Safety Projects International Inc

Seminar Programs

Both public and customized in-house training courses provided in modular format from over 100 related subjects to control risks. All S.P.I. training use quality visual aides, syndicate discussions and other participative methods of learning.

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The Cause and Effect of Accidental Loss

The cause and effect of accidents, the possible consequences of major accidents in terms of fire, explosion, toxic releases environmental releases and their costs.
Understand and be able to implement a risk assessment technique for their industry.
Familiarization with the modern accident domino sequence and root cause analysis and provision of examples of actual accidents.
Develop the ability for utilization of quantified risk assessment 'QRA'.

Establishing a Safety & Health Committee

Appreciate the Internal Responsibility System.
Help to organize and structure an S&H Committee.
Appreciate how effective committee's function, common procedures.
Appreciate the typical tasks, inspections, investigations and refusals.
Understand the basic requirements of an S&H program.
Better able to make a valuable contribution to a company's S&H program.

Contractors Safety Program Requirements,

Identify the essential elements of a pro-active site safety program.
Understand why site owners are increasingly concerned about contractor's safety performance
Appreciate that a good policy, procedure and program can be a profit center.
Identify specific responsibilities of all levels on site.
Understand safe systems of work requirements.
Appreciate safety requirements of method statements.
Provide a Safety Performance recognition system.

Improving Contractor Safety Performance

Understand the cost benefits of an effective safety program.
Present to site owners a pro-active site safety plan and program.
Accompany executives on site safety inspections to promote loss prevention activities in addition to OSHA or legislative compliance.
Build in a quality approach to the site program.
Understand the ISSMEC concept for improved control.
Conduct site inspections / audits against standards.

History of the Health & Safety Movement Worldwide

Appreciate the size of the occupational, safety and health problem worldwide.Both public and customized in-house training courses provided in modular format from over 100 related subjects to con
Understand the development of safety legislation in different parts of the world.
Learn about the safety conditions that existed during the Industrial Revolution.
Understand the various stages of safety and health development in different countries and the reasons.
Appreciates the history of safety organizations and their challenges and development.

The Reporting & Investigation of Accidents (Downgrading Incidents)

Understand the difference between basic causes and underlying causes of accidents.
Define key words in the safety practitioner's vocabulary, accident, incident, safety, risk, damage and be better able to use in the correct context.
Appreciate the cost in both human and economic terms of downgrading incidents.
Better able to systematically investigate accidents and incidents;
Understand the behavioral causes as well as the lack of control by employers.
Be able to describe the accident domino sequence - (cause and effect) to 3rd parties.
Will understand the management principles required for total accident control relating to people equipment machinery and the environment.
Be able to list personal and job factors, substandard acts and conditions and other pre-contact control stages.

The Principles of Safety & Health Management

Understand the four principle functions of management.
Know the seven activities of safety planning.
Know at least five activities of organizing for safety.
Understand the management control function ISSMECC, and how it is applied.
Understand the characteristics of professional safety management.
Better able to explain certain safety management principles.

Typical Accountabilities / Responsibilities for Occupational Safety & Health

Recognize the fundamental importance of providing detailed accountabilities / responsibilities for each job function.
Have the ability to draft responsibilities from CEO to supervisors / foreman.
Appreciate the importance of measuring management's performance in safety and loss prevention.
Appreciate the differences between responsibility, accountability and authority.
Understand how a detailed written responsibility document can prove due diligence of any individual or indeed the company.

Principles of Risk Management

Understand the main components of risk management.
Understand risk-financing principles.
Appreciate that physical risk management consists of risk assessment and risk control.
Realize that risk assessments consist of hazard identification, a risk analysis, and risk evaluation.
Understand how risk quantification is applied.
Appreciate where a health & safety program fits into a risk management plan.

Motivating for Safety

Understand the 10 basic rules for motivating for safety.
Appreciate how arguments never motivate for safety commitment.
Understand how to let the person tell you what improvements can be made.
Acknowledge the importance of enthusiasm in motivating for safety.
Know that admitting fault can help you gained credibility.
Be better able to inspire, involve and impel people towards safety.

Basic Hygiene Amenities

List the various types of plant hygiene amenities.
Indicate which items need to be inspected.
Understand why site-specific checklists are necessary.
Compile a checklist to cover specific amenities.
Plan an operation to upgrade for plant hygiene amenities.

Product Liability Prevention

Define product liability.
Understand the essential elements, which make up an effective product safety program.
Be able to provide practical advice to all disciplines and departments to reduce product liability exposure.
Have the ability to design and develop a product liability audit checklist;
Understand the difference between: The Negligence Theory; The Strict Liability in Tort Theory; The Breach of Warranty Theory;
Understand defenses and due diligence in product liability.

Health & Safety auditing techniques

Define what a Health & Safety Audit consists of.
Appreciate the benefits of health, safety and environmental audits.
List at least 4 different types of audits.
Have an appreciation of the types of audit and specific benefits.
Appreciate the different questioning techniques and methods of verification;
Explain how 'star grading' is awarded in Safety Projects International's 5-Star Health & Safety Management System TM.
Understand that auditing is a proactive activity that re-energizes the Safety & Health Program.

Fire Safety Management

Define the theory of combustion.
Appreciate basic fire safety principles of
Fire Load
Ignition Sources
Fire Control Systems
Understand the classifications of fire.
Understand the essential Fire Prevention program elements.
Provide basic fire extinguisher training - theory and practical.
Conduct a fire safety inspection and evaluate the site's program.
Design a basic fire emergency procedure.

Portable Electrical Equipment (Use and Maintenance)

Clearly define portable electrical equipment.
Explain the dangers of portable electrical equipment.
Know the difference between high and low risk portable electrical equipment.
Implement a control system for inspecting portable electrical equipment.
Identify at least 8 items, which must be inspected, and records maintained.
Relate the dos and do-not's relating to portable electrical equipment.

Compressed Gas Safety

Understand what compressed gases are.
Identify at least four hazards associated with compressed gases.
Understand the rules of compressed gas cylinder storage.
Appreciate the procedures for handling compressed gas cylinders.
List at least 5 do's for compressed gas usage.
List at least 5 do not's for compressed gas usage.
Understand the purpose of gas regulations and WHMIS.
Able to indicate what PPE is required when using oxygen and acetylene welding sets.
Understand the basic rules for Liquid Petroleum Gas safety.

Principals of Machine Guarding

Define what a machine Guard is
Differentiate between a transmission and point of operation guard.
List at least four types of machine guards.
Indicate six requirements of an effective machine guard.
Develop a machine-guarding program, including inspections.
Indicate eight reasons why machines are ineffectively or totally guarded.

Ladder Safety and Maintenance Requirements

Identify the different types and uses of ladders.
Understand the safety devices required for the safe use of ladders.
Understand the basic rules for the safe use of ladders.
Understand the correct storage of ladders.
Be able to justify and implement a ladder safety inspection system.
Draw up a ladder inspection checklist.
Know why ladders should never be painted.

Safety Signage

Understand the purposes of safety signs.
Understand the three main categories of signs.
Appreciate the importance of language in safety signs.
Name the four symbolic shapes of safety signs.
Able to implement the four steps of a safety signage program.
Understand the importance in training all staff in signage awareness.
Realize the importance of proper maintenance of signs and notices.

Hazardous Substance Control

Explain what hazardous substances are.
Relate the effects of excessive exposure to hazardous substances.
List at least 10 hazardous substances
Explain what a MSDS is.
List the principle requirements of an MSDS.
Draw up a purchasing control system.
Understand the principle legal requirements under WHMIS (Canada), Right to Know (USA) and COSHH (UK).
Conduct an inspection to identify all hazardous substances on site.

Managing Ergonomics

Understand the discipline of Ergonomics.
Appreciate the scope of Ergonomic applications.
Know the differences between ergonomics concerning anatomy, physiology and psychology.
List at least five objectives of an ergonomic design.
Develop and use an ergonomic checklist in their workplace.

Lockout / Tag out System & Requirements

Know the types of lockouts available.
Know the purpose of hold cards or tags.
Know the correct procedure for lockouts.
Understand what zero energy potential is.
Be able to write down a lockout procedure.
Understand the importance of lock and key control.
Appreciate the importance of correct labeling and identification.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Understand what Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is.
Identify at least ten items of PPE their uses and limitations.
Draw up a Personal Protective Equipment selection plan.
Appreciate the importance of getting workers involvement in the selection procedure of PPE.
Understand the three main criteria for implementing PPE rules.

Occupational Hygiene Principles & Standards

Understand the principles of an Occupational Hygiene program.
Know the importance of Occupational Hygiene Standards.
Understand the recognition, evaluation and control stages of an Occupational Hygiene program.
Appreciate the type of controls that can be introduced.
Appreciate the benefits of an Occupational Hygiene program.

Noise and Hearing Conservation

Define Noise.
Understand how noise is measured.
Appreciate the dangers of noise to the human ear.
Understand how the logarithmic scale works.
Be able to distinguish between temporary and permanent hearing loss.
Know the seven key stages of a hearing conservation program.
Appreciate the legal requirements of preventing hearing loss.
Be able to list the benefits of a hearing conservation program.

Stress Management

Define stress.
Understand the causes of stress.
Understand the principal remedies of stress.
Be able to recognize at least four physical forms and four mental forms of stress.
Identify the symptoms of stress, and be able to provide simple advice.

Advanced Accident and Incident Investigation

Understand the importance of accident and incident investigation in any safety program.
Learn how to investigate all aspects of downgrading incidents.
Know how to investigate all aspects of both immediate and basic causes of downgrading incidents.
Be aware of which remedial measures can be taken.
Understand the procedure to follow on the occurrence of an accident.
Know the golden rules of accident investigation.
Understand how accident investigation can help prevent a reoccurrence.

Statistics, their uses and limitations

Understand the importance of accurate meaningful statistics
Know what a disabling injury frequency rate and disabling injury incidence rate is.
Calculate what the disabling injury index, frequency rate and severity rate.
Understand how the accident fatality rate is compiled.
Differentiate between disabling injuries, minor injuries, property damage accidents and incidents.
Differentiate between the different types of insurance and claims made against them.
Appreciate the importance of costing out all downgrading accidents/incidents.
Know how to compile graphs depicting the injury and severity and cost trends.
explain the importance of statistics, and better able to present them.

Waste and Refuse System Requirements

Define scrap, waste and refuse.
Know the objectives of supplying scrap and refuse bins.
List at least five benefits of scrap, waste and refuse removal from the site.
Know the methods and benefits of demarcating scrap bin positions.
Understand the importance of color-coding bins.
Explain which materials can be recycled and why bins for this purpose should be provided.
Appreciate that much personal protective equipment can be recycled.
Be able to explain the benefits of a good scrap, waste and refuse system.

Written Safe Work Procedures and Planned Job Observations

Define written safe work procedures.
Carry out hazardous task identification.
Rank critical tasks.
Do a job safety analysis.
Draw up a written safe work procedure, defining the critical and safety steps.
State the purpose of planned job observations.
Identify who should be observed.
Understand and quote the principle of 'the critical few'.
explain that written safe work procedures are a pre-contract safety control mechanism.

Essential features of a Safe Work Permit System

Define what a Safe Work Permit is.
Appreciate the types of permits available – Hot, Electrical, Entry etc.
Understand the reasons for having work permits.
List the critical items covered under the various types of work permits.
Understand the three critical stages that a Safe Work Permit covers.
Appreciate the legal requirements of a Safe Work Permit system.
Have the ability to inspect or audit a Safe Work Permit system in operation.

Orientation Training Requirement.

Identify the legislated requirements of an orientation program.
Combine both theory and practical training.
Define basic objectives of an orientation-training program.
Produce a uniform presentation in slides, video, CD Rom, or via the Internet to achieve the objectives.
Appreciate the vulnerability of new employees on the job.
Maintain personnel records with a modular signature after each session.

Effective Safety & Health Committees

Define a 'Safety & Health Committee'.
Define a 'Safety & Health Committee'.
Define the main functions of the committee.
State the typical duties of the Chairperson, Secretary and Safety & Health Practitioner.
Know the requirements and constitution of a Safety & Health Committee.
Understand what should not be discussed at the Safety & Health Committee.
Know at least eight reasons why committees fail.
Know the different types of people encountered at meetings.
Draw up action plans for immediate action.
know how to maintain enthusiasm and keep the committee alive.
Understand the types of special sub-committee that may be constituted.

Off the job safety, Home, Road & Leisure

Understand the ratio between on the job and off the job accidents.
How many children are killed or injured as a result of home and road accidents.
Appreciate that the accident sequence with home as well as work accidents, are the same.
State at least four reasons why children are more likely to be involved in accidents.
State at least twelve areas of control for all off the job accidents.
State six steps towards preventing off the job injuries and deaths.
Be able to convince all levels of the importance of off the job safety.

Workplace Violence Prevention

Clearly identify and define workplace violence.
Conduct a workplace violence risk assessment.
Identify risk factors that could lead to violence in the workplace.
Assist in the development of a comprehensive prevention program.
Help develop a critical incident management plan.
Develop a post violence support service for employees.

Industrial Security Officer Basics

Appreciate the scope and professionalism of a Security Officer.
Understand access / egress control requirements.
Understand the importance of correct alarm response and investigations.
Appreciate the authority and limitations of a security professional.
Effectively respond to small fire emergencies.
Better able to write clear reports acceptable in a court of law.

Harassment Prevention Strategies

Identify and define workplace harassment.
Conduct a risk assessment / evaluation.
Contribute to developing a company policy and procedure program.
Conduct an investigation of harassment incidents with sensitivity.
Help in the development of a critical incident strategy.

Building an Executive Family Protection Profile

Appreciate the vulnerability of executives and their families to kidnapping and extortion
Ensure that executives do not become victims of disadvantage by the lack of intelligence and advice.
Develop a profile and action plan.
Develop a crisis management response team.
Identify and develop a profile for each family member.
Brief the executive prior to traveling to potentially vulnerable areas.

Employee Security Awareness

Appreciate the importance of protecting personal and company property and information.
Take appropriate action regarding the reporting of undesired incidences.
Understanding precautions for home, office, travel and hostage survival strategies.
Take responsible action in case of any emergency.
Understanding company policy / procedure regarding armed robbery.

Developing Security Policies and Procedures

Appreciate that effective security requires clear policy and procedures.
Appreciate the liabilities of negligent security.
Develop clear written procedures.
Ensure that effective reports and records are incorporated.
Ensure that policies and procedures are followed and maintained.
Maintain effective records of all incidents and responses.

Male and Female Reproductive Health Hazards

Explain when reproductive damage may result from workplace exposure.
Describe several kinds of reproductive health problems that can occur from exposure to occupational hazards.
Suggest several ways to protect workers from reproductive harm.

Biological Hazard control

Describe the three ways in which HIV is presently known, to be transmitted.
Suggest several methods of preventing exposure to HIV.
State several reasons why AIDS should be considered a H&S Committee issue.
Develop policy and procedures for HIV protection.

Practical Ergonomics

Explain what practical ergonomics means.
Explain some of the ways ergonomics can be used to improve working conditions.
State some common health hazards that result from poor workplace ergonomics.
Describe some basic ergonomic principles of work, which involve sitting, standing or using tools.
State several recommended principles for job design.

An Introduction to Occupational Health & Safety management

Appreciate that OH&S is much more than accident prevention – and that it encompasses all aspects of working conditions.
Understand why management commitment to Health & Safety is essential.
Explain why training is an essential component of any OH&S program.
Recognize a number of OH&S hazards and some of the types of work generally associated with those hazards.
Discuss the range of hazards in your own workplace.

Safety in the Boardroom

Understand the cost benefits of a pro-active Loss Prevention Program.
Appreciate the role Executives play in reducing downgrading incidents.
Understand that minimizing losses is equal to maximizing profits.
Better able to demonstrate leadership and commitment in safety and Loss Prevention.
Understand the actions required to provide a due diligence defense.
Appreciate that leadership activities will be repaid over and over.

Portable Fire Extinguisher Training

Understand the theory of combustion and classes of fire.
Be able to select the correct appliance, its' use and limitations.
Appreciate the basic fire prevention rules.
Be able to raise the alarm effectively in an emergency situation.
Be capable of becoming a fire warden.

Emergency Medical Systems

Understand the importance of CPA.
Learn the basic heart and lung anatomy.
Understand the definition of a heart attack.
Understand about conditions that pre-dispose people to heart attacks (risk factors)
Know what to do when cardiac arrest occurs (know signals and actions… perform CPR if necessary).

Drug & Substance Abuse Prevention

Appreciate the different types of drugs and their effect on health and the size of the problem.
Understand the different types of effects of analgesics, stimulants, depressants, Hallucinogens and solvents.
Understand the recommended treatment of addiction.
Be better able to identify substance abusers.
Be able to interview with appropriate action.
Be aware of available rehabilitation or other medical support.

Selection Use & Maintenance of PPE

Identify appropriate PPE for all tasks in the workplace.
Select suitable PPE and set up a system for issue and control.
Identify a maintenance / inspection program.
Appreciate the uses and limitations of all PPE, and that PPE is the last line of defense.
Better able to conduct practical PPE inspections and audits.

Conducting Safety Inspections

Understand the importance of formal Safety & Health inspections.
Customize a checklist for areas of responsibility.
Conduct meaningful inspections and arrange corrective action.
Interview and verify for accurate reporting.
Follow up on deficiencies and provide positive feedback.