Subject: Career Tools

Investing Through Education: BCSP Foundation Scholarships and Grants

Jordan Geibig, CHST, GSP, STSC Vice-Chair of BCSP’s Emerging Professionals Committee, and Joshua Yates, GSP Emerging Professionals Committee Member, discuss the benefits of the Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) designation, attending a Qualified Academic Program (QAP), and the grants and scholarships offered by the BCSP Foundation.

Electrical Safety SIF Detection & Solutions, Grainger

Join us for the fourth webinar in Grainger’s Serious Injuries and Fatalities (SIFs) webinar series. Paul Zoubek with Zoubek Consulting, LLC and Jason Weatherford with Grainger will be sharing electrical safety insights focused on preventing and mitigating serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs).

According to the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) there were 166 electrical fatalities in 2019, which was a 3.75% increase over 2018 and the highest number of electrical fatalities since 2011. There were also 1,900 nonfatal electrical injuries involving days away from work. This was a 22% increase over 2018. The median number of days away from work for nonfatal electrical injuries was 9 in 2019, a 125% increase over 2018.

Every organization has unique working on or near live electricity needs and circumstances / options that must be evaluated so that proper controls can be put in place to eliminate or reduce the potential for serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs).

At the conclusion of this Webinar, you will have a better understanding of:

  • Relationship between OSHA’s electrical standards and NFPA 70E
  • Evolution of NFPA 70E
  • Common working on or near live circuit tasks
  • Causes of arc flash / blast incidents
  • Critical controls that are needed to reduce serious injury and fatality potential
  • Grainger’s solution to help keep your people safe

Working at Elevated Heights Serious Injuries and Fatalities Detection & Solutions, Grainger

Welcome to our third webinar in a series related to Serious Injuries & Fatalities (SIFs).

In this webinar, we will hear from David (Mac) McCollum CSP, Grainger Safety Specialist and Thomas Kramer, PE, CSP, Managing principal for LJB Inc. on working at elevated heights and how the potential for serious injuries and fatalities is a major concern.  Every organization has unique working at elevated heights risks, circumstances, and options that must be evaluated so that proper controls can be put in place to reduce the potential for serious injuries and fatalities.

At the conclusion of this Webinar, you will have a better understanding of:

  • Governing fall protection standards and consensus standards
  • Personal fall protection system equipment limitations
  • The importance of a risk assessment
  • Critical controls that are needed to reduce serious injury and fatality potential
  • Grainger’s Working at Elevated Heights solution

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Control of Hazardous Energy, Grainger

Please join us for the fifth webinar in Grainger’s Serious Injuries and Fatalities (SIFs) series. William Belongea, Safety Services Program Manager with Master Lock, and Mike Carroll, CSP, CSHO Field Safety Specialist with Grainger will be sharing lockout / tagout insights focused on preventing and mitigating serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs).

Machine and equipment energy sources – electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, thermal, or other – can be hazardous to workers. During the servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment, the unexpected startup or release of stored energy can result in serious injury or death to workers. Injuries may include but are not limited to electrocution, burns, crushing, cutting, lacerating, amputations, or compound fractures.

At the conclusion of this Webinar, you will have a better understanding of:

  • The relationship between OSHA’s control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout), electrical, and machine guarding standards
  • Workers who service and maintain equipment routinely and face the greatest risk of injury
  • Causes of lockout/tagout incidents
  • Critical controls that are needed to reduce serious injury and fatality potential
  • Grainger’s solution to help keep your people safe and healthy

Interview Prep: The 5×5 Model

Why do we have to interview? – By far, the most significant factor in failures of job interviewing is directly tied to a lack of preparation. While most people think they can just “wing it,” few are really capable of this level of spontaneous conversation. Preparing for your upcoming interview is at least equally important to what happens DURING the interview. Come learn the 5×5 interview prep model before your next interview!

The Safety Training Ninja Goes Virtual

It is hard to be a top-notch safety pro and still find time to deliver great training. Tired of compliance-based lectures, and begging people to come and pay attention? Well stop working so hard and work smarter, be like the Safety Training Ninja© who uses the tools as a master and slices through training challenges.

Selling Safety in the Workplace

Getting everyone within an organization to be on the same safety page is often a challenging and seemingly impossible endeavor. This session will empower and show anyone responsible for safety how to transform their company leaders into champions of the cause. J.A. Rodriguez Jr., CSP, ASP travels the world mentoring leaders, labor, and safety professionals on how to convert their organizations from passive safety program participants into active advocates of a safer workplace. J.A. is the Vice President of Strategic Advancement & Learning Solutions at the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP). Be prepared to think differently.

Purpose, Potential, and Play

Let’s talk about the real-world challenges of being a safety professional. There are hard times, there can be burnout, and it will lead some of us to question our career choices. In this presentation, Rachel Walla CSP, CIH, focuses on ways you can overcome those challenges by building on your strengths, cultivating resilience, and growing your career in the process. It starts with finding purpose in your work, discovering your potential, and having fun while you’re at it!