To secure a position with a well established organization with a stable environment that will lead to a lasting relationship in the field of Construction Safety
Experience:
GEA Power Cooling, Inc, Clearwater, FL
2007 to Present (Contract)
Site Safety Specialist
Overseeing site safety of Progress Energy Cooling Tower construction. Develop training material, site safety orientations, and safety inspections. Help update company Safety Programs. Perform weekly audits of all aspects of site safety, daily safety box talks. Composed Safety Power Points for Safety Department. OSHA 10 and 30 hour training. Projects: Progress Energy of Florida New Construction, British Petroleum, and East Kentucky Power. Trained via coaching and behavior based safety approach.
TEXAS ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE OSHA TRAINING INSTITUTE/SAFETY CONSULTANT, DALLAS, TEXAS 2004 to 2007
Program Coordinator, Training Coordinator, Associate Training Instructor
Responsibilities include:
Overseeing all aspects of coordinating, monitoring, and administration of training programs. Oversight of course content, scheduling, instructor selection/oversight, adherence to expense goals and achievement of budget targets.
Course Manager for construction related courses.
• Instruct Safety and Health professionals in OSHA 500/501 Train-the-Trainer courses. Instruct the OSHA 500/501 in Spanish.
• Instruct OSHA 510/511 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Construction/General Industry
• Instruct OSHA 5600 course- Disaster Site Worker Train-the-Trainer
• Instruct Hydrogen Sulfide Instructor Development Course
• Instruct OSHA 2264 Permit-Required Confined Space Entry
• Instruct Safety Trained Supervisor – Construction/General Industry
• Instruct OSHA 3110 Fall Arrest Systems
• Instruct OSHA Scaffold Safety Train-the-Trainer
• Instruct OSHA Trenching and Excavation
• Instruct OSHA 2045 Machinery and Machine Guarding
• Instruct OSHA 500/501 Train-The-Trainer Courses for Construction and General Industry
• Provide and provided safety consultation to private companies pertaining to;
Safety Audits, Safety Inspections, training in Competent Person Training in Fall Protection-Trenching and Excavation.
Provide and Provided Accident investigation consultation, OSHA informal conference representation.
Provide and Provided Safety program implementation (Safety Manuel, Safety Policy, Procedures) to private companies.
Provide Technical Assistance – Regulatory Compliance to various industries and foreign countries (British Petroleum, Trinidad Tobago OSHA, United States Army, Marine Corps Risk Management Requirements) in order for those industries, governmental and military to comply with general safety and health requirements and state/ federal/ host country OSHA compliance Standards.
Coordinated instructor training, instructor development, and Instructor evaluation.
Conducted Training for the Government of the Dominican Republic to implement an OSHA program within the country.
ENGINEERING SAFETY CONSULTANT/ACE INSURANCE COMPANY/MARSH USA, DALLAS, TEXAS
Safety Consultant, 2003 to2004
Responsibilities include:
• Monitor and manage the Rolling Owner Controlled Insurance Program (ROCIP) Safety Program of Dallas Independent School District (1.37 billion dollar Bond Program) and Fort Worth Independent School District and a workforce of over 2000 workers.
• Prepare and provide on site loss control evaluation and risk management reports for ACE/ESIS
• Review of general contractors safety record as a part of the competitive bid evaluation process
• Review of general contractors safety manual to ensure equal or better than the ROCIP safety program
• Prepare and provide risk control surveys to ensure compliance with OSHA (Part 1926 and 1910)
• Assist with research and development of safety training as requested including OSHA 10/30 Hour, Safety Orientation, Job Safety Analysis, Individual safety training (also provided in Spanish)
• Advise in regards to safety issues and assist in corrective actions involving safety/loss control
• Provide analysis of accidents to determine root cause, trends or training deficiencies
• Assist in the development of the ROCIP Safety Manual
• Conducted OSHA 10 and 30 instruction as well as specific training topics (Confined Space, Fall Protection, etc).
Performed safety inspections of over 90 construction projects from school renovations to new school construction to 80,000-football stadium construction.
ENCOMPASS MECHANICAL SERVICE SOUTHEAST, ATLANTA GEORGIA
Safety Manager, 1999 to 2003
Responsibilities included:
• Safety/Safety Training of 300+ employees and subcontractors
• Direct and implement of company’s safety program
• Managed six safety officers for the Southeast region of US
• Reduction in workmen’s compensation incidents by over 40 percent
• Train other trainers in Fall Protection, Trenching, OSHA 10/30 Hour
• Manage fleet safety of over 50 vehicles
• Conduct Division of Motor Vehicle checks on new employees, schedule random drug testing
• Investigation of reported unsafe driving by employees
• Instructed the National Safety Council Defensive Driving Course for vehicles and Department of Transportation safety and compliance regulations
• Investigation of accidents involving construction, vehicles and administrative offices
• Monitor and audit work-site safety and workmen’s compensation claims
• Assist insurance company in reduction of insurance reserve, return workers back to work utilizing the return to work program
• Conducted OSHA 10 and 30 instruction as well as specific training topics (Confined Space, Fall Protection, etc).
On site Safety Coordinator for a private hospital (168) Hispanic workers no recordables, 1 million sq. ft addition to Georgia World Congress Convention Center 500+ workers 2 year project 2 recordables, and numerous other projects.
ATLANTA TECHNICAL COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Consultant, 2001 to 2003
Responsibilities included:
• Developed curriculum/testing materials for state sponsored Spanish web-based construction courses consisting of general construction and safety for construction technician certification
UNITED STATES NAVY, VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA
Navel Aviation/Ground Safety Officer, 1990 to1998
Responsibilities included:
• Supervised and Implemented the Navy’s Naval Occupational Safety and Health Standards and Policies at different Commands in an industrial environment with over 100 million dollars in assets
• Performed approximately 300 aviation safety Inspection/audits and risk assessments of Industrial work shops and complexes.
• Implemented and directed the Commands Hazardous Material and Environmental protection policies as per Federal, State and local government regulations
• Monitored and trained personnel on HAZMAT handling and disposal
• Accumulated over two million man-hours without a reportable accident in aviation
• Supervised aircraft accident investigation team utilizing engineering and investigative methods involving naval aircraft, ground accidents. Performed aircraft safety inspections, for release back to service.
EDUCATION
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE – LIBERAL ARTS
REGENTS COLLEGE OF NEW YORK
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH –SOUTHERN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
CERTIFICATIONS
Human Resource Manager (CHRM) Southern Columbia University
Environmental Compliance Manager (CECM) Southern Columbia University
Industrial Hygiene Manager (CIHM) Southern Columbia University
Safety Trained Supervisor-(STS) Council on Certification of Health Environmental and safety Technologies
Certified Safety and Health Official (CSHO) Construction
Certified Instructional Technologist (CIT) National Environmental, Safety and Health Training Association (NESHTA)
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Bilingual OSHA Instructor Trainer Course, OSHA Training Institute – Mesquite, Texas
OSHA Instructor Course/Construction Industry, Georgia Institute of Technology &
Texas Education Extension Service (TEEX) (Ten Hour/Thirty Hour Courses)
OSHA Instructor Course/General Industry, Georgia Institute of Technology & TEEX
OSHA Instructor Course Recordkeeping, Georgia Institute of Technology & TEEX
CPR/First Aid Instructor, American Red Cross/American Heart Association
Risk Advantage Loss Management Information System Training, ACE Insurance
Fall Protection Instructor Trainer Course, Construction Safety Council
Core Curricula Instructor Course, National Center for Construction Education and Research
Industrial Maintenance Instructor Course, National Center for Construction Education/Research
OSHA Construction Safety/Home Building Industry, United States Department of Labor
Trenching, Excavation & Soil Mechanics Instructor Trainer Course, ABC
Construction Safety Management, Clemson University
HAZWOPER 40-hour Course
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations Management Course
Naval Safety Officer Course – United States Navy
Naval Instructor Course – United States Navy – San Diego Community College
Department of Homeland Security Train-The-Trainer in WMD Radiological/Nuclear Awareness
OSHA 5600 Disaster Site Worker Train-the-Trainer Course
Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Instructor Development Course PRT 1106
Safety Trained Supervisor – General Industry-Certification sponsored by Council on Certification of Health, Environmental and Safety Technologist (CCHEST)
OSHA Course 3095 Electrical Standards
OSHA 1248 Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Overview Course
TOMCAT Hoist and Rigging Workshop
OSHA Course 7500 Introduction to Safety and Health Management
Fall Protection Qualified Person-DBI/SALA Training & Consulting
Machine Safeguarding-Rockford Systems, Inc
OSHA Course 2264 Permit-Required Confined Space Entry
Safety, Health & Environmental Management Professional and Regulatory Training course PRT 1111
Introduction to Safety and Health Management OSHA 7500
Introduction to Accident Investigation OSHA 7505
Evacuation and Emergency Planning OSHA 7105
Fall Arrest Systems OSHA 3110
Electrical Safety Standards OSHA 3095
Ergonomic Assessment skills PRT 1225
Evacuation and Emergency Planning OSHA Course 7105
Excavation, Trenching and Soil Mechanics –OSHA Course 3010
Vulnerability Assessment Strategy, Design and Mitigation – Texas Engineering Extension Service (Texas A&M System)
16 Hour Basic Marine Firefighting
Environmental Regulation for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
Technical Assistance Facilitator Training
Implementing an Integrated Environmental, Health and Safety Management System Based on ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001
Teambuilding, Communication & Handling Difficult People- Rockhurst University
Behavior Based Safety- OSHA Training Institute
OSHA 6000 Collateral Duty Course for other Federal Agencies
Professional Regulatory Training Course – Process Safety Management (PSM) Auditor
Associations: National Environmental, Safety and Health Training Association (NESHTA),
Council on Certification of Health, Environmental and Safety Technologists (CCHEST).
National Association of Safety Professionals (NASP)
FLUENT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH: READ, WRITE AND SPEAK
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