Saturday and Sunday Professional Development Courses (PDCs)

Saturday and Sunday Full Two Day Courses

All fees are listed as member / nonmember.

Sponsoring Committee: Safety Committee

Introductory | 2.0 Safety CM Point/1.6 CEU | Sat. & Sun. |
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Fee: $610/$710 | Limit: 30

Learning Aids: An arithmetic/scientific calculator with square root function is required.

Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Gain a fundamental understanding of engineering design principles and management principles of electrical safety including the application of OSHA's newly adopted NFPA 70E electrical safety requirements
• Understand the basic principles of electricity including current and electrical circuits: Know the hazards of electricity to the human body
• Implement engineering control principles of electrical hazards (including hazardous locations, wiring protection and design, grounding, workspace, electrical equipment, temporary wiring, and cord and plug equipment)
• Explain the requirements when working on or near energized equipment when utilizing PPE, insulating equipment and barriers, approach boundaries, and energy control procedures
• Identify the regulatory requirements for electrical safety under OSHA and the NEC, (NFPA 70E)
• Implement the training requirements for qualified persons
• Develop a company electrical safety program including electrical system inspection
• Demonstrate the skills learned in this course through "hands-on" laboratory sessions on basic principles, reverse polarity, and energy control.

Outline:

Day one: Engineering principles

• Principles of electricity
• Hazards of electricity
• Engineering controls (standards)
• Hazardous locations
• Wiring protection
• Grounding
• Workspace
• Electrical equipment
• Temporary wiring
• Cord and plug equipment
• Lab 1: Basic principles
• Lab 2: Reverse polarity

Day two: Management principles

• Review of day one and questions
• Personnel protection
• Energy control
• Regulatory requirements
• Electrical safety program
• Training
• Lab 3: Energy control
• Miscellaneous work practices
• Questions, wrap-up, and review of quizzes

Description: Worker injuries resulting from lacking or inadequate electrical safety controls can be debilitating and even fatal. It is the responsibility of the health and safety professional to recognize electrical hazards and suggest methods of control. Basic electrical safety is an introductory course for the safety professional. It provides the professional with how-to issues as well as a unique, direct focus, and explanation of principles and visual skills. The course's content covers the basic principles to comply with OSHA and NEC standards. The course's objectives provide a chronological sequence for implementation of electrical hazard control and management.

Instructors: Paul Zoubek, CSP, CIH, Occupational Services Inc., San Diego, CA; V Chad Hansen, M.S., Occupational Services Inc., San Diego, CA

Intermediate | 2.0 Management CM Point/1.6 CEU | Sat. & Sun. | 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Fee: $610/$710 | Limit: 40

Prerequisites: Basic communication skills.

Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Learn a proven step-by-step strategy for eliminating or minimizing most interpersonal disputes
• Gain a tool chest of powerful conflict management techniques
• Deal constructively with anger, fear, and manipulation
• Understand why people act differently and help manage these differences
• Gain self-confidence in maintaining winning relationships and productive teamwork

Outline:

• Manage conflict successfully with key business partners
• Understand how conflict arises in high performance organizations
• Assess your own conflict management style
• Deal effectively with interpersonal barriers
• Understand negative body language and nonverbal signals that provoke disputes
• Say "no" to unfair requests but "yes" to key relationships
• Disagree diplomatically without being disagreeable
• Level with others and resolve conflicts constructively
• Apply "win-win" strategies for developing key relationships
• Create your own personal action plan for managing conflict successfully

Description: In busy, high performance organizations, conflict can become a serious problem. While healthy differences of opinion are valued, destructive conflicts often appear, seriously hurting key relationships. "Conflict Management Techniques for the IH" provides proven techniques to effectively manage conflict among business partners, keep channels of communication open to new and diverse ideas, and maintain supportive relationships and teamwork. In this exciting workshop, participants will assess his or her own conflict management style and actively learn many powerful conflict management techniques.

Instructor: David Gootnick, Ph.D., David Gootnick Associates, New York, NY

Sponsoring Committee: Construction Committee

Introductory | 2.0 Safety CM Point/1.6 CEU | Sat. & Sun. |
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Fee: $610/$710 | Limit: 50

Prerequisites: No prerequisites required. Participants should obtain a copy of the OSHA construction regulations, 29 CFR 1926.

Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Recognize motorized equipment used at construction sites and describe their safety concerns
• Describe basic principles of work zone protection
• Identify typical operations and common hazards in concrete and masonry work, steel erection work, and demolition operations
• Apply advanced techniques to planning fall protection
• Describe hazard control methods for welding and other fire hazards
• Describe current initiatives to control construction hazards

Outline:

• Confined spaces
• Construction safety management: Pre-construction phase
• Construction safety management: Construction phase
• Cranes
• Demolition
• Electrical
• Excavations
• Fall protection
• Hazardous energy control
• Health hazards
• Job hazard analysis
• OSHA: Introduction
• Rigging
• Stairs and ladders
• Tools
• Work zone protection
• Workshops

Description:  This course will enable industrial hygienists to recognize safety concerns in specific construction operations and take appropriate action to remedy hazards. It will prepare industrial hygienists to deal with the most common and serious safety concerns in construction operations such as falls, excavations, electrical hazards, cranes, scaffolding, and tools. The emphasis is on safety rather than on health hazards. The course will also describe common tools, such as checklists and permits, used to manage a successful construction safety program. Demonstrations, such as how to don personal fall arrest systems or use lockout/tag out equipment, will be used throughout the course to increase the understanding of equipment commonly used in construction. Case studies will be used to underscore a point by bringing it to a personal level. Tools, such as audits checklists and permits, will be discussed.

Instructors: Jack Schill, CIH, CSP, Black & Veatch, Belvidere, VT; Ram Suga, CIH, CSP, CHMM, Tetra Tech NUS Inc., Oak Ridge, TN; Steven Fess, CSP, CIH, Xerox, Webster, NY; Patrick Conlon, Frontier Refining Inc., Cheyenne, WY; Ramon Thomas, CIH, CSP, Hamon Research-Cottrell, Somerville, NJ; Barbara J. Pope, CIH, Houston, TX

Advanced | 2.0 IH CM Point/1.6 CEU | Sat. & Sun. |
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Fee: $610/$710 | Limit: 30

Prerequisites: This course is intended for those EHS professionals who have responsibility for planning, developing, managing, tracking, and reporting the status of EHS initiatives and programs. Participants should have experience in Microsoft® Office applications. Participants are asked to research and bring to class the "values" on which their organization is based and participants are asked to complete a survey form so instructors can better focus the case studies on the needs and desires of the attendees. Please click on www.ehsmp.com/pdc to participate.

Learning Aids: Participants are encouraged to bring laptop computers with power supplies (electrical connections will be provided).  Each team must have at least one computer to develop the workshop materials.

Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Describe tangible and intangible values commonly used to make business decisions
• List key value factors used in their organization to make decisions
• Use provided software, conduct a value priority analysis to determine value factor ranking
• Use provided spreadsheets, incorporate value priority in an assessment of EHS issues
• Use balanced EHS scorecard techniques to develop effective objectives and targets
• Use provided software/conduct financial analysis of EHS objectives
• Use provided presentation template/develop a management-level presentation of objectives and targets
• Use provided software/develop a chart to track and manage objectives and targets

Outline:

Day one

• Introductions, team assignments and workshop strategy
• Introduction workshop 1: EHS business value
• Value creation
• Workshop 2: Create your team business values
• Group reports
• Value prioritization
• Workshop 3: Value prioritization exercise
• Value-weighted risk assessment process
• Workshop 4: Value-weighted risk assessment
• Group reports
• Value measurement
• Introduction to the balanced scorecard
• Assignments and adjourn

Day two

• Review of day one
• Workshop 5: Developing an EHS balanced scorecard
• Group reports and discussion
• Financial assessment measures
• Workshop 6: Conducting a financial assessment
• Group reports
• Value communication
• Workshop 7: Developing and presenting the proposal
• Using 3-in-1 charts to communicate project status
• Workshop 8: Building a 3-in-1 chart
• Adjourn

Description: This course is intended for those EHS professionals who have responsibility for planning, developing, managing, tracking, and reporting the status of EHS initiatives and programs. Participants will be divided into teams to work on one of several provided EHS case studies, which will be used throughout the course. The teams will identify EHS and other values in their organizations, conduct a value prioritization, use the results to assess EHS issues, use balanced scorecard principles to develop EHS objectives, conduct a financial analysis of selected objectives, use a presentation template to develop a management presentation, use 3-in-1 charting to communicate their project status. All software tools will be provided to participants for their future use. The course will include lectures to present and explain each component of the process, followed by hands-on workshops to use the tools and techniques. The class will be divided into teams of four to five participants, who will stay together and work on the same case study for the two days. At the conclusion of each workshop, one or more teams will be called on to present their results. At the conclusion of the course, the materials developed by each of the teams will be collected and distributed post-conference to all participants.

Instructor: David Downs, CIH, CSP, QEP, CPEA, EHS Management Partners Inc., Shorewood, MN; William L. Heim, CIH, CSP, Seagate Technology Inc., Bloomington, MN

AIHce 2004 Top Ten PDC

Sponsoring Committee: Gas and Vapor Detection Systems Committee

Introductory | 2.0 IH CM Point/1.6 CEU | Sat. & Sun. |
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Fee: $610/$710 | Limit: 50

Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Identify various hazards associated with emergency response situations (e.g., chemical, biological, radiological, and explosive hazards)
• Describe basic concepts of various direct-reading detection technologies
• Describe the capabilities and limitations of these technologies
• Visually describe the proper operation of these technologies during hands-on exercises

Outline:

• Introduction
• Emergency response hazards overview
• Principles of direct reading instrumentation
• Photoionization detection
• Flame photometric detection
• Flame ionization detection
• Particulate direct reading instrumentation
• Colorimetric tube detection
• Surface acoustic wave technology
• Ion mobility spectrophotometry
• Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
• Immunoassay detection
• PCR analysis
• Radiological detection

Description: The course is aimed for industrial hygiene, safety, and environmental health professionals who may serve as incident safety officers or as members of an air monitoring group. The course will discuss various detection technologies for air monitoring, their level of capabilities, and their limitations. A hands-on portion will be incorporated on the second day to familiarize participants with representative current technology.

Instructors: Joselito Ignacio, CIH, CSP, REHS/RS, MPH, USCG Maintenance & Logistics Command (kse), Benicia, CA; Gregory Olson, Jr., TSI Inc., Shoreview, MN; William Groves, CIH, CSP, Ph.D., Penn State University, University Park, PA; Philip Smith, CIH, Ph.D., U.S. Navy, Navy Medical Center–San Diego, San Diego, CA; Jim Whelan, Ph.D., Alexeter Technologies, Wheeling, IL; Wolfgang May, Ph.D., Draeger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Luebeck, Germany; Robert Henderson, MBA, BW Technology, Calgary, AB, Canada; Art Hentschel, Entech Instruments, Simi Valley, CA; Lee Monteith, Ph.D., CIH, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Pat Dempsey.

.

Introductory | 2.0 Safety CM Point/1.6 CEU | Sat. & Sun. |
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Fee: $610/$710 | Limit: 30

Prerequisites: Working knowledge of fall protection regulations and standards.

Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Identify and apply the updates for Z359.1 Managed Fall Protection Program standard
• Describe: Preplanning-what it is and how to implement throughout the fall protection program; new and expanded roles and responsibilities of fall protection team; role and impact of training and education; how rescue is misunderstood and misapplied; and what OSHA regulations support or are in conflict with this standard
• Identify why engineering best practices are important to the fall protection program and how/where to implement
• Recognize the role of the competent and qualified person and program administrator
• Conduct a job hazard analysis
• Identify the fall protection issues that need to be addressed and how to apply the hierarchy of fall protection for elimination or control
• Apply the standard to visual case studies to identify the problem areas of their fall protection program and how to design or re-design their fall protection program
• Gain additional insight through case studies, interactive learning activities, group discussion and knowledge checks

Outline:

• Purpose and application of Z359.1 managed fall protection program
  • Definitions
  • New terms
  • New and expanded fall protection program members
• Preplanning process
• Training
  • Policy
  • Requirements
  • Evaluations
• Fall protection procedures
  • Policy
  • Requirements
  • Job hazard analysis
  • Multi-employer policy
  • General contractor and their subs on your site
• Eliminating and controlled fall hazards
  • Hierarchy of fall protection control
  • Fall protection systems
  • Design requirements
  • Contractor requirements
  • Anchorages
  • Clear height and swing fall
  • Fall protection equipment selection, inspection, use, maintenance
  • Horizontal lifelines
• Rescue and evacuation procedures

Description: The Managed Fall Protection Program (MFPP) is a state-of-the-art standard with the potential to serve as a milestone for fall protection. A total package, it addresses the fall protection issues that general industry had questioned and fills in the gaps with more complete definitions, processes, and guidance to develop new programs with confidence and success or strength existing programs.

Instructors: Michael Wright, PE, CSP, CPE, Safety Through Engineering Inc., New Carlislie, OH; Moniqua Suits, Safety Through Engineering Inc., New Carlisle, PA

Sponsoring Committee: Exposure Assessment Strategies Committee

Intermediate | 2.0 IH CM Point/1.6 CEU | Sat. & Sun. |
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Fee: $610/$710 | Limit: 40

Prerequisites: Facility in algebraic computations; a past course in introductory calculus (but a working knowledge of calculus is not required); prior completion of the PDC "Industrial Hygiene Calculations" is encouraged.

Learning Aids: Each participant needs to bring a calculator to class for solving numerical problems. A laptop is also strongly recommended with spreadsheet software (preferably Excel). 

Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Recognize the role of mathematical modeling in exposure assessment
• Be familiar with a set of mathematical models ranging from simple to complex
• Select the appropriate models for different scenarios
• Identify the differences in prediction using different models
• Learn how to compute model exposure estimates via a hand-held calculator and via a spreadsheet program
• Identify the mathematical basis of the models
• Perform a simple uncertainty analysis of model exposure estimates

Outline:

Day One

• Introductions
• Session 1: Course overview, role of modeling, elements of modeling, review of basic principles
• Components to consider for modeling; air and contaminant dispersion, emission source, agent characteristics
• Emission rates-mass balance; evaporation rate equations; and introduction to Excel spreadsheets for evaporation rate equations, including the Hummel and Gray algorithms
• Class exercise demonstrating development of and incorporation of decision logic (selection of key components, and how to estimate/calculate)
• Simple box models: Well mixed room (WMR) with constant generation rate (G) Overview of Excel based spreadsheets; how to navigate and modify
• WMR and mixing factors (and why they are inappropriate), exponentially decreasing G, puff release, backpressure model
• Class examples applying different versions of WMR focusing on incorporation and evolution of decision logic
• Recap, suggested supplemental reading, and questions

Day Two

• Review of decision logic developed to this point
• Near field far field zone model (NF FF): Constant G, exponentially decreasing contaminant emission rate
• Class examples/exercises refining and incorporating decision logic
• Turbulent eddy diffusion models: Constant mass emission, pulse release without advection model
• Class examples/exercises refining decision logic to incorporate directional airflow. (Turbulent diffusion with advection)
• Class exercise applying completed decision logic for two to three different scenarios
• Presentation of next steps/options-including probabilistic (Monte Carlo) techniques and computational fluid dynamics modeling
• Wrap up, questions, feedback

Description: This course presents a tiered set of mathematical models (ranging from simple to complex) for estimating exposure intensity to workplace air contaminants. The more complex models attempt to describe variability in exposure levels across both time and room location. The mathematical bases of the models are explained. Participants will learn how to select and use the appropriate models for different applications. Participants will also learn how apply mass balance equations, find steady-state concentrations, and compute peak and time-weighted average concentration values. Special topics including dealing with particle exposures and particle size distributions, Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Analysis, and computational fluid dynamics modeling will also be discussed.

Instructors: Susan Arnold, MSOH, CIH, EH&S, LLC, Roswell, GA; Mark Nicas, Ph.D., CIH, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Gurumurthy Ramachandran, Ph.D., CIH, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Mike Flynn, Ph.D., CIH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Introductory | 2.0 IH CM Point/1.6 CEU | Sat. & Sun. |
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Fee: $610/$710 | Limit: 50

Prerequisites: Basic understanding of environmental, health, and safety issues.

Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Discuss the basic principles and organization of the NIMS
• Describe the position and responsibilities of the safety officer within NIMS and how that person interacts with others in NIMS
• Identify the responsibilities of the safety officer with regard to emergency response regulations
• Describe the legal requirements of and complete a site safety plan
• Describe the legal requirements for emergency responder training and apply these requirements to a scenario
• Conduct an effective safety briefing and participate in the various response meetings outlined by NIMS
• Conduct risk assessments and prioritize hazards for real emergency response case studies
• Prepare for and give an emergency site safety briefing based on a realistic scenario.

Outline:

• Purpose of the NIMS
• Principle features of NIMS
• The role of the safety officer in an emergency response
• The safety officer and HAZWOPER
• Site safety plans
• Case studies for risk assessment review
• Class group exercises on realistic scenarios
• Group presentations on case studies and scenarios with emphasis on operational risk management

Description: In this course, participants will gain a fundamental understanding of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and an appreciation for the role of the safety officer under NIMS. Through lecture, case studies, and group exercises, participants (who may fill the role of safety officer or may act as part of a safety staff during an emergency response at their workplace) will gain a basic understanding of how they will best integrate into the incident command structure as outlined by NIMS and used nationwide by police, firefighters, and federal response agencies (Coast Guard, Forest Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, etc.). The course will also emphasize those sections of the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) requirements (Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1910.120) that are the responsibility of the safety officer, as well as providing participants with a framework to apply operational risk management (ORM) to emergency response operations. The course is designed to provide safety professionals with an understanding of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the role of the safety officer within that system.

Instructors: Tommey Meyers, CIH, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC; Robert Acker, CIH, Patriot Maritime Compliance LLC, Houston, TX; Merrie Austin, CIH, U.S. Coast Guard, Elizabeth City, NC; Mike Zustra, CIH, MPW Industrial Services Inc., Hebron, OH; Joe Ocken, Envirocon Inc., Missoula, MT; Thomas Olenchock, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC; Laura H. Weems, CIH, Edgewater, MD; Steven J. Danielczyk, CIH, ERG, Lexington, MA.

Cosponsored by AIHA and ACGIH

Last updated on May 5, 2005.
© American Industrial Hygiene Association
2700 Prosperity Ave., Suite 250, Fairfax, VA 22031
(703) 849-8888; (703) 207-3561 fax