Crews Sitting in Houston Waiting for the Water to Go Down and work to start? Train them! You are paying them anyway.
Jim Thompson PCC, PCG
Commercial Disaster Restoration Consultant - Expert Witness, Weapons of Mass Destruction Disaster Site Worker Trainer
Get OSHA Disaster Site Workers Training NOW! Many restoration companies are on their way to the Texas or Louisiana flooding right now. Some are already there. Then what? Evacuations are still in progress, levies are still breaking and more water is coming down. The Adrenalin to load trucks and drive all night is starting to go away
Soon the hard cruel facts will come to light. You are paying crews to sit and wait for water levels to go down, adjusters to set up Cat offices, and corporation's risk management teams to arrive before you can start the process of drying out buildings and rebuilding.
While your crews are on the clock- waiting - to go into action. Train them. I spent 25 years chasing hurricanes. My company was involved in some of the biggest drying and decontamination projects of hurricanes from Gilbert to Katrina. We dried out the Presbyterian Hospital in Houston after Tropical Storm Allison. I've "been there and done that." Now I am training restoration crews how to dry out commercial structures safely through restoration specific 10 Hour OSHA Outreach Construction and Disaster Site Worker Training.
I can come to your location or hotel and train up to 40 crew members on the OSHA 10 Hour Outreach Construction Training, and then train 10 at a time, on the OSHA 7600 Disaster Site Workers Training. The OSHA Disaster Site Workers course trains guys how to safely work natural disasters, (like this one) and man-made disasters like 9-11-2001. Both courses together take only 4 days!
This training is needed and both cards are good for life.
Take advantage of this 'down time' to get your guys their badly needed OSHA Construction Outreach Training and Disaster Site Workers Cards. I am an Authorized OSHA Outreach trainer through the University of South Florida's OSHA Training Institute, and owned a nationwide disaster restoration company for over 25 years. I know what it is like to pay guys to sit in hotel rooms waiting for the flood waters to recede so we can get to work.
Use this time to train your guys to be safe while cleaning up this horrible disaster. Get them OSHA Outreach Disaster Site Workers Training.
Call me for full details. 727 424 2000.
Cheers,
Jim Thompson
Office Manager at Servpro of Wheaton | Glen Ellyn | Lisle | Plainfield
7 年Tracy (Czapla) Smith
Strategic Sales
7 年Nichole I posted your article because my mom is a senior OSHA compliance officer in winston salem, nc. She will get a kick out of it.
We Are Helping People & Property Recover @ Abbotts Cleanup & Restoration - Fire, Smoke & Water Damage for Homes & Businesses
7 年Love it Jim! Educate! Information is power
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7 年can you train my crews in Florida?