This practical downloadable manual can help anyone become a more effective trainer. It will strengthen training skills, sell management on its importance, and help you turn out a well-trained workforce. Learn how to conduct a needs assessment, develop the training plan for your organization, choose the most effective training techniques, prepare for your training, conduct a successful training session, ensure your training is effective, and when and how to outsource.

Mold growth has the potential to cause allergic and hypersensitivity diseases and other health problems. Management of this hazard is crucial. This downloadable handbook provides dozens of charts and checklists explaining how to prevent and manage mold contamination, including step-by-step remediation tips. The book also features detailed charts explaining federal and state legislation on mold.

According to the CDC, the H1N1 flu virus is a new flu virus of swine origin that first caused illness in Mexico and the United States in March and April 2009. This virus was originally referred to as “swine flu” because laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in this new virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs (swine) in North America. But further study has shown that this new virus is very different from what normally circulates in North American pigs. This practical guide will help you prepare your workplace in the event of a pandemic outbreak.

Before you can effectively manage the environment, health, and safety (EHS) function, you must convince management that your activities produce business value. This practical handbook lays out the concrete steps that EHS managers must take to get support for their initiatives. The guidebook also helps EHS managers align processes and systems with the goals of senior management, and translate initiatives into bottom-line results.

Safety 101 addresses the key elements of successful safety programs and shows how to implement them. It covers the role of the safety manager; setting the stage for safety success; how to identify hazards and neutralize their dangers; how to write policies and a safety handbook; how to assess training needs and develop and deliver training; how to motivate employees toward safe behavior; and how to perform the many other aspects of safety management, like audits, inspections, investigations, etc.