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SHELLEY ADULT TRAINING ACADEMY 670 NORTH STATE STREET
SHELLEY, ID 83274
WWW.PORTERHOUSEINC.COM
(208) 522-4336 OFFICE; (208) 522 -4131 FAX
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MISSION STATEMENT ................................................................................................................. 5
SHELLEY ADULT TRAINING ACADEMY (SATA) ....................................................... 5
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TOPICS .................................................................................................... 7
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS ................................................................................................ 7
BACK SAFETY ............................................................................................................ 8
BEHAVIOR SAFETY ................................................................................................... 8
BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS ................................................................................... 8
CONFINED SPACE ..................................................................................................... 9
EFFECTIVE SAFETY TEAMS ..................................................................................... 9
ELECTRICAL SAFETY .............................................................................................. 10
ERGONOMICS .......................................................................................................... 11
FIREWATCH ............................................................................................................. 11
FORKLIFT ................................................................................................................. 12
HEARING SAFETY ................................................................................................... 13
HEAT STRESS .......................................................................................................... 13
JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS .......................................................................................... 14
LADDER SAFETY ..................................................................................................... 15
LOCKOUT TAGOUT ................................................................................................. 16
MACHINE GUARDING .............................................................................................. 17
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES ......................................................................... 18
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT................................................................................... 19
ANGER MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................... 19
ASSERTIVENESS AND SELF CONFIDENCE .......................................................... 20
BODY LANGUAGE BASICS ...................................................................................... 20
BUSINESS ETHICS .................................................................................................. 21
BUSINESS ETIQUETTE ............................................................................................ 21
CIVILITY IN THE WORKPLACE ................................................................................ 22
COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES ............................................................................ 23
CONFLICT RESOLUTION ......................................................................................... 23
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CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING .............................................................................. 24
CRITICAL THINKING ................................................................................................ 24
CUSTOMER SERVICE ............................................................................................. 25
DELIVERING CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ............................................................. 25
EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION ........................................................................................ 26
FACILITATION SKILLS ............................................................................................. 26
GENERATION GAP .................................................................................................. 27
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS ....................................................................................... 28
JOB SEARCH SKILLS ............................................................................................... 28
LEADERSHIP AND INFLUENCE .............................................................................. 29
MEASURING RESULTS FROM TRAINING .............................................................. 30
MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ............................................................................ 30
NEGOTIATION SKILLS ............................................................................................. 31
OFFICE POLITICS FOR MANAGER ......................................................................... 31
PRESENTATION SKILLS .......................................................................................... 32
PROJECT MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................... 33
PUBLIC SPEAKING .................................................................................................. 34
STRESS MANAGEMENT .......................................................................................... 34
SUPERVISING OTHERS .......................................................................................... 35
TEAMWORK AND TEAM BUILDING......................................................................... 36
TIME MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................... 36
WORKPLACE DIVERSITY ........................................................................................ 37
WORKPLACE HARASSMENT .................................................................................. 37
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE ......................................................................................... 38
COMPUTING & MICROSOFT APPLICATIONS ......................................................................... 39
BASIC COMPUTING SKILLS .................................................................................... 40
WORD ESSENTIAL SKILLS ...................................................................................... 41
EXCEL ESSENTIAL SKILLS ..................................................................................... 42
POWERPOINT ESSENTIAL SKILLS ......................................................................... 43
INDEX OF COURSES AVAILABLE............................................................................................ 44
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES ......................................................... 44
INDUSTRIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY COURSES ....................................... 45
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INDUSTRIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY (CONT’D) ......................................... 46
INDEX OF SCHOOLS AVAILABLE............................................................................................ 47
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS .................................................................................... 47
TECHNOLOGY SCHOOLS ....................................................................................... 48
CUSTOM COURSE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT ................................................................. 53
OUR FACILITIES......................................................................................................................... 53
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MISSION STATEMENT
SHELLEY ADULT TRAINING ACADEMY (SATA)
The mission of Porter House Inc. and Shelley Adult Training Academy is to provide excellent training services to increase the knowledge and skills needed to ensure a qualified, safer and more productive community and workforce.
• SATA is a place where all are able to pursue knowledge and express ideas freely, honestly, without distraction, and in a supportive environment.
• All are expected to treat others with respect and to strive to understand and appreciate the differences in backgrounds and viewpoints that enrich the community/workplace and allow each of us to view our own beliefs in a larger context.
• All are expected to take a leading role in their education and to give their best efforts.
The education at SATA takes place in all aspects of your life including, but not limited to classrooms, workshops, labs, study groups and interpersonal relationships.
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SATA CAPABILITIES
Environmental & Waste Management
Environmental Impact studies for conducting multi-disciplinary environmental impact assessment for public and private clients.
Industrial & Radiological Safety Support
Protection to maintain radiation safe environments.
Technical Training
Technical Training that meets Department of Energy and Institute of Nuclear Power Operation accreditation requirements.
Training Implementation & Evaluation
Analyze, design, and develop a training program based on our customer’s goals.
Training Design & Development
Once a training program has been developed, we test, refine, and implement it; constantly evaluating and refining to ensure optimal results.
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INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TOPICS
We understand the impact safety training has on company morale and productivity. With 20 years of experience, we also recognize how challenging it can be to stay current with industry and government standards and regulations. We stand ready to provide quality services in the safety industry.
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS
This course’s objectives are a written program overviewing causal factors; steps of accident analysis; proactive utilization of data; convincing others in your workplace; training analysts. It will encompass situations involving materials, environment, personal, task, and safety devices, hazardous substances, weather conditions, lighting, information gathering, recommendations and conclusions.
• Written program
• Causal factors
• Steps of accident analysis
• Proactive utilization of data
• Convincing others in your workplace
• Training analysts
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BACK SAFETY
This course is an overview of common causes of back injuries and prevention through proper lift procedures and exercise.
• Discuss the forces of lifting
• Describe the common causes of back injuries
• Discuss how to prevent back injuries
• Describe exercises to help your back
BEHAVIOR SAFETY
This course compares and contrasts the different behavior-based systems on the market today. What are the benefits of behavior-based systems? How to motivate safe behavior? Establish a company’s readiness for behavior-based safety.
• The benefits of behavior-based systems
• The basic principles of how to motivate safe behavior
• A company’s readiness for behavior-based safety
• Compare and contrast the different behavior-based systems on the market
today
BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS
This course enables you to: Differentiate between private and public OSHA programs; list three blood borne pathogens, their signs and symptoms, and how they are transmitted; understand the purpose for the OSHA standard; identify key elements of a blood borne pathogen exposure control plan; recognize methods of control and their application; and determine criteria for occupational exposure.
• Differentiate between Private and Public OSHA programs
• List three blood borne pathogens, their signs and symptoms, and how they
are transmitted
• Understand the purpose for the OSHA standard
• Identify key elements of a Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure
• Control Plan
• Recognize methods of control and their application
• Determine criteria for occupational exposure
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CONFINED SPACE
This course covers the confined space hazards, protective measures, equipment, procedures and duties associated with Confined Space Entry under 29CFR1926.1200 Subpart AA.
• State the training requirements
• Define confined space terms
• Discuss confined space hazards
• List the confined space categories
• Identify how to reclassify permit spaces
• Identify confined space postings
• State written procedure requirements
EFFECTIVE SAFETY TEAMS
This course enables you to: Demonstrate how to develop a team within your organization, discusses why a team out performs a committee, demonstrates how to facilitate group discussions and get involvement, provides tools and skills that you can use to make decisions, and how to measure the effectiveness of the team.
• To develop a team within your organization
• To understand why a team out performs a committee
• To facilitate group discussions and get involvement
• To learn tools and skills that you can use to make decisions
• To measure the effectiveness of the team
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ELECTRICAL SAFETY
This course discusses the requirements for working around electricity.
• List the three components of electricity and how they work together in an
energized circuit
• Identify electrical hazards that may be encountered on the job
• Explain the purpose of physical safety barriers and warning devices
• State the correct response to electrical hazards
• Identify electrical hazards from overhead power lines
• Describe safe practices for working near energized overhead power lines
• Describe safe practices for handling material and ladders near power lines
• Describe safe practices for operating cranes and mobile equipment near
power lines
• Identify actions to take if your equipment contacts power lines
• State tasks that expose personnel to underground power lines
• Describe ways to identify electrical hazards when excavation and trenching
• Identify safe work practices necessary for using portable electric tools,
equipment, cords, and GFCIs
• Discuss proper extension cord usage
• Identify safe electrical work practices
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ERGONOMICS
This course covers: What is ergonomics? Why is it important? What are the benefits of good ergonomics to the employer and the employee? Increase awareness of basic ergonomics concepts and principles.
• Identify occupational risk factors for strains, sprains, and cumulative
trauma
• Learn to use various tools for identifying ergonomic concerns and
analyzing jobs
• Understand basic control measures for improving ergonomic job design
FIRE WATCH
Fire watch must be aware of fire hazards, capable of making proper notification and take proper action in the event of a fire. This course covers:
• Discuss Fire Watch responsibilities
• State who can function as fire watch
• Evaluate area for fire hazards
• Identify the location of fire extinguishers in the work area
• Identify the proper extinguisher for the type of fire hazard
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FORKLIFT
This course covers forklift operations under 29CFR1910.178.
• Qualification requirements for Forklift Operation
• Important terms associated with forklift truck operations
• Critical Lifts and the term Person-In-Charge (PIC)
• High-lift and low-lift forklift, forklift operation and associated attachments
• General precautions for operating a forklift
• Label the components of a forklift on an unlabeled drawing
• Safety features of a forklift
• Term: Load Center
• Appropriate lessons learned
• Reason why the recommended load limit of a forklift truck should never be
exceeded
• Reason a forklift truck’s combined center of weight must remain within the
stability triangle
• Pre-start inspection on a forklift
• Pre-operational safety check on a forklift
• How the steering of a counterbalanced forklift differs from an automobile
• Inclined surface operation
• How to insert the forks into a pallet
• Three general rules to observe when lifting, moving, and traveling with a
load/without a load
• Procedure for rigging from the tines of a forklift
• General safety rules to observe when operating a lift truck
• Hand signals used in forklift operation on an unlabeled drawing
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HEARING SAFETY
Exposure to noise in the workplace, where the noise level, expressed in decibels, exceeds 85 dBA, requires the implementation of an effective hearing conservation program. Five elements covered will include: monitoring, audiometric testing, training, hearing protectors, and recordkeeping. Employees need to understand noise, its effect on your body, and the requirements of the hearing conservation amendment and the protection that it provides to the employees. This course covers:
• State when hearing protection is needed
• Define hearing protection terms
• List the types of hearing protection
• Discuss the use and care of hearing protection
• Describe how to insert different types of hearing protection
• List when medical testing is required
HEAT STRESS
This course covers: The physiology of heat stress; causal factors; heat disorders and health effect; work-load assessment and controls and work practices.
• Physiology of heat stress
• Causal factors
• Heat disorders & health effects
• Work-load assessment
• Control
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JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS
Job safety analysis (JSA) are used for accident investigations, analyzing jobs and procedures, defining job steps, identifying hazards to reduce & eliminate them, identifying safe practices, evaluated process design & equipment layout, training new hires and reviews, and help profitability. This course covers:
• Identify what JSAs are used for
• List who develops a JSA
• Discuss how to prioritize a group of new JSAs
• Describe the steps in developing a JSA
• Identify potential hazards for a job
• List the parts of a JSA
• List the common JSA titles
• Discuss how to review a new JSA
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LADDER SAFETY
This course enables you to: Identify the employee’s responsibilities when using ladders, identify the different types of portable ladders, identify the proper and improper uses of ladders; define “working load.”; select the appropriate ladder for a task; describe the steps of ladder inspection, placement, setup and handling of the different portable ladders, use guidelines.
• Mobile ladder stand
• Define working load
• Select the appropriate ladder for a task
• Describe the steps of ladder inspection
• Describe the placement, setup and handling of the different portable
ladders
• Define angle of inclination
• Identify the employee’s responsibilities for using ladders
• Identify the standards governing ladder use
• Identify the following portable ladders
o Articulated ladder
o Combination ladder
o Extension ladder
o Trestle ladder
o Extension trestle ladder
o Stepladder
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LOCKOUT/TAGOUT
This course covers the information necessary to know how to protect employees from unexpected energization or startup of equipment upon which service or maintenance is being performed.
• State the levels of authorization to perform Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)
activities
• Describe the roles and responsibilities of the Authorized Employee
• List the training requirements for Authorized Employee
• Describe the types and magnitudes of the hazardous energy sources
present in the workplace
• Identify the purpose of the company LOTO procedures
• Determine when a LOTO is required
• Identify situations that are exempt from the LOTO procedures
• State the meaning of a danger tag installed on a component
• Identify an isolation and lockout device
• Explain the requirements and limitations of locks
• Explain the requirements and limitations of tags
• Describe the actions that must be taken when using tagout only
• State the zero energy verifications requirements
• List the steps of a LOTO
• Describe the actions required of an Authorized Employee preparing and
installing a LOTO
• List the actions of an Authorized Employee before beginning work under a
LOTO
• State the actions the Authorized Employee takes for removal of a LOTO
• Explain how the following situations are covered by the procedure
o Personal lock removal
o Missing or damaged tags
• Identify the requirements when working LOTO with a contractor
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MACHINE GUARDING
This course covers the OSHA requirements for Machine Guarding.
• 1910.211 Definitions
• 1910.212 General Requirements
• 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery
• 1910.216 Mills and Calendars
• 1910.217 Mechanical Power Presses
• 1910.218 Forging Machinery
• 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES
At Porter House Inc. we offer a wide variety of classes to government and private entities to assist in training and continued learning. For more information see the following course descriptions.
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ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
This course will teach participants the core skills that will help them use their resources efficiently, manage their time wisely, communicate effectively, and collaborate with others skillfully. The practices presented in this course will take time to root into their daily work routine. However, making the commitment to consistently apply the concepts every day is the key to changing and adopting new behaviors in a short amount of time.
• Getting Organized
• Manage their time more effectively
• Prioritize their time so they can get it all done
• Complete Special Tasks
• Verbal Communication Skills
• Non-Verbal Communication Skills
• Empowering Yourself
• Deal better with their managers
• Taking Care of Yourself is a priority
ANGER MANAGEMENT
This course will help teach participants how to identify their anger triggers and what to do when they are angry. This course will focus on the following:
• Discuss anger dynamics in terms of the anger cycle and the fight or flight
theory
• Identify common anger myths and their factual refutations
• Identify the helpful and unhelpful ways of dealing with anger
• Discuss techniques in controlling anger, particularly reading anger warning
signs, using coping thoughts, exercising relaxation techniques and
blowing off steam
• Discuss the difference between objective and subjective language
• Identify tips in identifying the problem
• Demonstrate a feeling or position using I-messages
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ASSERTIVENESS AND SELF CONFIDENCE
This course will provide participants with many tips, techniques, and opportunities to try out important interpersonal communications skills and traits.
• Define assertiveness and self-confidence, and list the four styles of
communication
• Describe the types of negative thinking, and how one can overcome
negative thoughts
• Explain the difference between listening and hearing, and understand the
importance of body language and questioning skills in communication
• Define the importance of goal setting, and practice setting SMART goals for
assertive behavior
• Utilize methodologies for understanding your worth -- and the use of
positive self-talk
• List reasons why a pleasing appearance and body language are critical for
creating a strong first impression
• Practice sending positive communications phrased as “I-Messages”
• Use the STAR model to make your case during a presentation challenge
• Display rapport-building skills through assertive methods of expressing
disagreement and consensus-building techniques
• Practice strategies for gaining positive outcomes in difficult interpersonal
situations
BODY LANGUAGE BASICS
This course teaches participants the ability to communicate through and interpret body language. This course also improves negotiating, management, and interpersonal skills by correctly interpreting body language and important signals.
• Define body language
• Understand the benefits and purpose of interpreting body language
• Learn to interpret basic body language movements
• Recognize common mistakes when interpreting body language
• Understand your own body language and what you are communicating
• Practice your body language skills
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BUSINESS ETHICS
This course is designed to give participants an understanding of what business ethics are and why they are important to the success and reputation of your company.
• Define and understand ethics
• Understand the benefits of ethics
• Create strategies to implement ethics at work
• Recognize social and business responsibility
• Identify ethical and unethical behavior
• Learn how to make ethical decisions and lead with integrity
“There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity”
Tom Peters
BUSINESS ETIQUETTE
This course will introduce participants to business etiquette, as well as provide guidelines for the practice of business etiquette across different situations.
• Define etiquette and provide an example of how etiquette can be of value to
a company or organization
• Discuss guidelines on how to make effective introductions
• Identify the 3 C’s of a good impression
• Identify at least one way to minimize nervousness while in social situations
• Demonstrate how to use a business card effectively
• Identify and practice at least one way to remember names
• Identify the 3 steps in giving a handshake
• Discuss the four levels of conversation
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CIVILITY IN THE WORKPLACE
This course introduces the concept of civility, its importance to a company, as well as its typical causes and effects, skills needed to effectively practice civil behavior, and different ways organizations can systematize civility in the workplace.
• Define civility, understand its causes, and enumerate at least three of its
behavioral indicators
• Understand the costs of incivility, as well as the rewards of civility, within
the workplace
• Learn practical ways of practicing workplace etiquette, including the proper
use of greetings, respect, involvement, and political correctness
• Learn the basic styles of conflict resolution and identify the style most
appropriate for managing particular conflicts in the workplace
• Learn skills in diagnosing the causes of uncivil behavior
• Understand the role of forgiveness and conflict resolution in the creation of
a civil working environment
• Understand the different elements of effective communication, particularly
effective para-verbal and non-verbal communication
• Learn facilitative communication skills such as listening and appreciative
inquiry
• Learn specific interventions that can be utilized when there’s conflict within
the workplace
• Learn a recommended procedure for systematizing civil behavior within the
workplace
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COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
This workshop will help participants understand the different methods of communication and how to make the most of each of them.
• Understand what communication is
• Identify ways that communication can happen
• Identify barriers to communication and how to overcome them
• Develop their non-verbal and para-verbal communication skills
• Use the STAR method to speak on the spot
• Listen actively and effectively
• Ask good questions
• Use appreciative inquiry as a communication tool
• Adeptly converse and network with others
• Identify and mitigate precipitating factors
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
This course will give participants a six-step process that they can use to modify and resolve conflicts of any size. Participants will also learn crucial conflict resolution skills, including dealing with anger and using the Agreement Frame.
• Understand what conflict and conflict resolution mean
• Understand all six phases of the conflict resolution process
• Understand the five main styles of conflict resolution
• Be able to adapt the process for all types of conflicts
• Be able to break out parts of the process and use those tools to prevent
conflict
• Be able to use basic communication tools, such as the agreement frame
and open questions
• Be able to use basic anger and stress management techniques
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CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
This workshop will give participants an overview of the entire creative problem-solving process, as well as key problem-solving tools that they can use every day.
• Understand problems and the creative problem-solving process
• Identify types of information to gather and key questions to ask in problem
solving
• Identify the importance of defining a problem correctly
• Identify and use four different problem definition tools
• Write concrete problem statements
• Use basic brainstorming tools to generate ideas for solutions
• Use idea generating tools, such as affinity diagrams, word chaining, the
box method, the six thinking hats, and the blink method
• Evaluate potential solutions against criteria, including cost/benefit analysis
and group voting
• Perform a final analysis to select a solution
• Understand the roles that fact and intuition play in selecting a solution
CRITICAL THINKING
This workshop will provide participants the skills to evaluate, identify, and distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information. It will lead participants to be more productive in their career, and provide a great skill for everyday life.
• Understand the components of critical thinking
• Utilize non-linear thinking
• Use logical thinking
• Recognize what it means to be a critical thinker
• Evaluate information using critical thinking skills
• Identify the benefits of critical thinking
• Revise perspective, when necessary
• Comprehend problem solving abilities
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CUSTOMER SERVICE
This workshop will look at all types of customers and how we can serve them better and improve ourselves in the process.
• State what customer service means in relation to all your customers, both
internal and external
• Recognize how your attitude affects customer service
• Identify your customers’ needs
• Use outstanding customer service to generate return business
• Build good will through in-person customer service
• Provide outstanding customer service over the phone
• Connect with customers through online tools
• Deal with difficult customers
DELIVERING CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM
This course will teach participants to recognize when feedback is needed. Participants will also learn how to plan and prepare to deliver constructive criticism.
• Understand when feedback should take place
• Learn how to prepare and plan to deliver constructive criticism
• Determine the appropriate atmosphere in which it should take place
• Identify the proper steps to be taken during the session
• Know how emotions and certain actions can negatively impact the effects
of the session
• Recognize the importance of setting goals and the method used to set
them
• Uncover the best techniques for following up with the employee after the
session
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EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION
This course is designed to show participants the way to get the best out of a confident, motivated set of employees, and to show them how to motivate that group.
• Defining motivation, an employer’s role in it and how the employee can
play a part
• Identifying the importance of Employee Motivation
• Identifying methods of Employee Motivation
• Describing the theories which pertain to Employee Motivation – with
particular reference to psychology
• Identifying personality types and how they fit into a plan for Employee
Motivation
• Setting clear and defined goals
• Identifying specific issues in the field, and addressing these issues and
how to maintain this going forward
FACILITATION SKILLS
This workshop will give participants an understanding of what facilitation is all about, as well as some tools that they can use to facilitate small meetings.
• Define facilitation and identify its purpose and benefits
• Clarify the role and focus of a facilitator
• Differentiate between process and content in the context of a group
discussion
• Provide tips in choosing and preparing for facilitation
• Identify a facilitator’s role when managing groups in each of Tuckman and
Jensen’s stages of group development: forming, storming, norming, and
performing
• Identify ways a facilitator can help a group reach a consensus: from
encouraging participation to choosing a solution
• Provide guidelines in dealing with disruptions, dysfunctions, and difficult
people in groups
• Define what interventions are, when they are appropriate, and how to
implement them
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GENERATION GAP
This workshop will help participants understand the various generations present at work, understand what motivates them and how to deal with them on a daily basis.
• History behind generation gaps
• What are traditionalists
• What are baby boomers
• What are Generation Xers
• What are Generation Yers
• Differences between each type of generation
• Finding common ground among the generations
• Conflict management
• Leveraging the benefits of generation gaps at work
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INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
This workshop will help participants work towards being an unforgettable person by providing communication skills, negotiation techniques, tips on making an impact, and advice on networking and starting conversations.
• Understand the difference between hearing and listening
• Know some ways to improve the verbal skills of asking questions and
communicating with power
• Understand what non-verbal communication is and how it can enhance
interpersonal relationships
• Identify the skills needed in starting a conversation, moving a conversation
along, and progressing to higher levels of conversation
• Identify ways of creating a powerful introduction, remembering names, and
managing situations when you’ve forgotten someone’s name
• Understand how seeing the other side, building bridges and giving in
without giving up can improve skills in influencing other people
• Understand how the use of facts and emotions can help bring people to
your side
• Identify ways of sharing one’s opinions constructively
• Learn tips in preparing for a negotiation, opening a negotiation, bargaining,
and closing a negotiation
• Learn tips in making an impact through powerful first impressions,
situation assessment, and being zealous without being offensive
JOB SEARCH SKILLS
After completing this program, you’ll be more than ready to start your search for your perfect job.
• Define your objectives and purpose in your search for employment
• Help you establish SMART goals in the job-hunting process
• Assist you in developing a first month plan of action for your job search
• Craft an effective resume
• Form an attractive cover letter
• Develop and present a portfolio of your prior work
• Learn networking skills in finding leads for jobs
• Efficiently get interviews and thrive in the interview process
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LEADERSHIP AND INFLUENCE
This workshop will explore different leadership theories and examine what makes a great leader.
“A leader leads by example not by force”
Sun Tzu
• Define “leadership”
• Explain the Great Man Theory
• Explain the Trait Theory
• Understand Transformational Leadership
• Understand the people you lead and how to adapt your leadership styles
• Explain leading by Directing
• Explain leading by Coaching
• Explain leading by Participating
• Explain leading by Delegating
• Kouzes and Posner
• Conduct a personal inventory
• Create an action plan
• Establish personal goals
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MEASURING RESULTS FROM TRAINING
In this course, we will learn about the different ways to evaluate training progress, and how to use those results to demonstrate the results that training brings.
• Understand Kolb’s learning styles and learning cycle
• Understand Kirkpatrick’s levels of evaluation
• Be familiar with many types of evaluation tools, including goal setting,
tests, reactionary sheets, interviews, observations, hip-pocket
assessments, skill assessments, and learning journals
• Understand when to use each type of evaluation tool
• Be able to perform a needs assessment
• Know how to write learning objectives and link them to evaluation
• Be able to write an evaluation plan to evaluate learning at each stage of the
training and far beyond
• Know how to identify the costs, benefits, and return on investment of
training
• Be familiar with the parts of a business case
MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
This workshop is designed to give participants practical teaching and hands-on tools that will get them networking once course is completed.
• Network for success
• Manage “Meet and Greet” opportunities
• Dress for success
• Write effectively
• Set goals
• Manage media relations
• Plan issue and crisis communication
• Use social media
• Deliver effective employee communication
COURSE CATALOG
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NEGOTIATION SKILLS
This workshop will give participants an understanding of the phases of negotiation, tools to use during a negotiation, and ways to build win-win solutions for all those involved.
• Identify the basic types of negotiations, the phases of negotiations, and the
skills needed for successful negotiating
• Discuss basic negotiating concepts: WATNA, BATNA, WAP, and ZOPA
• Identify the groundwork for negotiation
• Identify what information to share and what to keep to yourself
• Discuss basic bargaining techniques
• Identify strategies for identifying mutual gain
• Describe how to reach consensus and set the terms of agreement
• Discuss dealing with personal attacks and other difficult issues
• Describe the negotiating process to solve everyday problems
• Show how to negotiate on behalf of someone else
OFFICE POLITICS FOR MANAGERS
In this course participants will learn how to effectively work with colleagues, supervisors, and upper management in order to help keep the department functioning as a whole.
• Understand the purpose and benefits of office politics
• Setting boundaries and ground rules for new employees
• Learn to interact and influence among colleagues
• Learn how to manage various personality types in the office
• Determine how to gain support and effectively network
• Recognize how you are a part of a group and how you function
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PRESENTATION SKILLS
This workshop will help you become more efficient and proficient with the skills of providing information to others.
• Perform a needs analysis and prepare an outline
• Select presentation delivery methods
• Practice verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Knock down nervousness
• Develop and use flip charts with color
• Create targeted PowerPoint presentations
• Utilize white boarding for reinforcement
• Describe how video and audio enhance a presentation and list criteria for
determining what types to use
• Enrich the learning experience with humor, questions, and discussion
COURSE CATALOG
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
This workshop will give participants an overview of the entire project management process, as well as key project management tools that they can use every day.
• Define projects, project management, and project managers
• Identify the importance of the PMBOK and PMI
• Identify the five process groups and nine knowledge areas as defined by
the PMI
• Describe the triple constraint
• Perform a project needs assessment and write goals, requirements, and
deliverables
• Create key project documents, including the statement of work, project
planning worksheet, and project charter
• Build a project schedule by estimating time, costs, and resources
• Understand and use the work breakdown structure
• Create project planning documents, such as a schedule, risk management
plan, and communication plan
• Use planning tools, including the Gantt chart, network diagram, and RACI
chart
• Establish and use baselines
• Monitor and maintain the project
• Perform basic management tasks, including leading status meetings and
ensuring all documents are complete at the end of the project
COURSE CATALOG
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PUBLIC SPEAKING
This workshop will give you some valuable public speaking skills, including in-depth information on developing an engaging program and delivering your presentation with power.
• Identify their audience
• Create a basic outline
• Organize their ideas
• Flesh out their presentation
• Find the right words
• Prepare all the details
• Overcome nervousness
• Deliver a polished, professional speech
• Handle questions and comments effectively
STRESS MANAGEMENT
This workshop will give participants a three-option method for addressing any stressful situation, as well as a toolbox of personal skills, including using routines, relaxation techniques, and a stress log system.
• Identify the best approach to a stressful situation (Alter, Avoid, or Accept)
• Understand what lifestyle elements you can change to reduce stress
• Use routines to reduce stress
• Use environmental and physical relaxation techniques
• Better cope with major events
• Use a stress log to identify stressors and create a plan to reduce or
eliminate them
COURSE CATALOG
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SUPERVISING OTHERS
This workshop will help supervisors become more efficient. They will also learn to become more proficient with delegating, managing time, setting goals and expectations (for themselves and others), providing feedback, resolving conflict, and administering discipline.
• Define requirements for particular tasks
• Set expectations for your staff
• Set SMART goals for yourself
• Help your staff set SMART goals
• Assign work and delegate appropriately
• Provide effective, appropriate feedback to your staff
• Manage your time more efficiently
• Help your team resolve conflicts
• Understand how to manage effectively in particular situations
• Understand what a new supervisor needs to do to get started on the right
path
COURSE CATALOG
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TEAMWORK AND TEAM BUILDING
This workshop will encourage participants to explore the different aspects of a team, as well as ways that they can become a top-notch team performer.
• Describe the concept of a team, and its factors for success
• Explain the four phases of the Tuckman team development model and
define their characteristics
• List the three types of teams
• Describe actions to take as a leader – and as a follower for each of the four
phases (Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing)
• Discuss the uses, benefits and disadvantages of various team-building
activities
• Describe several team-building activities that you can use, and in what
settings
• Follow strategies for setting and leading team meetings
• Detail problem-solving strategies using the Six Thinking Hats model -- and
one consensus-building approach to solving team problems
• List actions to do -- and those to avoid -- when encouraging teamwork
TIME MANAGEMENT
During this workshop we’ll cover the entire process of time management that is supported by a skill set that should include personal motivation, delegation skills, organization tools, and crisis management. At the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:
• Plan and prioritize each day’s activities in a more efficient, productive
manner
• Overcome procrastination quickly and easily
• Handle crises effectively and quickly
• Organize your workspace and workflow to make better use of time
• Delegate more efficiently
• Use rituals to make your life run smoother
• Plan meetings more appropriately and effectively
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WORKPLACE DIVERSITY
This workshop will help participants understand what diversity is all about, and how they can help create a more diverse world at work and at home.
• Explain the definition, terms and history of diversity
• Describe the meaning of stereotypes and biases, how they develop, and
the reasons for your own perspectives
• List strategies for removing barriers to encouraging diversity for yourself,
in the workplace, and in the social community
• Use active listening skills to receive messages in a diverse population,
employ effective questioning techniques, and communicate with strength
• Understand the importance of body language, both your own, and that of
others, and recognize its importance in interpersonal communications
• Identify ways to encourage diversity in the workplace, and prevent and
discourage discrimination
WORKPLACE HARASSMENT
This course will give you the tools necessary to recognize harassment in the workplace as well as understand your rights and responsibilities under the law. It will also touch on safety in the workplace, which is of itself a very important item in any organization.
• Identify the words and actions that constitute harassment
• Understand what the law says about harassment
• Implement anti-harassment policies
• Educate employees and develop anti-harassment policies
• Discuss employer and employee’s rights and responsibilities
• Address accusations of harassment
• Apply proper mediation procedures
COURSE CATALOG
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WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
This workshop will provide tips to ensure workplace harassment is identified, discouraged, and prevented in order to keep a hostile work environment from developing.
• Define workplace harassment
• Understand bullies and how to avoid hiring them
• Create a risk assessment and understand how to handle violence
• Recognize social and business responsibility
• Develop relevant policies and procedures
• Learn how to investigate complaints
COURSE CATALOG
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COMPUTING & MICROSOFT APPLICATIONS
At Porter House Inc. we offer a wide variety of classes teaching use of MS Office applications. Classes are offered for beginners as well as the frequent user of these products. Proficient use of these products can increase the productivity of office staff.
COURSE CATALOG
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BASIC COMPUTING SKILLS
To know and manage information is a key to modern life skills that every person should be familiar with. Quality and efficiency are becoming some of the main concerns of today’s industries. People need to get familiar with a computer as a tool for work and personal productivity. By learning how to use a computer as a tool to solve problems within any industry, users will be able to enhance performance in personal and professional tasks.
• Define computer
• State computer types
• Identify main components of a computer
• Discuss basic computer components
• Discuss desktop and icons
• Discuss Recycle Bin
• Discuss desktop personalization
• Discuss taskbar and the start menu
• Identify parts of an application window
• Discuss working with windows
• Create a text file
• Define Internet
• Discuss how the internet is used
• Discuss basic features of a browser (or browsers)
• Discuss search engines
• Discuss basic ways of protecting your information online
• Discuss basic ways of protecting your computer from internet threats
• Discuss basic concepts of email
• Discuss Do’s and Don’ts of Internet
COURSE CATALOG
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WORD ESSENTIAL SKILLS
Word is a powerful word processing application. However, it does much more than create simple documents. It includes several desktop publishing features to make your documents look great.
• Open and close Word
• Understand the Word 2010 interface
• Use the backstage view to create a new blank document or a document
from a template
• Use the backstage view to open files and use the recent list
• Save documents
• Type, select, and edit text
• Use page breaks to start a new page
• Use cut, copy, and paste, as well as the Office Clipboard Task pane
• Set default paste options
• Undo and redo tasks
• Find and replace text
• Use the Selection pane to select pictures or objects
• Format fonts and paragraphs with a variety of features
• Use bullets and numbering
• Use borders and shading
• Understand, create and use styles
• Use themes
• Add headers and footers
• Format text as columns
• Change page orientation
• Add a page border or color
• Use the page setup dialog
• Check spelling
• Preview, print, or email a document
COURSE CATALOG
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EXCEL ESSENTIAL SKILLS
This Workshop will train participants in the use of Microsoft Excel, the world’s premier spreadsheet software.
• Open and close Excel
• Differentiate between worksheets, workbooks, rows, columns, and cells
• Understand the new Interface and the new Backstage View
• Enter labels and values
• Edit data
• Add rows and columns
• Check spelling
• Open, close, and save workbooks (including publishing to PDF and
sending via E-mail)
• Switch between Excel views and create custom views
• Use Zoom
• Set up, Preview and print your workbook
• Build, copy and edit formulas
COURSE CATALOG
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POWERPOINT ESSENTIAL SKILLS
This workshop will train you in the use of Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. PowerPoint is a powerful presentation for the presentation of visual and graphical items. You can do everything from creating simple handouts to developing an animated presentation with audio.
• Open and close PowerPoint
• Understand the PowerPoint 2010 interface
• Use the backstage view to create a new blank presentation or a
presentation from a template
• Use the backstage view to open files and use the recent list
• Save presentations
• Add text to a slide and use content placeholders
• Add slides
• Use cut, copy, and paste, as well as the Office Clipboard Task pane
• Undo and redo tasks
• Find and replace text
• Format fonts and paragraphs with a variety of features
• Use bullets and numbering
• Use themes
• Change the slide design, layout, or background design
• Add headers and footers
• Create standard or custom animations
• Use slide transitions and other advance options
• Prepare a slide show, including narration and timing
• Start a presentation
• Navigate through a presentation
• Change a presentation pointer
• Switch to a blank screen in a presentation
COURSE CATALOG
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INDEX OF COURSES AVAILABLE
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES
1. Administrative Support
2. Anger Management
3. Assertiveness and Self Confidence
4. Body Language Basics
5. Business Ethics
6. Business Etiquette
7. Business Writing
8. Call Center Training
9. Civility in the Workplace
10. Coaching and Mentoring
11. Communication Strategies
12. Conflict Resolution
13. Creative Problem Solving
14. Critical Thinking
15. Customer Service
16. Delivering Constructive Criticism
17. Employee Motivation
18. Employee Onboarding Employee Recruitment
19. Facilitation Skills
20. Generation Gap
21. Interpersonal Skills
22. Job Search Skills
23. Leadership and Influence
24. Lean Process and Six Sigma
25. Listening Skills Training
26. Manager Skills Training
27. Measuring Results from Training
28. Media and Public Relations
29. Middle Manager
30. Negotiation Skills
31. Office Politics for Manager
32. Personal Productivity
33. Presentation Skills
34. Project Management
35. Proposal Writing
36. Public Speaking
37. Safety in the Workplace
38. Stress Management
39. Supervising Others
40. Teamwork and Team Building
41. Time Management
42. Train-the-Trainer
43. Work-Life Balance
44. Workplace Diversity
45. Workplace Harassment
46. Workplace Violence
47. Basic Instructor Training
48. On Job Training Instructor Training
49. Continuing Instructor Training
Microsoft Office Suite Training
1. Access 2010 Advanced
2. Access 2010 Essentials
3. Excel 2010 Advanced
4. Excel 2010 Essentials
5. Office 365 Excel Essentials
6. Office 365 Outlook Essentials
7. Office 365 PowerPoint Essentials
8. Office 365 Word Essentials
9. Outlook 2010 Advanced
10. Outlook 2010 Essentials
11. PowerPoint 2010 Advanced
12. PowerPoint 2010 Essentials
13. Project 2010 Advanced
14. Project 2010 Essentials
15. Publisher 2010 Advanced
16. Publisher 2010 Essentials
17. Visio 2010 Advanced
18. Visio 2010 Essentials
19. Word 2010 Advanced
20. Word 2010 Essentials
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INDUSTRIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY COURSES
We understand the impact safety training has on company morale and productivity. With 20 years of experience, we also recognize how challenging it can be to stay current with industry and government standards and regulations. We stand ready to provide quality services in the safety industry.
1. General Safety
2. Accident Analysis
3. Heat Stress
4. Back Safety
5. Holiday Safety
6. Behavior Safety
7. Christmas Time Safety
8. Bloodborne Pathogens
9. Fireworks Safety
10. Enhancing Safety through a Drug-free Workplace
11. Halloween Safety
12. Labor Day Safety
13. Effective Health and Safety Programs
14. Turkey Cooking Safety
15. Effective Safety Teams
16. Job Safety Analysis
17. Emergency and Fire Plans
18. Ladder Safety
19. Ergonomics
20. Measuring Safety Performance
21. Developing Ergonomics Process
22. Office Safety
23. Ergonomics Anatomy
24. OSHA Recordkeeping
25. Ergonomics Basics
26. 6S Safety Process
27. Ergonomics Control Strategies
28. Slips, Trips and Falls
29. Ergonomics Risks
30. Snow blower Safety
31. Hearing Safety
32. Violence in the Workplace
33. Hearing Controls
34. Walking and Working Surfaces
35. Noise Control
36. Physics of Sound
37. Wellness in the Workplace
38. Industrial Safety
39. Asbestos Awareness
40. Lead Awareness
41. Cadmium Awareness
42. Lockout-Tagout (LOTO)
43. Confined Space
44. Machine Guarding
45. Rigger/Signalman Training
46. Powered Hand Tool Safety
47. Fall Protection
48. Powered Industrial Trucks
49. Flammable Liquids
50. Scaffold Training
51. Hand Tool Safety
52. Shop Safety
53. Using Personal Protective Equipment
54. Electrical Safety
55. Battery Safety
56. Electrical Safety for Welders
57. Electrical Safety for Electricians
58. Excavation Electrical Safety
59. Electrical Safety for the Employee
60. Extension Cord Safety
61. Electrical Safety for Heavy Equipment Operators
62. Test Before Touching Electrical Safety
63. Worker Electrical Safety
64. Electrical Safety Neutral Hazards
65. Electrical Safety for Research & Electronics Workers
66. Working by Overhead Power Lines
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INDUSTRIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY (CONT’D)
67. Hazard Communication
68. Hazard Communication Program
69. 8 Hour HAZWOPER Refresher
70. Hazard Materials Response Awareness
71. 24 Hour HAZWOPER
72. Hazard Materials Response Awareness Refresher
73. 40 Hour HAZWOPER
74. Laboratory Safety
75. Chemical Storage
76. Flume Hoods
77. Laboratory Safety Personal Protective Equipment
78. Laboratory Inspections
79. Laboratory Safety Standard
80. Train the Trainer
81. Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS)
82. ISMS for the Employee
83. ISMS for the Work Planner
84. Kaizen Rapid Process
85. PICOS Lean Manufacturing
86. Radiation Safety Training
87. DOE RCT Core Testing
88. NRRPT Preparation Course
89. Radiation Worker 1&2 Training (RWT)
90. Radiological Controls Engineer and Staff Training
91. General Employee Radiation Training (GERT)
92. Respiratory Training
93. Air Purifying Respirators (APR)
94. Bubble Suit Respirators
95. Airline Respirators
96. Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
COURSE CATALOG
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INDEX OF SCHOOLS AVAILABLE
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Our Leadership Academy combines key Professional Development courses in to a 12-week seminar. Instruction time includes industry corporate executive guest lecturers, mini-lectures, and team building exercises for participants to fully explore leadership.
Through case studies, role play, and experiential learning; participants build relationships with other supervisors and create a space of trust and respect. Participants are expected to actively engage in the learning events and to reflect and refine personal leadership goals. The course is designed for employees in supervisory roles.
Academy Modules
• Communication Strategies – 4 hours
• Critical Thinking – 4 hours
• Leadership Influence – 8 hours
• Supervising Others – 8 hours
• Interpersonal Skills – 4 hours
• Conflict Resolution – 8 hours
• Delivering Constructive Criticism – 4 hours
• Teamwork and Team Building – 8 hours
COURSE CATALOG
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TECHNOLOGY SCHOOLS
WELDER HELPER
Our Welder Helper School is designed for student wishing to increase their knowledge of welding technologies, their welding skills, and important safety considerations. The 100 hours of school is a mix of classroom and shop instruction. The school is designed to help students with job placement where welding skills are needed.
Classroom Instruction:
1. Practical Math
2. Drafting:
• Blueprints
• Measuring Devices
• Engineering Fluid Diagrams and Prints
• Engineering Fabrication and Construction
• Welding Symbols
• Valves & Components
3. Safety: OSHA Based
Shop/Lab Instruction:
1. Tools:
• Hand Tools
• Power Tools
• Machines
2. Types of Metal
• Metallurgy
3. Welding Technology:
• Oxygen Acetylene
• Plasma
• Shielded Metal Arc Welding
• Gas Metal Arc Welding
• Carbon Arc
COURSE CATALOG
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INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIST
The Industrial Technologist School is designed to provide students with the opportunity to gain knowledge and hands-on experience in basic and advanced industrial processes, procedures, planning, and management. Our Industrial Technologist School is designed for student wishing to learn the fundamentals of industrial processes and important safety considerations. This school is a mix of classroom and shop instruction.
1. Industrial Math Fundamentals
2. Chemistry Fundamentals
3. Classical Physics
4. Mechanical Science Fundamentals
5. Material Science
6. Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Fluid Flow
7. Electrical Science Fundamentals
8. Print Reading Fundamentals
9. Instrumentation and Control Fundamentals
10. Power Tools
11. Hazards Communication (HAZCOM)
12. Environmental, Safety and Health (ES&H)
COURSE CATALOG
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RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGIST
The first portion of the course (Core Academic) covers the core academics of mathematics, physical science, nuclear physics and radioactivity. This section of the course also covers radiation effects and standards and exposure control and detector theory.
The second portion of this course is specific to the policies, procedures, and instrumentation used in the nuclear industry.
The third portion of this course involves Job Performance Measures where the students are required to demonstrate proficiency in the use of instruments and the ability to follow specific procedures.
COURSE CATALOG
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RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGIST (Cont.)
Program Elements:
RCT CORE ACADEMICS (covers the Nuclear Utilities RP Fundamentals objectives of NUF Exam)
1. Mathematics
2. Physical Sciences
3. Nuclear Physics
4. Radioactivity
5. Radiation Effects
6. Standards
7. Exposure Control
8. Detector Theory
RCT SITE ACADEMICS (covers the Nuclear Utilities RP Fundamentals objectives of NUF Exam)
1. Documentation
2. Communications
3. Counting Statistics
4. Dosimetry
5. Contamination
6. Airborne
7. Source Control
8. Environmental, Work Coverage
9. Shipping
10. Radiological Emergencies
11. Instrumentation
12. Contamination Equipment
13. Air Sampling Equipment
14. Counting Equipment
RCT On-the-Job Training (OJTs)
1. Performance Check Hand Held Instrument
2. Perform A Contamination Survey
3. Perform a Radiation Survey
4. Perform A Release Survey
5. Performance and Operational Checks for Fixed Instrumentation.
6. Control the Movement of Radioactive Material
Certification:
After successful completion of the course, the student is offered the opportunity to complete the requirements of the DOE Radiological Control Technician Core Card that qualifies them to work as an RCT at any DOE site.
COURSE CATALOG
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NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIST
The Nuclear Technologist school is designed to instruct professionals, such as engineers and physicists, involved in nuclear research and production. Instruction includes collecting samples of air, water, and other substances for measuring radioactive level production. These skills are frequently used in power generation facilities and facilities where nuclear experiments are conducted. Training includes use of computers, gauges, and instruments to calculate efficiency and performance of a reaction based on temperature, pressure and radiation intensity. This training provides instruction used when adjusting nuclear equipment, such as positioning of valves, to increase efficiency. Operating technicians would use this instruction when monitoring the performance of nuclear power plants. The skills, techniques, and training taught under this course are performed under the supervision of nuclear reactor operators and engineers.
1. Fundamentals
a. Industrial Math Fundamentals b. Chemistry Fundamentals c. Classical Physics d. Mechanical Science Fundamentals e. Electrical Science Fundamentals f. Print Reading Fundamentals g. Instrumentation and Control Fundamentals h. Power Tools
2. Environmental Protection
3. Radiation Protection
4. Hazards Communication (HAZCOM)
5. Environmental, Safety and Health (ES&H)
6. Nuclear Physics Fundamentals
7. Criticality Safety Principles
8. Nuclear Facility Safety Basis Fundamentals
COURSE CATALOG
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CUSTOM COURSE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Porter House Inc. recommends designing and developing a program specifically tailored to the customer’s needs. This process is efficient, cost effective, and ensures Porter House meets (and exceeds) the expectations of its customers 100 percent of the time. We will be glad to provide you a customized course and quote once we agree on your organizational needs and requirements.
OUR FACILITIES
A modern four (4) classroom facility with free Wi-Fi, teleconferencing and more.
Motto of Shelley Adult Training Academy:
YOUR FUTURE BEGINS HERE!
Shelley Adult Training Academy (SATA) is a private proprietary post-secondary school registered with the Idaho State Board of Education under Idaho Statues, Title 33 – Chapter 24.