Meetings and Events

Dear LV-AIHA members and area professionals -

 

Topic:             What Industrial Hygienists Should Know About Risk Management and Insurance - TeleWeb

When:             August 19, 2008 at 2 PM to 4:30 PM.  (Please plan to arrive at 1:45 PM)

Where:            Hillmann Environmental Group, 400 Northampton St, Suite 307, Easton, Pennsylvania. 

Cost:               Members $30, Non-members $60.  Payable by cash or check upon arrival.

RSVP:             Please contact Blake Morris at (908) 721-7673 or bmorris@hillmanngroup.com by August 17^th if you plan on attending

 

CM Points:    

This TeleWeb is pending ABIH approval for 0.5 IH certification maintenance (CM) points, and has been awarded 0.25 continuance of certification (COCs), and 0.25 continuing education units (CEUs). Individual participants seeking CM points, COCs, and CEUs must participate in the live TeleWeb and complete the final exam, evaluation, and processing fee ($35 per student). All final exam/certificate request forms must be received by October 17, 2008. Materials postmarked after this date will not be accepted or awarded CM points, CEUs, or COCs. 

 

Here is the description from the AIHA website:

In recent years, many industrial hygiene programs have been involved in organizational re-alignments, shifting from stand-alone units to assimilation into comprehensive environmental health & safety programs. Such shifts compelled individuals to expand their professional knowledge base to better understand the roles of their new organizational colleagues. But the trend of organizational transformation has not stopped. A current phenomenon is the creation of comprehensive institutional risk management programs which incorporate all health and safety functions, along with other institutional loss control and insurance activities. In recognition of this trend, it is imperative that practicing industrial hygienists become familiar with the risk management and insurance profession to ensure that issues are effectively communicated within the context of this new paradigm.

This course will provide an overview of the risk management and insurance profession from the health and safety program perspective, specifically addressing:

• how an organization’s loss exposures are identified and analyzed

•  how risk management alternatives are evaluated

• how the most desirable option is selected

• the implementation of selected risk management techniques

• the monitoring of effectiveness

• Suggested strategies for adapting programs to the risk management organizational environment will be presented.

What is a TeleWeb?

TeleWeb Virtual Seminars are live continuing education events that enable attendees to participate from their own home or office. Courses are fully accredited and allow IHs and OEHS professionals to obtain CMs, CEUs and COCs on their own time in a comfortable atmosphere. TeleWebs are typically about two and a half hours long and are similar to conference calls, but with a radio talk-show feel. Presenters guide attendees through presentations, discuss topics, and answer questions directly, just as they would in a traditional live course. 

August 11, 2008  by our webmaster jmyers@aiha.org  
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