International Operating Engineer - Summer 2016

Education & Training
To Be the Best, Learn from the Best
World-class training starts with a solid core of instructors
HAZMAT
National HAZMAT Program Takes the Show on the Road
Regional trainer courses score high marks from participants
THE NATIONAL TRAINING FUND
(NTF) strives to have the highest
caliber training instructors who in
turn produce the most skilled workers
in the world. The first Basic Teaching
Techniques class for 2016 was held
in April at the Maritime Institute in
Baltimore, Maryland.
This course has proven to be
instrumental for new, as well as
seasoned, instructors and is one of
many instructor training courses
available annually through the NTF.
The union’s commitment to worldclass
training starts with a solid core of
instructors.
Find out more about future NTF
train-the-trainer courses at www.iuoe.
org
[L to R] Seated: Jack Mucciarone, L877; Chris Treml, IUOE Director Construction Training;
Skip Turner, Instructor; Ken Kroeger, Instructor; Frank Magill, L66.
Second Row L-R: John Kilduff, L877; Preston Cole, L501; John Osika, L324; Tom Mc-
Donough, L835; Melson Goodloe, L25; Jeff Braun, L649; Shane King, L624 Job Corps; Jeff
Nedjoika, L9; Daniel Elliott, L66; Scott Reeves, L25
Third Row L-R: Jeff Kimbrell, L835; Ed Lieber, L 835; Andrew Franzen, L4; Justin May, L318;
David Litwhiler Jr, L542
THE NATIONAL HAZMAT Program
took a new approach to its Peer Trainer
courses this year and began offering
them regionally through collaboration
with IUOE local unions. Regional
classes give instructors the opportunity
to take classes closer to home and
observe what other training sites have
to offer, while still receiving the gold
standard training they have become
accustomed to from the IUOE NTF’s
National HAZMAT Program.
The National HAZMAT Program
would like to thank the following local
unions for hosting the completed Peer
Trainer courses to date this training
season:
Local Union 18 hosted the CPR
Trainer Course at their Miamisburg,
OH training site.
[above] OSHA 2225 Respiratory Protection
Trainer course held at IUOE Local 926 in
Ellenwood, Georgia.
Local Union 302 hosted the OSHA
502 Construction Industry Trainer
Update at the Bothell, WA union hall.
Local Union 926 hosted the OSHA
2225 Respiratory Protection course at
their Ellenwood, GA training site.
Local Union 12 hosted the OSHA
510 Construction Industry Standards
and OSHA 500 Construction Industry
Trainer courses at their Las Vegas, NV
training site.
Local Union 37 hosted the
HAZWOPER Train-the-Trainer at their
Baltimore, MD training site.
In addition to rating the training
instructor’s knowledge and
participation very high, Peer Trainers
attending these courses also indicated
they attending within the regional
locations as was one of the best things
about these courses.
HAZMAT
Working Safe After Major Flooding Events
AFTER HISTORIC and catastrophic
flooding hit the National HAZMAT
Program close to home in West Virginia
this spring, we would be remiss not to
give IUOE members everywhere some
safety information on the hazards to be
aware of after floods occur.
Severe weather events can happen
anywhere at any time without much
warning. That is what happened in
West Virginia communities along small
mountain creeks, not larger rivers. The
rain fell so hard and so fast that the
creeks caused major destruction from
flash flooding.
Now comes the clean-up and
rebuilding of infrastructure. Many
times when there is a natural disaster,
operating engineers find themselves
living and working in the affected area.
Some may be dealing with personal
loss or damage, but they are also called
upon to work on the clean-up efforts
and to rebuild critical infrastructure.
On the job or off, if you are involved
in the clean-up or rebuilding after a
flooding event there are hazards you
need to be aware of to protect yourself
from being injured or becoming ill.
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Class 2016 Dates IUOE Local
Union/Other Site
Location
OSHA 502 Construction Industry
Trainer Update
August 2-4 Local Union 450 South Dayton, TX
(Houston area)
Rigging Safety/Signaling Safety August 15-19 Local Union 150 Joliet, IL (Chicago area)
Trainer
HAZWOPER Train-the-Trainer August 22-31 Local Union 3 Rancho Murrieta, CA
OSHA 511 General Industry
September 13-16 Local Union 501 Las Vegas, NV
Standards
OSHA 501 General Industry Trainer September 17-20 Local Union 501 Las Vegas, NV
OSHA 2264 Permit-Required
Confined Space
September 26-29 Local Union 15 Howard Beach, NY (NYC
area)
OSHA 5602 Disaster Site Worker October 4-5 Local Union 14 Flushing, NY (NYC area)
Update
OSHA 5600 Disaster Site Worker October 10-13 Local Union 324 Howell, MI
Trainer
OSHA 521 Industrial Hygiene October 28-31 Local Union 95 Pittsburgh, PA
OSHA 510 Construction Industry
Standards
OSHA 500 Construction Industry
Trainer
October 28-31 Maritime Center Baltimore, MD
November 1-4 Maritime Center Baltimore, MD
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