NSSGA DPM Sampling Workshops
NSSGA in conjunction with MSHA and the State Aggregates Associations, conduct Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) Sampling workshops on a requested basis. The 3-day workshops educates and trains participants on the fundamentals of conducting DPM exposure monitoring, recording and interpreting analytical results, and on how to develop plans to reduce elevated DPM exposures below MSHA permissible limits. The workshop is two days of classroom work and a day of field sampling activities.
Who Should Attend the DPM Sampling Workshop?
- Safety and Health Supervisors
- Safety and Health Professionals
- Industrial Hygienists
- Human Resource Managers
- Consultants
What This Workshop Covers
- Hazards of DPM
- DPM Sampling
- Basic Sampling Principles
- Data Interpretation
- Record-keeping
- Control Methods
Each participant will spend a day at the quarry monitoring employees for DPM exposure. A competency test will be given on the third day of the workshop.
Why You Should Attend
- To Comply with MSHA’s DPM Exposure Monitoring Requirements
- To Know How to Monitor for DPM
- To Be Able to Coordinate Effectively with the Analytical Laboratory
- To Develop Related Record-keeping Skills
- To Learn How to Identify Corrective Measures
Continuing Education Units
You will receive a certificate suitable for framing and 2.8 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
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