Registration Opens Early for July Course at Region I OSHA Education Center

KEENE, N.H., 05/31/07 - Region I (New England) OSHA Training Institute Education Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, is accepting registrations for eight July courses. The institute is authorized by the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Keene State College’s Office of Continuing Education. Courses are taught throughout the region.

Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry (510) for private-sector personnel, covers OSHA policies, procedures, standards, and construction safety and health principles. Upon successful course completion, students receive an OSHA construction safety and health 30-hour outreach card. The July 9-12 course runs in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry (500) qualifies students to become authorized OSHA 10- and 30-hour construction outreach trainers. Bidding contractors and construction workers often must possess a minimum of an OSHA construction 10-hour outreach card. The course runs July 16 to 19 in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers (502), for personnel in the private sector who completed Course 500 and are active trainers in the outreach program, gives an update on such topics as OSHA construction standards, policies, and regulations. The July 23 to 25, course is taught in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Update for General Industry Outreach Trainers (503), for private-sector personnel who completed Course 501 and are active trainers in the outreach program, is an update on OSHA general industry standards and OSHA policies. Your Course 501 card is required at registration. Outreach trainers must attend Course 503 once every four years to maintain trainer status. Course 503 is slated for July 25 to 27 in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards (2045) familiarizes students with common machinery and related safety standards, presenting an approach to machinery inspection to help participants recognize hazards and achieve abatement. The July 30 to August 2 course is taught in Keene, New Hampshire.

Fall Hazard Awareness for the Construction Industry (7405) teaches students to identify, evaluate, and protect employees from fall hazards on construction work sites. The July 13 course runs in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Ten-Hour Outreach Course in OSHA’s Construction Safety and Health Standards (NCSH 310) introduces construction hazard recognition and control and OSHA policies, procedures, and standards. Participants learn to evaluate construction sites for potential hazards and how to eliminate hazards. After successfully completing the course, participants receive an OSHA construction safety and health 10-hour outreach card. The course is on tap for July 26 to 27 in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Introduction to Toxicology (NCSH 441), exploring the science of toxicology and its workplace application, covers basic concepts, historic examples of occupational disease occurrences, and federal/state regulatory requirements stemming from historic cases of occupational diseases. Running July 23 to 24, the course is taught in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Tuition for OSHA courses is per person. Tuition for Course 7405 is $195; Course NCSH 310 is $275; Course NCSH 441 is $390; Courses 502 and 503 is $675; Course 2045 is $725; and Courses 500 and 510 are $775. Group discounts for five or more students to attend one course are available, as is on-site training for groups of at least 10 or more participants.

More information is available by calling 800-449-OSHA (6742), visiting www.keene.edu/conted/osha.cfm, or e-mailing oshaed@keene.edu.