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*Upcoming classes:*


* *Safety & Health Management Systems:*?June 1, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. ? 4:30 p.m. at the SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta
* Successful safety and health programs are more than just compliance with the OSHA standards. Injuries and illnesses are reduced when employers possess common elements to identify and address safety and health hazards. This course outlines roles and responsibilities, common principles, required functions and programs of a successful safety and health management system. This course prepares organizations who would like to pursue SHARP/SHAPE.


* *Confined Space Entry:*?June 2, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. ? 12:30 p.m. at the SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta
* A confined space has limited or restrictive openings for accessing the space and is not meant for continuous use by workers. OSHA uses the term "permit-required confined space" (permit-space) to describe a confined space in which workers are exposed to serious hazards within a confined space. Employers must be able to determine if a confined space is permit-required. In this half-day course, attendees will learn how to evaluate confined spaces, monitor them during use, and set up rescue procedures.


* *Confined Space Rescue Planning ? General Industry:*?June 5, 2023 from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta
* This six-hour classroom presentation will include a review of the rescue requirements found in 1910.146 Permit-required Confined Spaces in Section K, Rescue and Emergency services from 1926.1200, and Confined Spaces in Construction in Section 1211, Rescue. Planning for rescue includes identification and classification of spaces, hazard identification, elimination and control, training and equipment. It also includes site/space-specific procedures (SOPs) and checklists as well as training and exercises.


* *Automotive Lift/Jack Stand Safety and Compliance:*?June 6, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. ? 12:30 p.m. at the SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta
* This half-day course provides training on the proper operation of multiple types of automotive lifts, jacks and jack stands, inspection, compliance reporting, training, and documentation required by various inspecting agencies. The course will provide the information needed for a safer workplace, which helps eliminate citations and can possibly lower a company's workers compensation insurance expense. The course will have classroom and hands-on training.


* *Van Safety:*?June 8, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. ? 12:30 p.m. at the SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta
* This course emphasizes the issues and concerns related to passenger van operation and appropriate defensive driving techniques to reduce the potential for property damage, injury, or death. You will also learn about motor vehicle laws and resources for teaching traffic safety awareness.


* *Establishing or Improving Your Safety and Health Committee:*?June 13, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. ? 3:30 p.m. at the SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta
* This one-day class will assist in establishing or improving your safety committee. This class will give you the skills to put a dynamic committee together or strengthen the work of existing teams. It will provide models for hazard assessment, incident investigation, "near-miss" reporting, OSHA regulations, facility inspections and required training. It will help you analyze the strengths and weaknesses of your program and give you a game plan for greater success.


* *Developing & Conducting Assessments, Audits & Inspections*: June 15, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. ? 12:30 p.m. at the SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta
* Identifying and analyzing hazards are key elements to an effective safety and health system. This training explores the methods to assess the workplace for hazards and implement controls to effectively control them. This half-day course looks at PPE assessment, behavioral and program audits, as well as equipment-specific and facility inspections.


* *Machine Guarding:*?June 20, 2023 from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta
* Participants in this half-day class will learn about the standards for metal and woodworking machines as well as various machine-guarding techniques. We will apply basic guarding practices when specific issues aren't covered in the regulation. OSHA Subpart O will be covered.


* *10-hour General Industry Standards:*?June 22, 2023 from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and June 23 from 8:30 a.m. ? 1 p.m. at the SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta
* This one-and-a-half-day course offers basic information on a variety of general industry safety/health standards (29 CFR 1910). Attendees who complete the course will receive an OSHA 10-hour course completion certificate.8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on day one and 8:30 a.m.1 p.m. on day two.

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