Change is never easy. That’s true in all walks of life. It’s true at home, and it’s true at work. But a good change management program can help make changes at work go more smoothly, increasing employee understanding and buy-in.

To help you better manage changes at the workplace, we’ve just released our new online Change Management training course.

The course explains several skills and tools that will help your employees better manage changes that lead to increased business success.

For more information about this new course, including a short sample video and a list of the course learning objectives, read on.

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Our last update on the development of the ANSI/ASSE Z490.2 standard on virtual or online safety training was in late December.

Since then, the committee met again in mid-January. In the time before the December meeting and the January meeting, several sub-groups had been working on making improvements to different sections of the proposed standard. In particular, we were focusing our efforts on:

• Section 3: management of the training program
• Section 4: design & development
• Section 5: delivery
• Section 6: evaluation
• Section 7: recordkeeping and documentation

During the January meeting, the comments from the various sub-sections were integrated into the working version of the standard. No section is in final, perfect shape, but all are advancing and moving forward.

Coming out of the January meeting, the sub-groups were each tasked with doing further work on their sections. I personally am part of a three-person sub-group working on section 4, which focuses on design & development of online EHS training. It’s a big chunk of content and it’s challenging, but a good challenge.

We also decided we’d begin creating lists of terms for the definitions section as well as ideas of things to address in the annex, but would get the standard itself in something closer to final shape before working on either of those.

Our next meeting is scheduled for late February. Stay tuned for updates on that one.

Until then, you may want to buy a copy of the existing ANSI/ASSE z490.1 standard, which puts forward criteria for effective environmental, health, and safety training.

And don’t leave without first downloading our Online Safety Training Buyer’s Guide Checklist. 

Online Safety Training Buyer’s Guide Checklist

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We’ll be exhibiting at the upcoming ASSE Puget Sound Professional Development Conference (PDC) on Friday, May 4 at the lovely campus of Central Washington University.

Come see us in the exhibition area. We’ll be showing off our award-winning solutions for safety and health training, including online safety and health courses, online mining safety/MSHA compliance courses, and learning management systems (LMSs) that help you manage and administer all your training, including tracking, reporting, managing due dates and expirations, and much more.

A quick hat-tip to the folks at the ASSE Puget Sound Chapter for always putting together a great conference. And a second hat-tip to the Central Washington University Safety and Health Management Program, who does a lot of great work as well (speaking of, did you know that Sathy Rajendran was the ASSE’s “Safety Educator of the Year” in 2017?)

In addition to exhibiting at this year’s PDC, Convergence Training’s Senior L&D Specialist Jeff Dalto will be co-presenting along with Morgan Bliss, an Associate Professor at CWU’s Safety and Health Management Program, on some issues related to online safety training.

And feel free to check out the entire presentation schedule, which really looks great!

Between now and then, let us know if we can help with anything, and feel free to download our free Guide to Effective Safety Training, which is based on the ANSI/ASSE Z490.1 standard.

Effective EHS Training: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to design, create, deliver, and evaluate effective EHS training by following these best practices with our free step-by-step guide.

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Come meet us in the Palmetto State for the upcoming South Carolina Safety Summit. The Summit is March 13-15, 2018 in Spartanburg, SC at the Marriott.

We would love to meet you, say hi, see what’s on your mind, and show you some ways we can help you with safety training back at work.

We’ll be showing off our award-winning solutions for safety and health training, including online safety and health courses, online mining safety/MSHA compliance courses, and learning management systems (LMSs) that help you manage and administer all your training, including tracking, reporting, managing due dates and expirations, and much more.

Between now and then, let us know if we can help with anything, and feel free to download our free Guide to Effective Safety Training, which is based on the ANSI/ASSE Z490.1 standard.

Effective EHS Training: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to design, create, deliver, and evaluate effective EHS training by following these best practices with our free step-by-step guide.

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Come hang out with us in the land of beer and brats as we attend the Annual Wisconsin Safety Congress this year. The conference is on April 16-18, 2018 in the Wisconsin Dells.

We’ll be in booth 1711 and would love a chance to say hi and get to know you.

We’ll be showing off our award-winning solutions for safety and health training, including online safety and health courses, online mining safety/MSHA compliance courses, and learning management systems (LMSs) that help you manage and administer all your training, including tracking, reporting, managing due dates and expirations, and much more.

In addition to exhibiting, our Senior Learning & Development Specialist Jeff Dalto will be giving two presentations at the conference. They are:

1. A six-hour pre-conference workshop to help you tune up your safety training techniques and your safety training program at work
2. A shorter, one-hour presentation during the conference itself on online safety training

See you there!

Between now and then, let us know if we can help with anything, and feel free to download our free Guide to Effective Safety Training, which is based on the ANSI/ASSE Z490.1 standard.

Effective EHS Training: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to design, create, deliver, and evaluate effective EHS training by following these best practices with our free step-by-step guide.

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There are certain instances at work where employers are not required to provide an employee with a respirator, but the employee chooses to wear and use a respirator and the employer allows it nonetheless. This is known as voluntary use of a respirator, and there are some important things for both the employee and the employer to know about such voluntary use.

To make sure everyone knows what they need to know, we’ve created our new Voluntary Use of Respirators online training course. In particular, the course explains some requirements employers must fulfill in these circumstances.

To learn more about this new course, and to see a short sample video and a list of the course learning objectives, read on.

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As you know, we update a large number of courses every year to keep up with regulatory requirements, to add fresh content, and to provide the best workforce learning experience possible.

As part of that effort, here’s a quick head’s up that we’ve updated our existing Hand Tools for Electrical Work course.

If you already have this course in our eLearning format, you don’t need to do anything to get the updated material. We’ll get it to you. “eLearning” format in this context means that you’ve got the course (in SCORM or AICC format) inside a learning management system (LMS) or you’ve bought a subscription to the course from us and currently stream it online from our website.

As always, please feel free to contact us if you have questions.

And if you don’t yet have the course, now’s the time, because it looks awesome!

Continue reading for more information about the updated course and to see a short sample video.

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If you’re in the hospitality industry, you know bloodborne pathogens can be a serious safety issue at work.

As a result, and to keep you safeguard employee health and safety in hospitality, we’ve just released our new Bloodborne Pathogens for Hospitality training course.

The course explains the dangers of bloodborne pathogens, where one is likely to find them in the hospitality industry, precautions necessary to minimize the risk, and what to do in cases of suspected or accidental exposure.

For more information about this new course, including a short sample video and a list of the course learning objectives, read on.

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If you’re involved in warehousing or make use of pallet jacks in any other application, you know they can be hazardous and can cause some serious injuries.

For that reason, we’re excited to release our new Pallet Jack Safety online training course, which just came out.

The course covers basic principles of operating a pallet jack and procedures for their safe use.

For more information, including the course learning objectives and a short sample video, continue reading.

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