PNC Offers OSHA Training Courses

purdue-north-centralThe Purdue University North Central Center for Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) will offer an OSHA 511: Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry course in April and an OSHA 501: Outreach Trainer Course in OSHA Standards for General Industry course in June.

These courses, which are open to all qualified individuals, will be taught by three qualified instructors who bring more than 86 years of OSHA experience to the classroom.

The OSHA 511 course runs April 14 and ends on April 17, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day at PNC- Porter County, 600 Vale Park Road, Valparaiso. The course fee is $800 and includes all books and materials.

This course has no prerequisites. The registration deadline is Wednesday, April 2.

Instruction will include an overview of OSHA policies, procedures and standards as well as general industry safety and health principles. Using OSHA standards as a guide, topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards with special emphasis placed on the most hazardous areas. Participants will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the course.

The OSHA 501 course will be June 2 through June 5, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day at PNC - Porter County. The course fee is $800 and includes all books and materials.

The course is designed for personnel interested in teaching the 10- and 30-hour general industry safety and health outreach program to employees and other interested groups. Special emphasis is placed on those topics that are required in the 10- and 30-hour general industry safety and health outreach program to their employees and other interested groups. Special emphasis is placed on those topics that are required in the 10- and 30-hour programs as well as intensive instruction on training techniques. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a certificate as well as an OSHA Outreach Trainer for General Industry card.

For this course, a thorough understanding of OSHA general industry standards is required. Participants must have completed the OSHA 511 course and have five years of safety experience to enroll. To be considered for approval to join the OSHA 501 course, those interested in registering must submit a Prerequisite Verification Form to the PNC Office of Graduate and Extended Learning by the registration deadline of Monday, May 19.

For further information about these programs, contact Cassandra Boehlke, PNC coordinator of Graduate and Extended Learning at (219) 785-5343 or gel@pnc.edu. Registration can be completed on-line at http://www.greatlakesosha.org/