WMTA BOARD MEMBER AND HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN DENNIS TERPIN ANNOUNCES TRAINING OPPORTUNITY!
Train - The - Trainer - Qualitative Fit Test (QLFT) Based on the New - ASTM - F3537-21 Standard Guide for Respirator Fit Testing Methods This class can be instructed, In Person, In House or Virtual ***DATE TO BE DETERMINED*** For information on these classes, please contact Dennis Terpin at [email protected] – OSHA - Standard Interpretations Respiratory Protection Against COVID-19 The Respiratory Protection Standard also does not require the employer to train its entire workforce in the proper use of the alternative respirator. However, the employer must ensure each employee it permits to use the alternative respirator, whether required or voluntary, is included in the Respiratory Protection Program and is following its applicable components, such as training in the proper use of that respirator, including putting on and removing it, any limitations on its use, medical evaluation, and its maintenance. Finally, regardless of the type of respirator(s) provided, employers must comply with all other applicable provisions of 29 CFR 1910.134. Fit test trainer requirements, according to OSHA’s Fit Testing Procedures—1910.134 App A Mandatory: Quantitative Fit Test (QNFT) 1. Calibrate equipment - (CNC), (CNP) 2. Perform daily and fit tests properly. 3. Perform a valid and recognize an invalid test. 4. Calculate fit factors properly. 5. Ensure equipment is in working order. Qualitative Fit Test (QLFT) 1. Prepare test solutions. 2. Set up equipment. 3. Perform tests properly. 4. Recognize an invalid test. 5. Ensure equipment is in working order. This fit-testing course reviews all Respirator Program elements required for all industries in the OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134), clarifies when fit-testing is needed and when Quantitative Fit Test (QNFT) and Qualitative Fit Test (QLFT) are necessary, AIHA/ANSI Z88.10-2010 "Respirator Fit Testing Methods" and ASTM - F3537-21 Standard Guide for Respirator Fit Testing Methods. Session 1., Respiratory Protection Programs Development and Administration Objectives, Identify administrative components required for your employers and how to establish your respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134(c)., Apply applicable 29 CFR 1910.134 standards for your workplace activities, General Industry, Healthcare and Construction.,Identify the requirements for respirator and personal protective equipment interreaction in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.132..Describe the multiple technologies to conduct qualitative and quantitative fit testing in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134.,Identify how the Respiratory Protection Standard interacts with other OSHA standards. Session 2., Developing Your Annual Employee Respiratory Protection and Training Program Requirements Objective, Applying the above concepts to your specific site and employee training program. Included is a generic PowerPoint training program and instructions on how to customize it for you company. Session 3., Fit Testing Workshop, Trainer the Trainer, Qualitative Fit Test (QLFT) Your instructor: Dennis A. Terpin Ph.D. O.H.S.T, EMT-P, retired Senior Industrial Hygienist, Hospital Safety Officer, and Emergency Manager at the University of Illinois Chicago. Dennis is a member of the ASTM F23.65 International Committee on Respiratory Protection, Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment. Dennis is a Master Level Instructor for FEMA/DHS specialization in respiratory protection at the Center for Domestic Preparedness. In his career he has set up 100s of respiratory protection programs and fit tested over 70,000 employees. For information on these classes, please contact Dennis Terpin at [email protected] Trainer - The – Trainer - Quantitative Fit Test (QNFT) also available
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Spotlight on Retirement Income This week we continue our series on the recommendations made by the Hawaii Tax Review Commission. “Hawai‘i taxation of retirement income is neither fair nor equitable,” they say. “The exemption of large portions of retirement income impairs tax adequacy.” Their recommendations: “Tax pension and other retirement income uniformly. Exempt a base amount of pension income initially. Continue to exempt Social Security benefits from income tax.” Hawaii taxation of pension income is somewhat of a mixed bag. Our income tax law has an exemption for “compensation received in the form of a pension for past services” that has been on our books since Act 169 of 1953. When individual retirement accounts and self-employed retirement plans gained popularity in the 1970s, our Department of Taxation issued Tax Information Release 53-77 (1977), saying that it was limiting the pension exclusion to “plans fully funded by the employer,” on the theory that if the employee contributed to the retirement plan, the employee was in effect buying an annuity for himself or herself, and taxation would then follow the rules for annuities. Thus our tax laws allow employer-funded pensions to escape tax, while fully taxing 401(k) plans, IRAs, and other retirement vehicles that are funded through the employees’ choices. The Tax Review Commission slammed this distinction, saying that there is no economic justification for this. It was also clearly troubled by the sheer amount of pension benefits escaping the state income tax every year, which topped $4 billion in 2019: (Tax Review Commission Report, p. 20.) The Commission pointed out that Tax Review Commissions from prior years also struggled with this issue and recommended change.
Implementing the recommendation, however, has been a heavy lift politically. In 2014, then-Governor Neil Abercrombie became the first elected Democratic governor in Hawaii to be defeated in his bid for re-election. Honolulu Magazine cited his proposal to tax pensions as one of the nine reasons for his defeat. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported broad-based public opposition to the idea, even though it had been recommended by the Tax Review Commissions in 2003 and 2007. As the director of AARP Hawaii said at the time: “I think there is really deep concern, right across the board. … And it’s not that they’re just saying, ‘I don’t think this is a good idea.’ They are saying, ‘I think this is a terrible idea.’” Many seniors at the time expressed the view that they spent many years planning for their retirement and saw their pensions as a contract that the state wanted to disturb at a time when they were on fixed incomes and facing increased costs for health care or long-term care. The proposal to tax pensions did not pass, but voters still sent Gov. Abercrombie to the exit. Current politicians, fearing a similar fate at the ballot box, are expected to be wary when confronting this issue. In that respect it might not matter that our current treatment of pensions might be illogical, inconsistent, or uneconomic. Many voters have seen it as a sacred cow, and it is going to be very difficult to change. WMTA SAFETY DIRECTOR DENNIS TERPIN REGISTRATION FOR ALL HAZARDS CLASS An All-Hazards Approach to Exercise and Evaluation Program - Part – 1 Let us Design an All-Hazards Tabletop Exercise An all-hazards approach is an integrated approach to emergency. preparedness planning that focuses on capacities and capabilities that are critical to preparedness. for a full spectrum of emergencies or disasters, including internal emergencies and a man-made. emergency (or both) and natural occurring. An emergency plan is one part of a facility’s emergency preparedness program and provides the framework which includes conducting facility-based risk assessments that will assist a facility in addressing patient needs along with the continuity of business operations. This course introduces the basics of emergency management exercises. It also builds a foundation for subsequent exercise courses, which provide the specifics of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP).Through the use of this course, exercise program managers can learn to develop, execute, and evaluate exercises that address the priorities established by an organization’s leaders. These priorities are based on the National Preparedness Goal, strategy documents, threat and hazard identification/risk assessment processes, capability assessments, and the results from previous exercises and real-world events. After the completion of the course students will be prepared for take the FEMA IS-120.C: An Introduction to Exercises and the IS-139.A: Exercise Design and Development on-line FEMA test and upon completion receive a FEMA certificate. https://lawsonassociatesinc.thundertix.com/orders/new?performance_id=2777883 ![]() Your instructor: Dennis Terpin, Ph.D., O.H.S.T., Retired Emergency Manager for the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Terpin is Master Level instructor for FEMA/DHS at the Center for Domestic Preparedness and an instructor at FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute specializing in All Hazard Position Specific Incident Command. He is also a Certified Safety Manager, HSEEP Certified, Certified Fire Officer, EMT-P, World Trade Center Responder, Hazardous Materials and Rescue Specialist. In addition, Dennis was a member of UIC’s Incident Management Team and Deputy Commander of the University’s Emergency Response Team. As a Certified All Hazards Safety Officer, he worked such events as President Obama’s visit to UIC, the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Conference, the 2012 Chicago NATO Summit, Senate Bill10 in Illinois, PHISH concerts and President Trump Chicago Rally in 2016 and the State of Illinois Bi-Annual certification exercise. |
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