December 19-20, 2023

8am Central Standard Time (Zoom)

NPETE is offering the OSHA 10 Class virtually for those who do not meet the OSHA pre-requisite for the January 8-12, Disaster Site Response Institute. Please register if you are attending the DSRI and need to meet the requirements.

January 8-12, 2024 Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, FL

This course is being held at Indian River State College – Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Complex – Fort Pierce, FL. Participants will be prepared through a five-day program to obtain safety authorizations for public and private disaster site responders and workers. Courses include OSHA’s 15-hour Disaster Site Worker, Hazardous Awareness and Communications, and Incident Command.

Outcome Expectations:

Participants are prepared through a 5-day program, the Disaster Site Response for Trainers (DSRT) Institute, to obtain required authorizations for public and private responders and workers.  Coursework includes:

• OSHA’s 15-hour Disaster Site Worker
• Hazard Awareness and Communication
• Incident Command System

Upon successful completion of training, participants will receive an OSHA Disaster Site Worker card.  Following training, participants may use Community College Consortium for Health and Safety Training (CCCHST) curriculum to train workers and responders in their local area.  They will report to NPETE the number of courses they provide using NPETE’s CCCHST curriculum and/or exercises.  NPETE reports these numbers to the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).  Instructors may charge for the courses they offer in their local area.  This training does not provide participants the OSHA Disaster Site Worker Train-the-Trainer authorization.

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Topic: Mental Health Awareness Seminar: QPR Suicide Prevention

January 30, 2024 – 1pm Eastern – ZOOM

Robin Schawe LPC, LAC QPR Certified Trainer (Zero Suicide) of UCHealth Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO 

If someone you know was considering suicide, would you recognize the warning signs and know how to help? Colorado is consistently ranked as one of the top ten states for suicide rates. Learn what you can do to help when someone is in a suicide crisis, and gain the confidence to take action and save a life.

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Training Impacts of Post COVID and Natural Disasters

March 12-14, 2024

Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH

Center for Workforce Development Building, 315 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, OH

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Train the Trainer Program

April 24-26, 2024

Barton County Community College, 100 Continental Drive, Junction City, KS 66441

Participants are prepared through a 2.5-day Intense Train-the-Trainer Program called the IBSMART Institute for Spill Response Training to deliver required certifications for public and private responders and workers including:

• 24-hour Industrial Emergency Spill Response

Participants use CCCHST curriculum to train workers and responders in their local area and report to NPETE the number of courses they provide, for which they are provided a small reimbursement. NPETE reports these numbers to NIEHS. CCCHST members may charge for the courses offered in their local area. Instructors reporting numbers must attend Instructor Refresher training every two years offered either at live conferences or through NPETE StayFreshers via Zoom.

Waste Site Cleanup Train the Trainer

May 13-18, 2024

Scott Community College, 500 Belmont Road, Bettendorf, IA 52722

Outcome Expectations:

Participants are prepared through a 5.5-day Train-the-Trainer Program called the GreatEST Institute (Great Environmental Safety Training Institute) HAZWOPER TTT to deliver required certifications for public and private responders and workers including:

• 40-hour Waste Site Worker Health and Safety
• Hazard Awareness and Communication

Previously Recorded Webinars

Some of our events have moved online.  If you missed a previous webinar, you can register and view the recorded version. Upon completion please fill out our Evaluation Form to receive a Certificate of Completion.