WWA University Online Course: Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. Recent court decisions, EEOC guidelines, and state laws make it essential that all employers provide their employees harassment prevention training. See, e.g. Gaines v. Bellino (New Jersey Supreme Court), Faragher v. City of Boca... Details
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WWA University Online Course: Most managers or supervisors are aware that fines and lawsuits are brought against companies that ignore 'sexual harassment.' Unfortunately, many managers don't know what constitutes harassment, or what they should do if it occurs. Further complicating things is that recognizing sexual harassment can be difficult. Conduct that might appear harmless to one person could be harassment to others.
As a result, it is very helpful to... Details
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WWA University Online Course: In this online course, your staff will learn why safety audits are important, as well as how to actually plan and conduct a safety audit. This course will help managers, operators, and service professionals view the facilities they operate with a fresh eye focused on reducing risk. The course also teaches how to formulate corrective action, write audit reports, and conduct follow-ups to ensure the desired corrective actions are taken. Aquatic Facility... Details
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WWA University Online Course: Designed for those who operate, manage, or service an aquatic play feature, large or small, the goal of this course is to provide understanding on how to manage facilities with water features. The course focuses on the proper operation of these unique features, as well as risk reduction to the users, employees, and the facility itself.
Learning Objectives:
-Define the different types of aquatic play features.
-Discuss how... Details
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WWA University Online Course: This course provides instruction on reducing injury and liability risk in and around facilities. Every business encounters risks, some of which are predictable and under management's control; others are unpredictable and uncontrollable. Risk management is a vital practice where tragedies—such as drowning, diving accidents, suction entrapment events, illness outbreaks, or other events—can destroy in a few moments what has taken years to build. Losses and... Details
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WWA University Online Course: The goal of this course is to ensure users are qualified and properly trained in the use and maintenance of respirators.
Objectives:
- Identify types of respiratory hazards and possible effects, either acute or chronic.
- Recognize how engineering and administrative controls are applied to minimize or eliminate personnel exposure to respiratory hazards.
- Identify the criteria used to select... Details
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WWA University Online Course: The student will correctly apply the principles of Hazard Elimination, Personal Contribution, Injury Prevention, and
Self-Evaluation when implementing behavior-based safety in the workplace.
Objectives:
- Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Section 8a
-29 CRS 1926.20 General Safety and Health Provisions
-29 CRS 1926.21 Safety Training and Education
- Identify the... Details
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WWA University Online Course: The goal of this course is to help employers provide a safe and healthy work environment for their employees, and to minimize the possibility of employee exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
Objective:
-Identify the bloodborne pathogens of most concern in the workplace.
-Identify the requirements for an exposure control plan.
-Identify the engineering and work practice controls used to prevent... Details
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WWA University Online Course: Whether you manage or operate a pool, learning about what health inspectors examine when doing a pool inspection is important. Be prepared for your health inspector and protect your facility. You will also receive a Certified Pool/Spa Inspector Handbook with the course.
Topics Covered Include:
-The basics on operation and maintenance
-Pool & Spa Safety Act compliance
-Unique inspection aspects ... Details
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WWA University Online Course: The goal of this lesson is to provide required awareness training in the occupational hazards common to the handling and use of chemicals, methods and techniques used for evaluating and minimizing chemical exposure, measures employees can take to protect themselves from chemical hazards, safe practices for chemical storage and waste disposal, and the correct response to emergency situations involving chemical... Details
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WWA University Online Course: The goal of this course is to provide awareness training to help workers recognize the occupational hazards and health effects of chlorine exposure and the exposure controls.
Objectives:
-Recognize the hazards of chlorine in the workplace.
-Identify the health effects of chlorine exposure.
-Identify exposure controls to protect against chlorine hazards.
-Identify how to respond to a chlorine spill or release.
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WWA University Online Course: The goal of this course is to make all employees aware of the safety requirements when working with or around Compressed Gas.
Objectives:
-Safe Handling of Compressed Gases in Containers, CGA P-1 1984, Compressed Gas Association, Inc.
-OSHA Standards Interpretation and Compliance Letters 03/15/1900 ? The proper handling of compressed gas cylinders particularly with reference to the moving of cylinders from place to place
-Identify... Details
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WWA University Online Course: The goal of this course is to provide awareness training to help workers recognize the key elements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), how it affects the workplace, public accommodations, discriminate between examples of situations meeting and violating the ADA, and how to appropriately interact with people with disabilities.
Objectives:
-Identify the purpose and scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, define... Details
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WWA University Online Course: This course provides employers and managers an awareness of issues relating to discrimination in the workplace and practical considerations for avoiding discriminatory practices, including discrimination associated with race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and physical or mental disability.
Objectives:
-State what constitutes employment discrimination.
-Identify the federal discrimination laws in place to protect individual... Details
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WWA University Online Course: This course provides general awareness training of the basic requirements of the DOT, including the definition of hazardous materials. Employees who are responsible for the transport of hazardous materials will become familiar with regulations related to packaging, marking, labeling and shipping papers. This course can be used for either new
employees or as recurrent training.
Objectives:
-Explain the function and importance of packaging,... Details
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