MSHA enlists NFL star as spokesman for "Stay Out-Stay Alive" campaign.
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May 07 2010
Kansas City Chiefs' running back Thomas Jones has been tabbed as the new spokesperson for MSHA's "Stay Out-Stay Alive" campaign. Jones, whose mother and father were both coal miners, speaks out in the new campaign, warning of the dangers of abandoned mines and quarries.
"Dozens of people die in old mines and abandoned quarries every year," Jones says in a new spot. "Underground mines have shafts as deep as skyskrapers and they can collapse at the slightest disturbance. Old surface mines have cliffs and steep ledges that are constantly changing. Take the advice of this coal miner's son. STAY OUT, STAY ALIVE."
Great to see an influential athlete lending his name to such an important campaign. Kudos to MSHA & Thomas Jones.
Convergence donating a portion of retail proceeds in support of familes affected by mine tragedy.
Posted :
May 07 2010
As noted previously on the Convergence Training blog, we've pledged to donate a portion of the retail proceeds from our MSHA and EHS safety training videos in support of the friends and families of the victims of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster.
Recipients and details will be announced after the end of May, and we’ll appreciate all suggestions for appropriate methods of effectively showing our support of our American mine workers.
World of Concrete 2010
Posted :
January 21 2010
Come visit Convergence Training at the 2010 world of concrete show in Las Vegas, Nevada from February 2nd through the 5th. We’ll be exhibiting in the North Hall at booth #N664 with our friends from TruckTrax. Stop by to learn more about the benefits of our MSHA Training products and to take advantage of discount pricing for World of Concrete!
While Convergence also produces a broad range of Environmental Health and Safety training courses, the focus of the team at the World of Concrete will be to showcase Convergence’s innovative and award-winning line of Surface Miner Training DVD's and software for MSHA Part 46 compliance.
Swine Flu/H1N1 Flu Video Now Available
Posted :
January 01 2010
With President Obama declaring a national emergency for H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu), companies are becoming more and more concerned about it in the workplace. To help raise awareness and reduce the spread of H1N1, Convergence Training has developed an H1N1 video to reach a universal audience.This video is a great addition to your MSHA Training Plan and is intended to reinforce basic behaviors which can help miners, supervisors, families, and friends, avoid getting and stop spreading H1N1 Flu. Whether you currently use our MSHA training or are considering it for your mine or contracting business, this video can help your workers stay healthy and on the job.
If you already have one of our MSHA Surface Miner Training products, here are some ways to make sure your team gets credit for watching our H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)video:
- Surface Miner Training - Basic (DVD Set)
- Add the time spent viewing and discussing the video to your Training Plan for all personnel who attended the meeting
- Surface Miner Training – Standard and Advanced (Desktop Software)
- Add the video to your Training Plan, and then enter a manual record of the training so the system can keep track
of who attended the meeting and how long it took
- Surface Miner Training – Enterprise (Internet-based System)
- Add the video to your Training Plan, and then enter a manual record of the training so the system can keep track
of who attended the meeting and how long it took
Check out our H1N1 information video or give us a call to find out how to include it in your training! (1.888.634.7346 x223)
Need MSHA Part 46 Training for Multiple Job Sites
Posted :
December 25 2009
We've been excitedly working on converting our desktop software into an internet-based delivery platform. The result is an online Learning Management System (LMS) that includes all of our MSHA training and compliancy tools that can now be accessed by users and administrators virtually anywhere at any time.
The benefits?
- Train large volumes of users from any pc connected to the internet
- Customize training plans for multiple job sites
- Easily add our Environmental Health and Safety library
- Lower your annual training costs with our competitive subscription pricing
Check out Surface Miner Training Online or give us a call! (1.888.634.7346 x223)
Need Annual Refresher Training?
Posted :
November 20 2009
Customers are continually asking us if our Surface Miner Training products will help satisfy MSHA's Part 46 Annual Refresher requirements. Our answer... Absolutely!
Even though our Surface Miner Training material is based on MSHA's Part 46 Required topics for New Miners, we've designed both the training material and our compliancy software to suit a range of user needs including Annual Refresher requirements.
Find out more about Annual Refresher training here or give us a call! (1.888.634.7346 x223)
Does This Training Work For Me?
Many of our new customers are contractors either submitting bids for work at a surface
mine or just trying to stay compliant while continuing the work they've been doing
for years.
So whether you're a mine operator or a mining contractor, you'll need to comply
with MSHA's Part 46 requirements for New Miner, Annual Refresher, and New Task training.
To help you comply with Part 46, our training comes in three versions,
Basic, Standard,
and Advanced.
All three versions include our core 8 hours of MSHA safety training to get you compliant.
You can also add our 8+ hours of EHS (Environmental, Health, and Safety) training to get
even more value from our training. In addition to the training content, each training
product comes with varying levels of recordkeeping automation so you can choose
to manually maintain paper records with our Basic version, or let our Standard and
Advanced software versions do the work for you.
For answers to more questions, view our FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions) or contact convergence training.
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If you already have a Training Plan and Record of Training and just need to provide
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Our standard Surface Miner Training package includes our core 8+ hours of training
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For a comprehensive training solution with advanced tracking and reporting features,
Surface Miner Training with MSHA Compliancy Tools is your best choice. This option
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For companies who need training across multiple job sites and want a web-based MSHA
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provides our core 8+ hours of training with integrated tests and helps you manage
your new miner, experienced miner, and annual refresher training as required by
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