book Fee: $45
501- Trainer Course: General Industry (Four-day program)
This course is designed for people interested in teaching the 10 and 30 hour general industry safety and health outreach program to their employees and other interested groups.
Prerequisites: OSHA 511 or 30-hour card and five years of general industry safety experience.
Dates: Mon. 6/23, Tue. 6/24, Wed. 6/25, & Th. 6/26 Time: 8:30am – 4:30pm Location: PNC Westville Instructors: PNC Center for OSH Staff Registration Fee: $750 - Includes Continental Breakfast and Snacks Book Fee: TBD
500- Trainer Course: Construction (Four-day program)
This course is designed for people interested in teaching the 10 and 30
hour construction safety and health outreach program to their employees and other interested groups.
Prerequisites: OSHA 510 or 30-hour card and five years of construction safety experience.
Dates: TBD
NOTE: Students in the OSHA 500 and 501 courses who wish to participate as authorized trainers in the Outreach Program must successfully pass a written exam at the end of the course. Outreach trainers are required to attend an OSHA update course every four years to maintain their trainer status.
A supplemental course to assist with your safety program development:
Safety and Health Management Systems Workshop
(One-day program)
This ONE-OF-A-KIND program is a dynamic approach to managing safety in the workplace! Instructors with decades of OSHA experience will lead you through the systems process. Attendees will not only learn about the elements of a safety and health management system, they will be equipped with the knowledge to develop and implement a safety and health management system in their workplace. If you want to evaluate your existing safety program or get off to a good start developing a new one, ensure that your company is ready to meet the legal issues of impending legislation with this timely workshop.
Training at Your Location
Employers have a duty to protect their workers from injury and illness on the job. Protecting workers also makes good business sense. Accidents and injuries are more expensive than many realize. Costs mount quickly. But substantial savings in workers’ compensation and lost workdays are possible when injuries and illness decline. The Center for Occupational Safety and Health at Purdue University North Central can help you.
There are four elements that every effective program should have:
Management leadership and employee involvement
Workplace analysis
Hazard prevention and control
Safety and health training and education
Businesses, manufacturers, government and private industry rely on PNC to offer customized business solutions to enhance organizational performance. PNC's Center for Occupational Safety and Health will work with you to extend your training and HR departments. Please contact us at (219) 531-4200 or email pdranger@pnc.edu.
For additional information or to arrange for customized safety training at your company, contact PNC’s Office of Continuing Education at
(219) 531-4200 ext. 4207 or pdranger@pnc.edu.
You can also visit us online at www.pnc.edu/ce. For further information about course content, contact the Center’s Director at (219) 785-5684 or ssmith@pnc.edu.
