Coaching the Forklift Operator
June 22, 2005
9:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.

It is an OSHA requirement to train anyone who operates a powered industrial tuck, whether they operate the truck daily or once a year. This half day seminar prepares your drivers to operate forklifts safely, while complying with OSHA regulations.

This comprehensive program covers:

• Operator Training Definitions from NIOSH and OSHA
• Moving With and Without a Load
• Picking Up and Stacking a Load
• Use of Scanning Techniques
• Refueling Procedures
• A Special Section on Safety Procedures for Pedestrians
• Includes hands on training conducted at your facility.

Members: $95.00 / Non-Members: $125.00 Location: Safety Council WPB

Click here to download a registration form. To register you may call us at 561-845-8233 . Also, you can click here to register online.

• Tools for Keeping Participants Involved
• Communication Skills
• Methods of Instruction
• Motivational Tools
• Gaining Control of Your Meeting
• Lesson Plans & Guided Discussion

Tuition: : $65.00 if enrolled in PSM / $80.00 if not enrolled
Your instructor is Linda Pena, Consultant and Team & Personnel Development Specialist.

Click here to download a registration form. To register you may call us at 561-845-8233 . Also, you can click here to register online.

Diversity: The Future of the Workplace

Overview/Description:
Employers must understand the ways in which the idea of diversity will continue to expand in the years to come. They need to prepare for demographic changes that will alter both the definition of corporate culture and practices for hiring, retention, and interaction with the company. This course explores the need for a holistic approach to workplace diversity, and the effects of incorporating a work/life initiative into business strategy.

Target Audience:
Employers, managers and executives seeking an overview and an understanding of diversity in the workplace

Expected Duration
2.0 hours

Lesson Objectives:
Expanding the Concept of Diversity:
Recognize the importance of embracing diversity initiatives and integrating enhanced support of workplace diversity.
Match workplace practices that demonstrate a holistic approach to diversity to examples.
Determine whether a diversity plan appropriately reflects a holistic attitude in a given scenario.
Select examples of linking a work/life initiative to business strategies.
Determine which work/life issue has been linked to a business strategy in a given workplace scenario, and provide justification.
Match practices to avoid future liability to examples.

Trends in Diversity:
Recognize the value of understanding trends in workplace diversity.
Match future workplace trends to examples.
Determine what preparations should be made to address future workplace trends in a hypothetical workplace scenario, and why.
Choose examples of the benefits of diversity in corporate environment.
Analyze whether diversity in corporate environment has been implemented in a hypothetical workplace situation, and provide justification.

Ethics in the Workplace

Overview/Description
What does being ethical mean? How does one make the best ethical choice in a complex project management environment? What are legal requirements, and how can you spot the moment when conflict of interest has occurred? In today's world, managers must have a clear comprehension of these ethical responsibilities. Managers must also be aware of their professional duty to contribute to the body of project management knowledge, to pass on that knowledge to others, and to assess and enhance individual competence. This course teaches prospective managers techniques for making ethical choices; contract elements for legal requirements, and how to manage conflicts of interest. It also suggests ways to share lessons learned, and to enhance personal abilities.

Target Audience
This series is targeted specifically for project managers, project team members, functional managers with employees assigned to project teams, project stakeholders, any team manager or member interested in project management, executives committed to their organization's growth, managers required to take on new challenges, and top managers with vision.

Expected Duration
3.0 hours

Lesson Objectives:
Ensuring Integrity:
Recognize the benefits of ensuring integrity in project management.
Select examples of the basic elements needed to make an ethical decision.
Apply the basic elements of ethical decision-making in a hypothetical situation.
Select examples of the three elements of a legal contract.
Match principles used to avoid conflict of interest with examples
Apply principles to avoid conflict of interest in a given business scenario.

Contributing to the Knowledge Base:
Recognize the value of contributing to the knowledge base.
Select examples of the elements necessary for management of the knowledge base.
Select examples of techniques for sharing lessons learned.
Select skills for transferring knowledge effectively.

Applying Professional Knowledge:
Recognize the benefits of evaluating personal competencies and skills.
Select examples of the three core competencies in which to improve project management.
Associate the activities necessary for understanding personal strengths and weaknesses with examples.
Employ the activities necessary for assessing personal strengths and weaknesses in a given business scenario.

Strategic Planning

Overview/Description
Strategic management is defined as the set of decisions and actions that result in the formulation and implementation of plans designed to achieve a company's objectives. Strategic management is future oriented and long-term focused. This course focuses on the planning phase of strategic management, which includes defining company mission, performing internal analysis, and evaluating the external environment.

Target Audience
Business students and professionals who want to gain knowledge of the strategic planning process fundamentals.

Expected Duration
2.5 hours

Lesson Objectives :
Strategic Management Overview:
Recognize the behavioral benefits of the strategic management in achieving the goals of an organization.
Identify the dimensions of strategic management activities.
Match the levels of strategic management with their characteristics.
Match the components of the strategic management planning with their descriptions.
Identify the implications of viewing strategic management as a process.

Defining Company Mission:
Recognize the significance of a well-defined company mission.
Select the components of a company mission.
Identify the steps strategic makers take to achieve company responsibility for stakeholders.

Internal Analysis:
Identify the importance of conducting internal analysis.
Identify the activities associated with functional approach in SWOT analysis.
Sequence the steps in conducting value chain analysis.
Select the comparison standard to use when examining internal strengths and weaknesses.

External Environment:
Identify the importance of a firm's concern about the external environment in strategy formulation.
Match the remote environment factors with their examples.
Select the forces in the industry environment that shape strategy.
Identify the issues to be considered in industry analysis and competitive analysis.
Match the factors in the operating environment with their descriptions.
Sequence the steps in conducting environmental forecasting
 

The revised OSHA Form 300, Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses is now available on OSHA's website at http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/new-osha300form1-1-04.pdf. The forms, which are required for employers to use in recording injuries and illnesses, have changed in several important ways for 2004.
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