Training
Special Free Course Offer:
This 1-credit, 30 minute FREE Fire Prevention course covers basic fire safety principles, the recognition and prevention of potential fire hazards, and proper emergency procedures such as proper fire extinguisher operation and maintenance. Topics include those required by the OSHA Workplace Fire Protection Program including the responsibility of employers to provide:
- Proper exits
- Fire fighting equipment
- Employee training to prevent fire, death and injury in the workplace
OSHA: 29 CFR 1910.38 and 29 CFR 1926 Subparts E and F
- This course is also eligible for Water and Wastewater Certification Credit:
- WWF0CB Approval No. 10-OW-0185
- Training Units Earned:
- Water: 0.1
- Wastewater: 0.1
- Industrial: 0.1
- Distribution: 0.1
- Collection 0.1
Fire Prevention is featured as free for the month of September, so please take the time to implement this training. The CSD Pool Online University tracks your district’s Training Records. This way, management can review all employee Training Records in one convenient report and document when employees and managers have been trained.
To help spread the word on this valuable training, please distribute this flyer to all employees and Board Members with an interest in training. As an employer, you are responsible for the training of your employees, so get everyone training, keep them current, and start now for FREE! As a reminder, once you try this free course, first-time Online University users can apply for a 25-unit Training Grant by emailing Joe DePaepe at jdepaepe@mcgriff.com.
Upcoming Free Course Offerings:
| October | Slips Trips and Falls (ST09) |
| November | Accident Incident Investigation (AI11) |
| December | Personal Protective Equipment (PP09) |
| January | Avoiding Collisions (AC11) |
| February | Preventing Discrimination (PD09) |
2010 Training Workshop Calendar
Making training available to all of our Members is an integral part of what we do. To make this easier, you can now access an annual Training Calendar right here on the Pool website.
In this calendar, you will find what's up next for the Monthly Free Featured Course, when and where and what the Supervisor Training workshops will be, the training dates of our partners in risk management, and even SDA's training information.
Please visit this calendar to keep up to speed on what's next for training in 2010, and please spread the word!
Hartford Steam Boiler
Hartford Steam Boiler (HSB) is a partner of the Pool, and we consider their Free Webinars to be an important aspect of the services they offer.
The focus of their webinars is on the maintenance and operation of boilers, air conditioning, and electrical equipment. These webinars were specifically designed for the hands-on maintenance and daily care of this equipment.
Throughout the year, HSB will be offering a free course each month. Here is a complete schedule and overview of the webinars, along with sign up instructions.
FirstNet Learning
McGriff, Seibels & Williams Inc. has entered an agreement with FirstNet Learning (FNL) whereby FNL has deployed a Colorado Special Districts Property and Liability Pool Online University.
This has been set up as a group purchase program for Pool Members at 30% to 50% off the average retail price.
Choose from hundreds of training topics and solutions for Health, Safety, Driver Education, Human Capital Management, Employment Practices, Discrimination, and Office Productivity. The price per training unit varies with the quantity of training units purchased.
The pricing per training unit (TU), which is equivalent to a 30 minute session, is $8. Some multiple hour courses will run up to 4 training units. Members will receive discount on quantity purchases as follows:
| Training Units (TU) | Cost per TU |
|---|---|
| 12 to 24 | $8.00 |
| 25 to 99 | $7.50 |
| 100 - 249 | $7.00 |
| 250 - 999 | $6.50 |
| 1000 or more | $6.00 |
All training is controlled by a designated administrator through an online approval system. Districts will be able to control employee access to the training systems.
Training records are kept secure within the data system, by employee name and they are available only to the District's designated administrator. This provides the necessary documentation for Affirmative Defense in Discrimination, Harassment, and Employment Claims where training of all employees can be demonstrated. Training can be assigned by the employer to employees and tracked by the District through a simple login process on the website. For an additional fee, a District can choose to set up their own website campus with the applicable district logos.
Five campuses will be tailored as to job duties. A free course offering a sixth option will be featured periodically.
We will be creating additional training specific to Colorado Special District's educational needs, so please contact Joe DePaepe at jdepaepe@mcgriff.com with any ideas.