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Session	Cluster	Class Name (Class)	Type Code (Type Code)	Scheduled Start Date/Time	Last Class Date	Current Students	Prerequisite	In District Cost	Tuition Amount	Owner	Hours Per Meeting	Required Total Hours	Course Description (Class)	Instructor	Room Number	Billing Type	Monday?	Tuesday?	Wednesday?	Thursday?	Friday?	Saturday?
Ladder-2022-G0644	Safety	Ladder Safety for Oil and Gas Personnel (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Ladders are one of the most common and simple tools people use on the job. It’s easy to forget that they can also be extremely dangerous. Each year in the United States, accidents involving ladders cause approximately 300 deaths and 130,000 injuries requiring emergency medical attention. This course should assist learners in recognizing hazards of ladder use, different types of ladders, and inspection requirements. This course is intended for employees in the oil and gas industry who use ladders at work on a regular basis, and will assist employers in meeting OSHA standards on ladder safety. While this course addresses OSHA training requirements, there may be a site-specific training component required that must be fulfilled by an employer.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
Negotiation-2022-G0645	Business Management & Administration	Negotiation Skills (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Life is full of negotiations. Whether you realize it or not, we are all constantly negotiating with each other to ensure our needs are met, and to achieve our ideal outcomes. While you can’t guarantee an ideal outcome in every negotiation, there are tools and methods that you can apply to help you get as close as possible. After taking this course, employees should be able to identify the definition of negotiation, as well as the benefits of negotiation. In addition, they should be able to identify some common negotiation best practices.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
NORM-2022-G0648	Safety	NORM Awareness for Oil and Gas Personnel (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	When people think of radiation, they may think of large-scale disasters, environmental catastrophes, or superheroes in comic books and movies. However, most of us are exposed to low levels of natural and man-made radiation every day. On an oil and gas site, workers can be exposed to higher levels of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM). NORM can build up in pipelines and on equipment, and high concentrations can pose a significant health hazard when they aren’t properly managed. NORM can be enhanced by human activity such as oil and gas extraction. This type of NORM is known as technologically enhanced NORM (TENORM), and can increase workers’ potential for exposure. Fortunately, most workers are in little danger when they take the right precautions. Learners who successfully complete this course should be able to recognize characteristics and effects of radiation and NORM, recognize NORM sources and handling procedures, and identify worker protections from NORM on oil and gas sites.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
PPE-2022-G0649	Safety	Personal Protective Equipment for Oil and Gas Personnel (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s General Duty Clause requires employers to provide a workplace environment that is free from hazards that are likely to cause serious injury or death. This includes providing the training and personal protective equipment to protect employees from hazards on oil and gas sites. Workers who successfully complete this course will be able to recognize common hazards on oil and gas sites and identify the required and recommended personal protective equipment necessary to mitigate those hazards. This course is meant for all employees working on oil and gas exploration and extraction sites.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
SDS-2022-G0651	Safety	Hazard Communication: Safety Data Sheets Awareness Microlearning (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	7/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Chemicals can pose a wide range of health and physical hazards, and exposure to hazardous chemicals is common for workers in a large variety of industries. When workers are exposed to hazardous chemicals, OSHA requires employers to provide employees with information about those hazards and training over how to protect themselves and others from harm. During this course, employees will learn about OSHA's Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) standard and using safety data sheets (SDSs) to determine chemical hazards in their workplace. This microlearning course addresses a specific aspect of a broader training topic. For a more complete training experience, see HZC-1.2 Hazard Communication.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
G0652-2022	Safety	Hazard Communication: SDS Sections Mircrolearning (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	A safety data sheet, or SDS, provides employees with information about hazardous chemicals. SDSs must follow a standard format, and will always present certain information that workers and emergency responders need. This course is intended to help employees understand what information is presented in the SDS and where to find it. After successfully completing the course, learners should be able to identify the key components of a safety data sheet, including the 16 sections required by the Globally Harmonized System (GHS), an international system of rules for classifying and labeling chemicals. This microlearning course addresses a specific aspect of a broader training topic. For a more complete training experience, see MSD-1.2 Safety Data Sheets.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
Fire Ext-2022-G0653	Safety	Portable Fire Extinguisher Techniques on Oil and Gas Sites (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Fires can inspire panic, and reviewing how to use a fire extinguisher beforehand can save precious seconds that could make all the difference in an emergency. Employees who successfully complete this course will demonstrate knowledge of how and when to use different types of portable fire extinguishers. Employees will learn to recognize when to use a portable fire extinguisher, the various types of fire extinguishers, and the steps of the PASS technique. This course is designed for employees in the oil and gas industry who may use a fire extinguisher, and should assist the employer in meeting OSHA’s standard on portable fire extinguishers.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
Fire Ext-2022-G0654	Safety	Portable Fire Extinguishers: Uses of Extinguishers Microlearning (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	If you encounter a fire at home or on the job, a portable fire extinguisher can help you to protect yourself and possibly stop the fire in its tracks. Learners who successfully complete this course should be able to recognize the uses of a portable fire extinguisher and the five classes of fire. This microlearning course is part of a broader topic. For a more complete training experience, see FRS-2.2 Portable Fire Extinguishers.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
G0655-2022	Business Management & Administration	Reasonable Suspicion Substance Abuse Training for Supervisors (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	2.5000000000	This course is intended to fulfill the two-hour training requirement for supervisors in safety-sensitive industries who may be required to send workers for "reasonable suspicion" drug testing. Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to recall the U.S. Department of Transportation’s requirements for supervisor training under its drug-free workplace program mandates for safety-sensitive industries, the physiological effects of alcohol and how they are produced, and general physiological and behavioral characteristics of alcoholism. The learner will also be able to identify the five drugs the National Institute on Drug Abuse requires safety-sensitive drug tests to detect, the basic characteristics and physiological effects of marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and phencyclidine. Finally, learners will be able to identify recommended measures for avoiding legal problems when executing a company’s drug-free workplace program, identify recommended workplace alcohol- and drug-abuse documentation, and related intervention measures and strategies. This course is intended for all supervisors in a safety-sensitive industry that are involved with a substance abuse program. This course is intended to assist the employer in meeting the FMCSA Standard.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
G0656-2022	Business Management & Administration	Reasonable Suspicion Substance Abuse Training for Supervisors in the Oil and Gas Industry (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	2.5000000000	This course is intended to fulfill the two-hour training requirement for supervisors in safety-sensitive industries who may be required to send workers for "reasonable suspicion" drug testing. Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to recall the U.S. Department of Transportation’s requirements for supervisor training under its drug-free workplace program mandates for safety-sensitive industries, the physiological effects of alcohol and how they are produced, and general physiological and behavioral characteristics of alcoholism. The learner will also be able to identify the five drugs the National Institute on Drug Abuse requires safety-sensitive drug tests to detect, the basic characteristics and physiological effects of marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and phencyclidine. Finally, learners will be able to identify recommended measures for avoiding legal problems when executing a company’s drug-free workplace program, identify recommended workplace alcohol- and drug-abuse documentation, and related intervention measures and strategies. This course is intended for all supervisors in the oil and gas industry that are involved with a substance abuse program. This course is intended to assist the employer in meeting the FMCSA Standard.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
G0657-2022	Safety	Respiratory Protection (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Many work environments can involve airborne particles that could be hazardous if inhaled. Airborne viruses, hazardous chemical fumes, and even some types of dust particles can cause injury or illness if workers breathe them in. If the atmosphere becomes hazardous to breathe, employees may require respiratory protection. Learners who successfully complete this course will demonstrate knowledge of the basics of respiratory protection and how to use it on the job. Employees will learn about potential inhalation hazards, the different respirator types and their uses, how to fit test a respirator mask, and respirator care and maintenance. This course is designed for general industry employees who, during their regular work duties, are required to wear respiratory protection, and is intended to assist the employer in meeting OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standard. While this course addresses OSHA training requirements, there may be additional site-specific training components, hands-on training, and health testing required that must be fulfilled by an employer. This course is presented in English and Spanish.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
G0658-2022	Safety	Respiratory Protection for Oil and Gas Personnel (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Oil and gas exploration and production often causes workers to encounter hazardous atmospheres. Hazardous chemical fumes, low oxygen environments, and even some types of dust particles can cause injury or illness to workers. If the atmosphere becomes hazardous to breathe, employees may require respiratory protection. Learners who successfully complete this course will demonstrate knowledge of the basics of respiratory protection and how to use it on the job. Employees will learn about potential inhalation hazards, the different respirator types and their uses, how to fit test a respirator mask, and respirator care and maintenance. This course is designed for employees on oil and gas exploration and production sites who, during their regular work duties, are required to wear respiratory protection, and is intended to assist the employer in meeting OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standard. The course features examples and scenarios unique to the oil and gas industry. While this course addresses OSHA training requirements, there may be additional site-specific training components, hands-on training, and health testing required that must be fulfilled by an employer.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
G0659-2022	Safety	Rigging Safety (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Rigging is a complex operation that requires extensive planning to keep everyone safe. An unstable load, a misinterpreted hand signal, lack of experience, lack of maintenance, and infrequent inspections can all cause incidents. Only trained and qualified individuals should ever attempt to perform rigging operations. This course alone won’t qualify learners to perform rigging, but it provides an overview of rigging operations and their hazards. Learners who successfully complete this course should be able to recognize employee roles in rigging operations, identify tools and equipment used in rigging, and identify types and components of rigging inspections. They should also be able to identify procedures for rigging and lifting loads, and recognize hazards associated with rigging and lifting.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
G0660-2022	Safety	Rigging Safety for Oil and Gas Operations (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.7500000000	Rigging in the foundation of many hoisting and lifting operations in the oil and gas industry, but it does come with some significant hazards, such as tipovers, contact with electric lines and falling loads. Workers who successfully complete this course will be able to identify the requirements of a qualified rigger and operator and the qualifications of each. The learner will also learn about the different types of cranes and other hoisting equipment and their functions, how to conduct inspections, how to rig, lift, and land a load, and occupational hazards in rigging operations and how to avoid them. This courses references OSHA regulations on rigging and lifting objects.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
Scaffold-2022-G0661	Safety	Scaffold Safety (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Scaffolding is a very versatile and useful tool for construction or repair of buildings. It can be assembled and disassembled easily and can be built very tall or wide, depending on the building’s shape. But as with any tool, using scaffolding requires care and knowledge. This course will teach employees the basics of staying safe while working on scaffolds. Employees will learn the definition of a scaffold, the potential hazards of working on a scaffold like falls, electrocution and scaffold collapse and major hazard control methods. This course is intended for employees who are required to perform work on scaffolds. This course can help employers comply with OSHA’s safety requirements for scaffolding.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
Scissor Lift-2022-G0662	Safety	Scissor Lift Safety (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Scissor lifts are popular in many job settings because they provide a mobile elevated work surface that is flexible, quick to set up, and relatively safe and easy to use. However, they do still come with hazards, and injuries on scissor lifts can be severe. Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to recognize common scissor lift hazards and safe operating procedures. This course is intended for workers in any industry who use scissor lifts on the job.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
Harassment-2022-G0663	Business Management & Administration	Sexual Harassment and Discrimination for Employees (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Sexual harassment is a concern for every business. When sexual harassment does occur in the workplace, it can create many problems for the victim, co-workers, and the company, including a drop in morale, a loss in productivity, legal action, and a damaged reputation for the company. This course will teach employees about sexual harassment and what to do if they or one of their co-workers becomes a victim. This course is presented in English and Spanish.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
G0664-2022	Safety	Silica Awareness (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Silica is a very common ingredient found in all kinds of products. In recent years, the rising number of silica-related illnesses has caused the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to pay closer attention to silica exposure in the workplace. Workers who successfully complete this course will be able to identify common materials containing crystalline silica, and the hazards associated with crystalline silica exposure. They will also demonstrate knowledge of the health effects associated with crystalline silica exposure, and measures that can be taken to eliminate or minimize crystalline silica exposure on the job. This course is designed for workers in the oil and gas, construction and general industries who may, in the course of performing their duties, come in contact with materials that may contain breathable crystalline silica particles.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
Spill Response-2022-G0665	Safety	Spill Response for Oil and Gas Personnel (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Oil and gas exploration and production sites carry a risk of causing harm to public health or the environment in the form of spills and other releases. While oil and gas companies will have very specific protocol for dealing with emergency releases, field personnel are often responsible for responding to smaller, incidental releases. Learners who successfully complete this course will demonstrate the ability to identify the difference between incidental and emergency releases, identify recommended release-prevention measures, and identify proper incident-release response measures. This course is intended for oil and gas employees that may come across a spill while working on the job, and can help employers comply with the Oil Pollution Act and EPA regulations on spill prevention and control.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
Stop Work-2022-G0666	Safety	Stop Work Authority (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$0.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are roughly 150,000 construction site workers injured each year. Many of these accidents are preventable. If a worker recognizes a situation in which there is the potential for themselves or a coworker being injured, or if there is a potential of a release of a contaminant to the environment, that worker has a responsibility to stop the work that is being done until the potential danger has been removed and the issue resolved. Upon completion of this course, the learner will demonstrate the ability to identify the elements of a stop work authority program and employee responsibilities in a stop work authority program. This course is presented in English and Spanish.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
G0667-2022	Business Management & Administration	Title IX/Sexual Misconduct at Educational Facilities (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.7500000000	Sexual assault and sexual misconduct are an ongoing and serious problem at schools across the country. According to the National Institute of Justice, about 1 in 5 women and 6% of men are victims of completed or attempted sexual assault while in college. There are more than 3,000 reports of forcible sex offences reported on college campuses every year. The U.S. Department of Education and its Office for Civil Rights regard these crimes as a serious violation Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, commonly referred to as “Title IX,” which was designed to prevent sexual discrimination in education. Since 1972 a number of additional, related laws have been passed with the goal of preventing and addressing sexual misconduct on school campuses, including most recently the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act. Failure to comply with these laws is also considered a violation of Title IX. These laws and regulations are important for protecting students, but they have created new and sometimes confusing obligations for schools and their employees. This course will help employees understand Title IX and its companion laws regarding sexual misconduct in education, and their role in helping to prevent and respond to sexual misconduct. This course is designed for all employees at educational institutions that fall under the provisions of Title IX, with particular focus on those designated Responsible Employees. It is intended to assist the employer in fulfilling the training requirements for Responsible Employees imposed under Title IX and the Cleary Act.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
Vehicle Backing-2022-G0668	Transportation	Vehicle Backing Safety (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Even though most of us spend less than 1% of our driving time in reverse, the National Safety Council estimates that one in four vehicle accidents occur while backing, and that most backing accidents are caused by drivers using poor backing techniques. Backing can be particularly hazardous for drivers on the job, especially when backing large vehicles or vehicles with trailers. Learners who successfully complete this course should be able to identify general backing hazards and safe practices when backing. If learners’ job duties include driving large vehicles, such as semi-trucks or construction vehicles, they should also be able to identify general backing hazards and safe practices for larger vehicles.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
Wildlife Safety-2022-G0669	Safety	Wildlife Safety for the Oil and Gas Industry (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Oil and gas field work often takes place in remote locations, and there is a good chance that workers may come into contact with wildlife on the job. Wild animals can attack people, transmit diseases and damage property, so it is important for workers to know what to do when they encounter wild animals in the field. This course is designed to teach oil and gas workers how to identify various types of dangerous and nuisance animals common to North America, the hazards they present, and the standard precautions to take if these animals are encountered. This course is intended for all employees who may encounter wild animals in the course of their duties. This course is available in both English and Spanish.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
Winter Safety-2022-G0670	Safety	Winter Safety for Oil and Gas Personnel (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Jobs in the oil and gas industry often require driving and working outdoors. In some cases, this means working or driving in extreme temperatures or conditions. Workers who successfully complete this course will be able to identify the factors that contribute to heat loss, the adverse effects of cold stress and how to treat them, preventative measures to avoid cold stress, the winter-related hazardous road conditions and safe driving practices, and how to prepare for hazardous driving conditions. This course is intended for oil and gas workers who are required to work or drive in hazardous winter-weather conditions.	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true
Work Zone-2022-G0671	Safety	Work Zone and Flagger Safety (OLT)	21	7/1/2022 1:00:00 PM	6/30/2023 5:00:00 AM	0		$5.00	$5.00	Jamie Hromas	0.5000000000	0.5000000000	Despite the many precautions taken by companies and workers, road work zones are still inherently hazardous. Being prepared for what you might experience on a work site is an important part of staying safe. When learners have completed this course, they should be able to recognize work zone hazards and safe flagging operations. Learners should also be able to recognize work zone protections and pedestrian safety measures. OLT	Safety Skills Safety Skills		Catalog	true	true	true	true	true	true

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