Respirators

Description:

A properly fitted respirator can help protect you. Instruction will include when respirators are required; choosing a respirator that both fits properly and provides the protection for specific type of contaminants. Each employee who is required to use respiratory protection equipment must be quantitatively fit tested before any equipment can be issued.

Audience

This introductory module is designed for only those employees who have been designated by their supervisor, principal investigator, or EH&S as required to use respiratory protection equipment, and who have been medically approved, properly fitted, and trained are authorized to use such equipment.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68287

Powered Industrial Trucks

Description:

This course will better familiarize the worker with the potential health and safety concerns associated with powered industrial trucks. The content in this module is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Objectives for this module are to define the operator requirements for powered industrial trucks, distinguish several types of powered industrial trucks, recognize some general engineering principles associated with powered industrial truck safety, distinguish potential occupational health and safety concerns associated with the use and maintenance of powered industrial trucks, describe safe loading and unloading methods, identify general inspection and maintenance procedures. The classroom portion of this module is followed by hands on instruction and operation of a powered industrial truck as part of the certification process.

Audience

This module is designed for personnel who work with or around a powered industrial truck (a.k.a. forklift) used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack, or tier materials.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68290

Personal Protective Equipment

Description:

The participant will be instructed on the importance of wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Identify PPE responsibilities: management to select PPE appropriately to task and to require its use, employees to use selected PPE consistently and correctly. Identify some of the uses and limitations of protection provided by specific types of PPE focusing on common examples of eye/face, head, body, foot, and hand protection. Explain the importance of assuring good fit and how to inspect, clean, and maintain PPE.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68292

Overhead and Gantry Cranes

Description:

The content in this module is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Learner objectives for this module are: specify general safety issues of cranes, hoisting, and rigging, define the purpose of the crane safety program, describe general inspection practices, describe testing practices, describe basic load handling considerations, specify operator responsibilities, recognize standard hand signals.

Audience

This module is designed to educate the worker on the significant safety issues to be considered while moving large, heavy loads associated with today’s manufacturing and construction industries.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68291

Office Safety Awareness

Description:

Office workers are often not initially thought of as being very susceptible to injury because they are not performing traditional higher hazard and risky physical labor tasks. The fact is office personnel are still exposed to hazards, which must be identified by inspection, hazard analysis and reporting. These hazards must be controlled through equipment changes, training, employee awareness and behavior, ergonomic adjustments and administrative controls.

Audience

Employees who work in an office setting.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68293

Material Handling

Description:

Warehousing has become an increasingly hazardous area in which to work. Injuries may occur (and be prevented) related to forklifts/ PITs, materials handling, warehouse distribution issues, slips, trips, falls/walking and working surfaces, improper lifting, ergonomics, insufficient hazard communication (new GHS), guarding floor and wall openings, exit routes, emergency action and fire prevention plans.

Audience

The module is designed for warehouse workers, focusing on many hazards and injuries that are likely to be encountered in warehouse operations.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68294

Machine and Machine Guarding

Description:

This module covers the various types of common machinery, machine safe guards, and related OSHA regulations and procedures. Guidance is provided on the hazards associated with various types of machinery and the determination of proper machine safe guards. Module topics include machinery processes, mechanical motions, points of operation, control of hazardous energy sources (lock out; tag out), guarding of portable powered tools, and common OSHA machine guarding violations. Program highlights include the ability to recognize hazards and provide options for control and hazard abatement through machine safeguarding inspection workshops. Upon module completion participants will have the ability to describe common machine hazards and sources of energy, identify resources for assisting with machine guarding issues, and determine methods of control and hazard abatement, and selection of appropriate machine safe guards.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68299

Lead Awareness

Description:

It provides general knowledge of the hazards associated with lead exposure and requirements to reduce or eliminate exposure. The content in this module is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Learner objectives are to: identify sources of lead exposure, identify adverse health effects associated with lead exposure, specify the purpose and elements of the Medical Surveillance Program; Medical Removal Protection Program and specify controls included in work practices to reduce lead exposures.

Audience

Required and very important instruction for employees whose work activities may contact lead.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68297

Ladders

Description:

The intent of the module is to provide the participant with information about the hazards involved with the use of ladders and control methods that will greatly reduce these hazards. The content in this module is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Learner objectives are to: identify hazards related to the general use of ladders, and how to control these hazards, describe the types of portable ladders and their use, capacities, and safety considerations, describe the specific use, capacities, and safety features of fixed ladders, specify proper guidelines for ladder care and maintenance.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68296

Introduction to OSHA

Description:

Participants will gain an understanding of a basic knowledge of: OSHA’s history and mission, employee rights, employer responsibilities, standards, inspections, State of Wisconsin safety and health resources. Included will be an explanation of the relationship of OSHA and the State of Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68298

Incident Investigation

Description:

This module will provide an overview of incident investigation and reporting procedures. The investigation and reporting process helps to provide a safe working environment by determining the causes, then reporting them so that incidents are prevented in the future. The content in this module is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Learner objectives for this module are: differentiate between the three cause levels of incidents, actions, omissions, events, conditions, or a combination thereof, that lead to an incident, recognize why an incident should be investigated, recall the steps for conducting a formal investigation, identify recommended interviewing techniques, describe problem solving techniques commonly used in investigations, and recall topics included in an investigative report.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68295

Hot Work Permitting

Description:

To educate the participant that Hot Work is any work that involves working exposure to open flames, sparks or anything that could potentially start a fire. This Hot Work module is designed to make you aware of the hazards involved with welding, soldering, cutting, and brazing. This is an awareness program that introduces Hot Work safety information and the requirement to use hot work permits.

Audience

Employee who have any work that involves working exposure to open flames, sparks or anything that could potentially start a fire.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68275

Heavy Equipment Operation

Description:

This module will examine the hazards associated with the operation of heavy equipment and the steps required to minimize or eliminate the hazard for safe operation. Topics include examination of the dangers of heavy equipment operations, Safety issues for bulldozers, backhoes, excavators, articulated front end loaders, skid steer loaders, graders, farm tractors, utility vehicles, heavy dump trucks, bucket trucks, snow removal equipment pre-shift inspections, ground based workers, highway work zone safety, trenching and shoring, fire safety, fall protection, jump starting, loading, unloading and transportation, job hazard analysis, and first aid. Participants will gain insights on how to establish practices and procedures that provide a framework for compliance and actions they should incorporate into their day-to-day operations.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68278

Hearing Conservation

Description:

This module instructs on the evaluation and reduction of noise hazards. Module topics include properties of sound, noise-induced hearing loss, noise exposure control, selection and use of hearing protection and conducting sound level surveys. Demonstrations of noise instrumentation and hearing protection devices are featured. Upon module completion students will understand the properties of sound and its relationship to noise-induced hearing loss, hearing protection usage and how to request sound level surveys.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68281

Health and Safety Management

Description:

This module will provide pertinent information relating to Injury and Illness Prevention Programs, job site inspections, accident prevention programs, management commitment and employee involvement, worksite analysis, job hazard analysis, hazard prevention and control, incident investigations, how to conduct safety meetings, and supervisory communication. Supervisors are required to understand the key role they play in job site safety and to enable them to carry out their safety and health responsibilities effectively.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68277

Hazardous Material

Description:

This module covers standards that relate to the use of hazardous materials. Module topics include flammable and combustible liquids, compressed gases, LP-gases, and cryogenic liquids. Related processes such as spraying, dipping and use of electrical equipment in hazardous locations are also discussed. Upon module completion participants will have the ability to assess compliance with regulations, determine hazardous (classified) locations, and proper moving, storing, and handling of hazardous materials.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68276

Hazard Communications

Description:

The purpose of this module is to ensure that the hazards of all chemicals produced or imported are classified and that information concerning the classified hazards is transmitted to employers and employees. The requirements of this section are intended to be consistent with the provisions of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68280

Hand and Power Tools

Description:

This module details a variety of different ways to avoid the hazards of tool use, avoid exposing workers to electrical contact, and instructs learners on how to identify safe work practices for the use of tools. This module also instructs on categories of tools as well as the safe usage and storage of specific tools.

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https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68243

Forklift Safety

Description:

The content in this module is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Objectives for this module are to define the operator requirements for powered industrial trucks, distinguish several types of powered industrial trucks, recognize some general engineering principles associated with powered industrial truck safety, distinguish potential occupational health and safety concerns associated with the use and maintenance of powered industrial trucks, describe safe loading and unloading methods, identify general inspection and maintenance procedures. The classroom portion of this module is followed by hands on instruction and operation of a powered industrial truck as part of the certification process.

Audience

This module is designed for personnel who work with or around a powered industrial truck (a.k.a. forklift) used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack, or tier materials. It will better familiarize the worker with the potential health and safety concerns associated with powered industrial trucks.

Register:
https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=68042