National Safety Council Principles of Occupational Safety & Health

 

Monday, March 12-15

8 am to 4:30 pm

2330 Hampton Avenue

 St. Louis, 63139

Certificate with 2.6 CEUs

 

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Course Description

Earn the Certificate in Principles of Safety by successfully completing the Principles of Occupational Safety and Health course. Participants gain a solid knowledge of safety practices and terminology, the confidence needed to implement a comprehensive safety, and the ability communicate an effective safety program.

This course is a great introduction for anyone with safety responsibilities and an excellent review course for those with more experience.

POSH is as a four-day course or four one-day courses.

A resource CD is now included with more than 75 valuable reference documents, including: Self Inspection Checklist, Job Safety Analysis Form, Causal Factors Checklist, and a variety of OSHA tools and fact sheets.

 

 

Instructor: John Martens

With over 34 years or Safety experience:  12 as Corporate Manager of Safety and Health, and Advanced Safety Education Instructor with AT&T. John has over 13 years as a Safety Specialist Interstate Safety and Environment.  John is in demand across the midwestern states for his expertise in OSHA courses and National Safety Council courses.  It is a pleasure to have him as an Instructor. 

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Who Benefits?

Program material is geared toward safety and health managers, coordinators, specialists and other full-time safety practitioners; safety committee members; operations managers; loss control managers; human resource managers; and anyone else with safety and health responsibilities within an organization..  This program addresses practical approaches to recognizing and eliminating or controlling hazards by managing them through a comprehensive method.

Course Includes:

  • Recordkeeping to prevent injuries and illness ­and meet OSHA requirements

  • Safety inspections

  • Incident investigations

  • Industrial hygiene and HazCom standards

  • Communicating safety messages, increasing employee buy-in

  • Anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling hazards to determine an acceptable level of risk

  • Safety teams and safety meetings

  • Ergonomics, including risk factors and corrective actions

  • Personal protective equipment (PPE)

  • Emergency action plans

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Course Materials:

• POSH Participant Guide

• Accident Prevention Manual: Administration & Programs, 13th Edition, on CD

• Accident Prevention Manual: Engineering & Technology, 13th Edition, on CD

 • Injury Facts® CD • Reference Materials CD

 

 

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*Completion of this course qualifies you to pursue the NSC Advanced Safety Certificate

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