In this issue of our ongoing LMS Basics series, we’re going to take a little dip into the alphabet soup of the learning technology world by exploring what a SaaS LMS is. That’s a software as a service learning management system for those of you who still use words to communicate and think.
If you’d like to know what a SaaS LMS is or what some of the advantages are, read on.
Also, don’t forget to download our free LMS buyer’s guide either here or from the button at the bottom of this article.
Human and Organizational Performance, or HOP, is a new approach to occupational safety and health that’s becoming increasingly common at worksites around the world. HOP has some similarities with other forms of so-called new safety, such as Safety 2 and Safety Differently.
We recently had a discussion with safety consultant and HOP learning facilitator Helen Harris about her experiences implementing and using HOP for workplace improvements at two different companies in the oil and gas industries. Thanks to Helen for her time, insight and experience in the interview below.
Note: You can watch a recorded video of our discussion below or you can read a transcript of the discussion below that.
Our friends at RedVector once again had Jeff Dalto of Convergence Training over at their webinar series, this time for a discussion of evidence-based training methods and learning myths. We’ve got a recording of the webinar below for ya.
Kasey of RedVector and Jeff discuss the following in the evidence-based training webinar:
Check out the recorded Evidence-Based Training Webinar at our Webinars page.
And don’t forget to download our free Guide to Learning Objectives for Workplace Performance Improvement, below.
Get this free guide to learn all you need to know to write learning objectives, create better training, and help improve workplace performance.
Need help complying with OSHA’s 1926.1153 Respirable Crystalline Silica standard? You’ll find the infographic below to be helpful if you are.
Download it now and let us know if you have any additional questions about the Silica standard or need help with training for silica awareness, other safety and health training, or other safety management needs.
Download this free infographic outlining an employer’s major responsibilities for complying with the OSHA 1926 (Construction) requirements.
We’ve created an infographic to help you get started on your safety management programs or systems and you can download it by clicking the button at the bottom of this page.
The infographic is based on tips in the OSHA Guidelines for Safety and Health Programs, which we encourage you to check out.
For even more on safety and health management, check out our article on OSHA’s Safety and Health Programs guideline, our articles on the ISO 45001 safety and health management system standard (and this related interview on 45001), and of course check out our online safety management training.
Don’t forget to download the free infographic and let us know if you have questions or need help with your safety management efforts (feel free to check out our
Download this free infographic listing first steps in getting started with your safety and health management program.
If you’ve been tracking the Convergence Training blog for a while, you know that we’ve been publishing occasional updates on the progress of creating the ANSI/ASSP Z490.2 standard titled Accepted Practices for E-Learning in Safety, Health, and Environmental Training.
As you may have intuited from that first sentence, you’re in for another Z490.2 update in this article.
But this one is a little more exciting than the previous updates, because today Z490.2 became final. You can buy yourself a copy of Z940.2 here.
You may also know that we’ve been creating updates on the progress of Z490.2 because Jeff Dalto of Convergence Training & Vector Solutions has been one of the folks helping to create Z490.2. If you’d like to learn more about Z490.2, Jeff will be featured in two upcoming podcasts at the ASSP Safety Standards and Technical Publications Podcast website–one for Z490.1 and one for Z490.2. Look for those podcasts at ASSP soon (we’re recording both on Tuesday, October 15 and presumably both will be published shortly after).
And before you go, feel free to download our free Online Safety Training Buyer’s Guide Checklist!
Learn how to evaluate different online safety training solutions to find one that best fits your company’s needs with our FREE informative guide and checklist.
NIOSH makes an extremely handy Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (Pocket Guide or NPG) that industrial hygienists and safety professionals can use to evaluate chemical hazards and create safer, healthier workplaces.
In this installment of our ongoing Industrial Hygiene Basics article series, we’re going to give you an introductory explanation of the Pocket Guide.
All good quality management efforts, including those following and/or in compliance with the ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Standard, include an emphasis on risk management and the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle for continuous improvement.
In this article, we give a brief introduction to risk management and the PDCA cycle and their relation to quality assurance and quality management.
And don’t leave without downloading the free PDCA Cycle infographic from the bottom of this article!
It’s that time again. Our parent company Vector Solutions has published the monthly blog post round up including articles from different Vector Solutions brands (including your friends here at Convergence Training).
Here’s what Vector Solutions has pulled together for you this month:
If we’ve sparked your interest, check out the September, 2019 Vector Solutions Blog Round-Up.
If you’re involved in food/beverage production and have food safety responsibilities, you’re required to fulfill Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point, or HACCP, compliance requirements (see 21 CFR parts 120 and 123).
HACCP is a systematic and preventive food safety approach intended to avoid the introduction or and/or contamination of food by biological, chemical, and physical hazards rather than simply inspecting food products after their production to determine if they have been contaminated (this is somewhat similar to the “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound full of cure” adage).
Enjoy learning more about HACCP and it’s important role in food safety, and don’t forget to download the free 7 Tools of Quality download we’ve provided for you at the bottom of this article as well.
It’s always great to talk with someone who really knows their stuff, and when it comes to issues around maintenance, reliability, and maintainability, Dr. Klaus Blache of the UT-RMC really knows his stuff.
That’s why we’ve enjoyed holding (and publishing here) a series of discussions with Klaus on issues related to reliability and maintainbility (if you missed some, check out our recorded discussion on the benefits of reliability and maintainability and articles we co-wrote on creating a culture for reliability, maintainability, and continuous improvement as well as what reliability and maintainabilty are).
Plus, you might enjoy our recorded webinar on maintenance, maintainability, organizational learning, and continuous improvement.
So with no further ado, please feel free to watch our short discussion explaining predictive maintenance and conditions-based maintenance (also known as PDM and CBM) below. If you’d rather read instead of watch and listen, we’ve created a transcript for you below the video.
