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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
CONTACT: MILISSA REIERSON
January 14, 2005
(615) 741-2257 (O)
 
(615) 308-3705 (C)


TENNESSEE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ANNOUNCES TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN 2005

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Division has published its training seminar schedule for the spring of 2005. The seminars are open to all safety professionals across the state. New and familiar programs are being offered. Falling into the new category include seminars titled

  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Workplace Hazard Assessment
  • TOSHA 101

The spring also sees the return of several previously offered seminars titled

  • Blood-borne Pathogen-Health Care Update
  • Occupational Noise
  • Maintenance-Related Standards
  • Basic Safety
  • Safety Programs
  • OSHA 10- and 30-hour Courses

 Georgia Tech will be conducting the following classes twice in Tennessee during 2005. The courses will be held in April in Knoxville and in June in Nashville. These courses approve trainers to teach the OSHA 10- and 30-hour courses and to issue course completion cards from OSHA.

  • Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Construction (OSHA 500)
  • Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry (OSHA 501)

For a complete list of the seminars, including locations, length of each presentation, and registration information, see the attached schedule or visit the TOSHA Web site at www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/tosha.html or call 615-741-2793. TOSHA is also developing a new e-mail seminar notification registry. If you would like to be notified of TOSHA seminars and training programs just send your name and e-mail address to sandra.bennett@state.tn.us. We will do our best to send along reminders of training opportunities available to you.

TOSHA Spring 2005 Seminar Schedule

DATE(S)

TOPIC

LOCATION

CO-SPONSOR

LENGTH

01/26/05 (W)

Recordkeeping

Johnson City

UT

½ Day

01/27/05 (Th)

Recordkeeping

Knoxville

UT

½ Day

02/02/05 (W)

Recordkeeping

Jackson

UT

½ Day

02/02/05 (W)

Maintenance Related TOSHA Compliance

Knoxville

TCCI

1 Day

02/03/05 (Th)

Recordkeeping

Nashville

UT

½ Day

02/09/05 (W)

Maintenance Related TOSHA Compliance

Cookeville

TCCI

1 Day

02/11/05 (F)

Recordkeeping

Fayetteville

Motlow State

½ Day

02/24/05 (Th)

Maintenance Related TOSHA Compliance

Dyersburg

TCCI

1 Day

03/02/05 (W)

Basic Safety

Jackson

TCCI

1 Day

03/08-09/05 (T-W)

10-Hr General Industry Course

Knoxville

UT

1 ½ Days

03/10/05 (Th)

Basic Safety

Nashville

TCCI

1 Day

03/22-23/05 (T-W)

10-Hr General Industry Course

Jackson

UT

1 ½ Days

03/30/05 (W)

Basic Safety

Knoxville

TCCI

1 Day

04/04-08/05 (M-F)

OSHA Trainer Course for General Industry

Knoxville

GA Tech

5 Days

04/04-08/05 (M-F)

OSHA Trainer Course for Construction

Knoxville

GA Tech

5 Days

04/05/05 (T)

Occupational Noise

Knoxville

TCCI

½ Day

04/07/05 (Th)

Occupational Noise

Nashville

TCCI

½ Day

04/13-14/05 (W-Th)

10-Hr General Industry Course

Morristown

TCCI

1 ½ Days

04/19/05 (T)

Occupational Noise

Jackson

TCCI

½ Day

04/27-28/05 (W-Th) (W,Th)

10-Hour General Industry Course

Nashville

TCCI

1 ½ Days

05/03/05 (T)

Blood-borne Pathogen/Healthcare Update

Knoxville

UT

½ Day

05/04/05 (W)

Blood-borne Pathogen/Healthcare Update

Nashville

UT

½ Day

05/04/05 (W)

Safety Programs

Jackson

TCCI

1 Day

05/10-11/05 (T-W)

10-Hr General Industry Course

Nashville

UT

1 ½ Days

05/11/05 (W)

Blood-borne Pathogen/Healthcare Update

Memphis

UT

½ Day

05/17/05 (T)

PPE/Workplace Hazard Assessment

Jackson

UT

½ Day

05/17/05 (T)

TOSHA 101

Nashville

TCCI

½ Day

05/19/05 (Th)

Safety Programs

Knoxville

TCCI

1 Day

05/24/05 (T)

TOSHA 101

Jackson

TCCI

½ Day

05/24/05 (T)

PPE/Workplace Hazard Assessment

Nashville

UT

½ Day

05/26/05 (Th)

TOSHA 101

Morristown

TCCI

½ Day

05/31/05 (T)

PPE/Workplace Hazard Assessment

Knoxville

UT

½ Day

06/07-10/05 (T-F)

30-Hour General Industry Course

Fairfield Glade

TCCI

4 Days

06/13-17/05 (M-F)

OSHA Trainer Course for General Industry

Nashville

GA Tech

5 Days

06/13-17/05 (M-F)

OSHA Trainer Course for Construction

Nashville

GA Tech

5 Days

07/24-27/05 (Su-W)

Tennessee Safety and Health Congress

Nashville

TOSHA/ASSE

4 Days

For Information:
TCCI
(615) 256-5141; University of Tennessee(615) 253-6371; Motlow (931) 438-9766;
GA Tech (800) 653-3629; Tennessee Safety and Health Congress (615) 741-7156

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NASHVILLE, TN 37243
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