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Registration Opens for January Courses at Region I OSHA Education Center

KEENE, N.H., 12/18/07 - Region I (New England) OSHA Training Institute Education Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, is accepting registrations for six January 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.

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 must often possess a minimum of an OSHA construction 10-hour outreach card. The course runs January 15 to 18 in Auburn, Maine, and again on January 21 to 24 in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry (511) for private-sector personnel covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, and general industry safety and health principles. After successfully completing the course, students receive an OSHA general industry safety and health 30-hour outreach card. The January 22 to 25 course is on tap for Manchester, New Hampshire.

Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards (2045) familiarizes students with types of common machinery and their safety standards, helping students recognize hazards and offering abatement options. Hands-on training is provided. The January 14 to 17 course runs in Keene, New Hampshire.

Respiratory Protection (2225) covers requirements for establishment, maintenance, and monitoring of a respiratory protection program. Running January 7 to 9, the course is slated for Keene, New Hampshire.

Principles of Ergonomics Applied to Work-Related Musculoskeletal and Nerve Disorders (2250) covers using ergonomic principles to recognize, evaluate, and control work place conditions underlying musculoskeletal and nerve disorders. The course emphasizes industrial case studies covering analysis and design of workstations and equipment, laboratory sessions in manual lifting, and coverage of current OSHA compliance policies. The January 7 to 9 course is planned for Keene, New Hampshire.

Introduction to Accident Investigation (7505) introduces basic accident investigation procedures, describing accident analysis techniques on January 31 in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Tuition for OSHA courses is per person. Tuition for Course 7507 is $225; Courses 2225 and 2250 are $715; Courses 511 and 2045 are $800; and Course 500 is $855. 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.

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