safety training Articles
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Surveying the Food Safety Training Needs of Environmental Health Specialists in the U.S.
The ultimate responsibility to produce and process safe foods at the retail level lies with the operator. The high percentage of establishments found to be out of compliance with food safety standards, however, suggests that the retail food service industry needs help. Many regulators offer help in the form of food safety training and education. An online survey of food safety education and ...
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ClarityNet® Provides Comprehensive Safety Training
City of Henderson, NV 'Safety training is essential for every city employee. The City of Henderson uses the ClarityNet® safety suite of 44 programs that cover issues pertaining to different groups. Everyone, from building inspectors, to fire, police, corrections, administrative and part-time empl0yees take courses on the safety subjects that relate to their jobs.' - Mike Francis, Safety ...
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Modelling and global predictive control for distributed–driven high–speed trains
This paper focuses on the modelling and control problem of a type of the Chinese High–Speed Train. A longitudinal dynamic model for a type of Chinese high–speed train is established based on multi–body spring–mass models, where the couplers connecting adjacent coaches are characterised by linear springs. To guarantee the safe operation of trains under certain velocity requirements, a model ...
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People-Based Safety™ Takes A Personal Approach To Safety
Nova Chemicals, Chesapeake, VA People-Based Safety™provides safety training for a diverse workforce that includes operating technicians, warehouse employees, technical engineering staff and administrative personnel. By building on the existing behavior-based safety approach that had been in placed at Nova Chemicals for four or five years, PBS took safety to a new level by teaching four key ...
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Assessing Food Safety Training Needs of Environmental Health Specialists in the U.S.: Focus Group Summary
As part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service grant, six focus group sessions on the topic of food safety education and training were held June 24, 2008, at NEHA’s Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition in Tucson, Arizona. A total of 30 participants attended one of the six 50-minute sessions. Participants were NEHA conference ...
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Workplace Safety Training – A Double-Edged Sword
Building workplace safety awareness on the job can be an application of two extreme views of managing people. The first would be analogous to the army first sergeant, who might tell his troops, “What I’m about to teach you will save your life, because if you don’t learn it I will kill you!” Or there’s the less threatening approach that employs posters with clever and ...
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ClarityNet® Improves Field Training
Virginia Department of Environmental Services, Arlington, VA 'I like the way online training measures an employee's retention span and understanding of the programs,' says Dennis Cuddy, Safety Specialist. Employees also like the 24/7 access. 'The employees like going on the computer because it's more convenient for them to fit safety training into their work schedules,' he adds. Since ...
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Straining to catch up: China's food safety regime in disequilibrium
The rapid pace of both economic growth and transition from a command to market economy has required a major restructuring of food safety institutions in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The institutional transformation has consistently lagged behind the changes demanded by economic transformation. The declining ability to control both information and integration into the global food economy ...
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HazSim PRO 2.0
HazSim founder Phil Ambrose originally developed the HazSim Pro to increase the situational awareness of his peers and improve safety training through realistic experiences. The HazSim Pro is currently used to train thousands of personnel in Fire, Military, Oil and Gas, and Power facilities across North America. The system is used for basic hazwoper, HazMat Tech/Spec, Confined Space, and ...
By HazSim
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Relatively Speaking: The ROI of Safety Training
Online training that incorporates learning management functionality can generate a relatively high Return on Investment (ROI) when compared to instructor-led training alone. The combination of online and classroom training (blended learning) offers even more cumulative benefits. Additionally, ROI as it relates to training in general includes a substantial “soft” component that is ...
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What Keeps EHS Pros Up At Night?
Environmental, health and safety (EHS) professionals often take on the responsibility of ensuring an entire company is operating at the optimum safety for its workers. This can mean a whole lot of paperwork and stress as part of the daily routine. Some of the challenges of the job include fitting policies into the company budget, handling safety training, and participating in discussions with ...
By EHS Insight
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Don’t Let Training Hold Your Safety Culture Back
People are the most important resource for any company, no matter the industry. Because of this, ensuring that people resources are working efficiently and effectively should be a universal executive priority. Sadly one element of that workforce productivity that falls through the cracks is corporate safety culture. Creating a culture of safety requires a deep understanding of the ...
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Beefing Up Your Emergency Response Training
Replicating your current safety training programs won't do for emergency responder training. More organizations are investing in emergency response programs, whether they are intended to protect employees and the facilities from a terrorist attack, accident, or natural disaster. The annual 'Compliance Magazine Reader Operations Survey' found that almost two-thirds of respondents work for ...
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Safety Training and Environmental Safety for Workers
Safety training is a necessary part of an employment environment since it helps workers to remain free from harm and injury while performing their duties in the workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a governmental agency that mandates, educates and enforces workplace safety practices for specific fields of employment. Employees typically learn how to safely ...
By OSEA
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What’s Best: eLearning or Conventional Training Approaches?
Stating The Problem elearning is not a new technology. It’s been around in various forms since the 1980s, though today’s elearning is miles away from the rudimentary programs kids took in computer labs back when Macintoshes and Rubik’s Cubes were new. However, even though elearning now has a fairly long use-case history, there are still many training managers (and others) who ...
By SafetySkills
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Risk assessment of large industrial complexes in Eastern Europe: a comparative prospective
This paper introduces the UN Inter-Agency programme on risk assessment and safety management for energy and other complex industrial systems. The international initiative includes compilation of methods and guidelines, development of models and computer codes to assist implementation of various tasks of risk assessment at the regional level, support for national case studies and training. Case ...
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Checklist: Acting Safely in Emergencies
A step-by-step guide to keeping a cool head in emergency situations To prevent injuries to personnel as much as possible, good first aid and fire safety training for professionals and regular drills for all employees are essential. In the case of bigger incidents that can affect multiple people or necessitate a full evacuation, it is crucial that all employees have the same level of ...
By Quentic GmbH
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Infographic: 10 Key Trends in Safety Management 2020
Expert opinions from the Safety Management Trend Report at a glance What are the key trends in safety management this year? Are digitalization and new technology making work safer? And how will the COVID-19 pandemic impact the digital safety management of the future? Fifteen internationally renowned experts weigh in on these questions in this year’s Safety Management Trend Report. ...
By Quentic GmbH
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7 Industries That Benefit From Confined Space Training
Did you know that many different industries can benefit from confined space training? While the construction industry is one of the most well-known sectors that require this type of safety training, there are actually a number of other businesses that can benefit from it as well. In this blog post, we will discuss seven industries that can benefit from confined space training. ...
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You get what you pay for
I had to call an electrician out to the house several months ago. After our initial conversation it took a couple more phone calls and a few more days before he actually showed up to do the work. Two hours and a few hundred dollars later and he was gone. The next day I had a small fire in my garage. What does this have to do with Leak Detection and Repair? Just like I did when hiring the ...
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