Active Shooter
An active shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and other populated area. In most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims. Active shooter situations are unpredictable and evolve quickly.
All employees can help prevent and prepare for potential active shooter situations. This course provides guidance to individuals, including managers and employees, so that they can prepare to respond to an active shooter situation. This course is not written for law enforcement officers but for non-law enforcement employees. The material may provide law enforcement officers information on recommended actions for non-law enforcement employees to take should they be confronted with an active shooter situation. The GSFC Protective Services Division will present a Case Overview on the Columbia Mall Shooting that took place in Columbia, Maryland in 2014. Speaker: Madison Townley
Target audience: all employees
Adult First Aid/CPR
A quarter of Americans say they’ve been in a situation in which someone needed CPR. If administered properly and immediately to sudden cardiac arrest victims, CPR can save lives. Participants will learn how to perform CPR and handle respiratory and cardiac emergencies for adults until professional medical help arrives. In addition, participants will learn the basics of first aid. This course provides adult first aid/CPR training through the American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) curriculum and provides the knowledge, skills and confidence to respond in a medical emergency. Attendees who successfully complete the course will be issued an ASHI certification. Speakers: Bryan Morris and Ronald Solomon
Target audience: all employees
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Ants Don't Crash: Safe Driving for Everyone
This will provide a lively discussion about driver behavior and vehicle dynamics, safe driving actions, and Maryland’s driving laws as they apply to everyone. The course will engage the audience, so come with questions, answers, and willingness to laugh and talk. Speaker: Sgt. Ianni
Target audience: all employees
Asbestos Awareness
Do you work with or around materials that contain asbestos? Attend this training to be able to recognize asbestos-containing materials and understand the hazards of asbestos. All personnel who may contact asbestos-containing materials while performing building renovations, maintenance or custodial activities are required to attend asbestos awareness training annually. This training is intended for employees who have contact with, but do not disturb asbestos- or presumed asbestos-containing materials and for employees who clean up dust, waste and debris that may contain asbestos. This course will focus on recognizing damaged and deteriorated asbestos-containing materials and working safely around them. If you work in building renovation, operations and maintenance, utilities, or as a building manager or custodian and you may contact asbestos-containing materials, you must attend this training annually. Speakers: Tracy Avant
Target audience: construction and building renovation personnel, operations and maintenance personnel, and custodial workers
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Assessing the Competency of Personnel/CerTrak
This course will briefly describe the Goddard, ISO 9001:2008, 2015 and AS9100C requirements for tracking the “competency” of employees. Certrak, developed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, is a web-based tool that can help supervisors, trainers and lab managers track the requirements needed to be considered trained, certified or proficient in the ability to perform a specific task, work in a specific lab, or work on a specific project. Speaker: Becky Pike/Frank Coleman
Target audience: anyone who has to track or assign training
Automotive Safety – Let’s Review Our Driving Habits and Make Changes to Reduce Risk
The majority of us spend a significant percentage of time behind the wheel. Driving takes concentration, coordination, and skill that we developed with time. Yet, many aspects of driving have become something that we do automatically. This can give us a false sense of security and subject us to making errors. Minimal loss of concentration from our task at hand as well as driver error can result in disastrous and life changing consequences. It makes sense to review our driving habits and make changes to reduce risk. Speaker: Ken Blumenstock
Target Audience: All employees.
Backs, Brains and Breakrooms: How the Way We Sit, Think and Eat Can Influence Our Health and Performance
In this seminar, Dr. Louis Crivelli will examine how sitting is the new smoking. He will cover the anatomy, physiology and pathology of the spine as it relates to sedentary posture and inactivity. In addition to discussing how we got into this epidemic of pain and dysfunction, considerable time will be spent talking about and demonstrating some quick, easy and effective ways to combat and prevent these often disabling conditions. Finally, Crivelli will enter the breakroom and highlight how what we eat and drink on a daily basis can either feed disease and dysfunction or fight it. Speaker: Dr. Louis Crivelli
Target audience: all employees
Basic Floor Warden Training
This course will inform floor wardens of responsibilities during an evacuation. Upon completion of this course, floor wardens should be able to do the following: describe the emergency evacuation procedures in case of fire; describe the role of a floor warden in the evacuation process; and identify special situations and individuals in the workplace requiring rescue assistance. Speaker: Jon Davis
Target audience: individuals who have volunteered or plan on volunteering to become a floor warden in a Goddard building
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Boater Safety Tips
This session will cover boat operator education requirements for Maryland boaters and why effective boater training is important. Underway risk management principles will be presented to help prevent boating accidents. Speaker: Bruce Johnson
Target audience: all employees
Cancer Prevention and Early Detection with Added Information on Nicotine Addiction and E-Cigarettes
The presentation will begin with general information on cancer including classification, staging, and risk factors. We will focus on how to best protect ourselves, and then dig a little deeper with some types of cancer. New this year, is information on nicotine addiction and e-cigarettes, including the JUUL. Presenter: Tuesday Tynan
Target Audience: All Employees
Cyber Enabled HUMINT
How Intelligence Collectors use our internet connected lives to sing the familiar song, ‘Getting to know you, Getting to know all about you…’”
Deskercize
Begins with identifying attendees major musculoskeletal concern related to their work situation. Proper ergonomic conditions for work, home, and activities for daily living will are discussed, followed by active participation in a series of stretches and exercises that can be performed at the workstation. Also stretches for those that participate in a lunchtime walking or jogging program will be performed.
Target Audience: All employees.
Electrical Safety - Arc Flash
The class will prepare students to assess arc flash hazards and take actions to mitigate hazards by selecting appropriate personal protective equipment and determining protection boundaries. Students will also learn how to use National Fire Protection Association 70E (2015) tables to determine protection boundaries. Speaker: Art Gavin
Target audience: anyone who works with electricity
Electrical Safety for Home and Work
Electricity is present everywhere in our daily life whether we are at work or home. In the work place OSHA estimates that over 400 people annually are killed by electricity, at home those rates are even higher. Everyone attending, electrician or not, will learn at least one electrical safety precaution that can save a life. This presentation can help reduce home and workplace electrical hazards by using both “Hazard Recognition” and “Common Sense Safety.” Speaker: Joe Morrell
Target audience: employees who work with or around electricity
Electrostatic Discharge and Mission Safety
Electrostatic Discharge and Mission Safety: A look at Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) and it’s affects when concerning quality, safety, and mission success. This course will tackle ESD Awareness here at GSFC and present a small number of cases where ESD can and has affected hardware safety and/or mission success. It will also go over the importance of ESD in the work place when handling hardware and what you can do to help maintain ESD compliance while working or near ESD items.
Target audience: employees who work on or near ESD items
Engineering Colloquial: Firefighting at the Pentagon on 9/11
Within 30 minutes of two planes hitting the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, another plane crashed into the west side of the Pentagon. Firefighters from across the Washington metropolitan area assisted with firefighting and rescue efforts. Brian will recount the almost seven hours he spent at the Pentagon on 9/11, close to three of which were firefighting duties during four separate forays into the building as a member of the Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad. Speaker: Brian Roberts
Target audience: all employees
Ergonomics 101 - Working Pain and Risk Free
Discover the secrets to working more comfortably with this introduction to ergonomics. This session offers education and guidance on configuring your workstation to minimize pain and injury risks while maximizing comfort and efficiency. During this course, you will learn about adopting healthy working postures, positioning your work tools to feel more comfortable and improving your productivity. Speaker: Sonya Paquette
Target audience: all employees
Evacuating People With Disabilities
This course will discuss the evacuation procedures for employees with some type of functional need. We will discuss the roles and responsibilities of the employees, security, and the building facility operations managers and floor wardens. Speaker: Jon Davis
Target audience: all employees
Evacuation Dos and Don’ts
This course will explain Goddard's building evacuation process. It will also explain what you should and shouldn’t do during a building evacuation or shelter-in-place event on the Greenbelt campus. It will cover everything, from explaining the difference between building evacuations and shelter-in-place events to evacuating employees with a functional need, such as a disability. Speaker: Jon Davis
Target audience: all employees
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Fire Extinguisher
The class covers the simple science of fire, classification of fires, features and limitations of fire extinguishers, selection and operation of fire extinguishers, and safety when using a portable fire extinguisher. Participants will move to a designated outdoor location for hands-on training, which includes the use of special training fire extinguishers on Code 360’s electronic fire extinguisher training system. Speaker: Chris Scheer and Art Gavin
Target audience: required for fire watchers, hot work representatives and anyone who may want to use a portable fire extinguisher
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Floor Warden Shelter-in-Place
The presentation will teach facility operations managers and floor wardens what shelter-in-place is and assist them in identifying hazards that could cause a shelter-in-place order. The presentation will also identify simple steps to cover when a shelter-in-place event happens. Speaker: Jon Davis
Target audience: Goddard facility operations managers and floor wardens
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GSFC-Basic Cryogenic Safety
This course illustrates the hazards associated with ultra cold temperature fluids, storage systems and the ways to mitigate and eliminate these hazards. Topics include pressurization, frostbite, cold contact burns and oxygen enrichment. Speaker: Justin Mielcarek
Target audience: Employees working with/near cryogens
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GSFC Case Studies Lessons Learned
Programmatic pressures and risks play a significant role in risk based decision-making when addressing hardware reliability threats. Understanding the root causes of non-conformances and the handling and operational conditions that make them meaningful in the context of mission success is necessary in order for a project to make the best trades between quality and cost/schedule.
Target Audience: All employees
GSFC-Hazardous Waste Management Training
This training covers key topics for managing hazardous wastes, including, but not limited to: identifying solid waste, identification and listing of hazardous waste, generators' responsibilities, satellite accumulation requirements, universal waste, and spills. Speakers: Harry Stein and Leo Hrybyk
Target audience: hazardous waste generators, satellite accumulation area points of contact, personnel responsible for any outdoor storage of potentially polluting materials, and their supervisors
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GSFC-Hearing Conservation
Noise is everywhere. It is the most pervasive environmental pollutant on the planet. Virtually everything we do makes noise, and the more we do it, the faster we do it, and the more of us there are, the more noise that is made. Not only is noise present in our daily routines and recreational activities, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders estimates that approximately 15 percent of Americans, or 26 million people, between the ages of 20 and 69 have high-frequency hearing loss due to exposure to noise at work or during leisure activities. Administration of a comprehensive and effective hearing conservation/hearing loss prevention program consists of more than merely purchasing and dispensing hearing protectors. Audiometric testing, education, training and program evaluation are but a few of the additional important aspects of an overall program. This course will review these elements and others in a practical and realistic manner, providing recommendations to ensure the protection of the worker and compliance with the law. Speaker: Olutosin Ajakaiye
Target audience: all employees who are exposed to noise hazards on and off the job
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GSFC-High Pressure Systems Operator Training
General safety and safe operating practices for High Pressure System Operators (HPSOs) required at GSFC for pressure system operations above 150 psig. This course is considered equivalent to NASA Safety Training Center courses SMA-SAFE-NSTC-0317 and 0318 which covers general safety for high pressure system operations, compressed gas trailer and cylinder operations, and the use of flexible hoses. Speaker: Mike Bullinger
Target audience: Employees working with high pressure systems
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GSFC-Integrated Contingency Plan
Integrated Contingency Plan Training provides site-specific guidance on oil handling, spill prevention and reporting, emergency response procedures, storage tank management, record-keeping, and other oil operations issues. This course is an annual requirement designed for center employees who use or witness the storage and/or transfer of oil, as well as their supervisors. Speaker: Howard Syvarth
Target audience: Goddard employees, contractors and subcontractors who: use, store and/or transfer oil; witness the use, storage and/or transfer of oil; repair or maintain machinery that contains oil; as well as their supervisors
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GSFC-Oxygen Deficiency Hazards Training
This course describes potential oxygen deficiency hazards associated with cryogen and compressed gas storage areas, and the controls Goddard has implemented to mitigate these hazards. Speaker: Justin Mielcarek
Target audience: Employees working with/near cryogens
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GSFC-Respiratory Protection Training
Engineering controls such as local exhaust ventilation or process substitution are preferred methods to control health hazards. Respiratory protection is only used when engineering controls are not feasible. To ensure the respiratory protective device is effective, program elements - such as physical qualifications, program management, training and fit testing - must be implemented. The presentation covers program elements. Speaker: Olu Ajakaiye
Target audience: employees who are required to wear respirators
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Healthy Lessons Learned On the 50 Yard Line!
Are there really secrets to the game? Why do professional athletes recover so fast? We will discuss some of those secrets and answer the questions that will allow you to get back into the game faster and healthier!
Target audience: All employees
Lean Six Sigma; Team Success Stories
The Lean Six Sigma session will highlight a few of the process improvement success stories that have taken place across GSFC.
Three teams will showcase their improvement process and associated results to include; The IV&V Orion S/W Analysis Team, The CubeSat Compatibility Testing Team and the Training Evaluation Process Team.
In addition to the team briefings the Lean Six Sigma Program Office will provide a short overview of Lean Six Sigma and its application across GSFC. Presenter: Mark Bollard
Target Audience: All employees.
Lithium-ion Battery Safety: Developing Awareness to an Emerging Issue
Lithium-ion batteries provide a durable power source to run a variety of equipment. This technology, however, is not without risk. This informative presentation takes a hands-on approach to dealing with the hazards of lithium ion batteries. Mike Milbert of the NASA Safety Center will review lithium-ion hazards and safety considerations along with recent mishaps within the Agency. Mr. Milbert will review lithium-ion battery home, office and work site best practices, and will also detail what to do in the event of a lithium-ion battery fire. A brief Q&A will be held at the end of this presentation.
Target audience: Employees who work with or around Lithium-ion batteries
MetCal Program
This course provides an overview of the Goddard Metrology and Calibration Program including the following topics:
- Introduction of MetCal personnel and services
- Why Calibrate
- Changes to the Agency Level Governing Document
- Changes to the GSFC Level Governing Document
- Questions/Discussion
Speaker: Tray Eason
National Fire Protection Association 70E
NFPA 70E compliance saves lives, reduces liability, and helps avoid unexpected downtime and revenue loss. Learn how the 2015 standard takes another big step in changing the way America works. In a fraction of a second, an electrical incident can claim lives and cause permanently disabling injuries. In fact, hundreds of deaths and thousands of burn injuries occur each year due to shock, electrocution, arc flash and arc blast - and most could be prevented through compliance with NFPA 70E: Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace. Originally developed at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's request, NFPA 70E responds to the latest information about the effects of arc flash, arc blast and direct current hazards, as well as to recent developments in electrical design and personal protective equipment. Speaker: Marty Schumaker
Target audience: employees designated as qualified electrical personnel
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Office Safety for Supervisors, SHEtrak & Hazard Abatement Plans
The first part of the class will prepare students to become aware of the typical office hazards found at the Goddard Space Flight Center. With this awareness, students will be able to identify & address hazards in their workplace. The second part of the class will show students how to address SHEtrak findings.
Target Audience: This course is intended for anyone who supervises employees who work in an office, or anyone who might be assigned a SHEtrak finding, regardless of work place type.
Pet Safety: The Truth About Pet Food
Animal owners tend to treat their pets just like a member of the family. We take them to pet spas, drop them off at daycare so that they are not lonely, and feed them the best food and treats. But what happens when the “best commercial food” gets recalled and can no longer be trusted?
Unfortunately, pet food is not what it used to be. Recalls of “well known & trusted” brands are being announced at an alarming rate. Small companies that have been known for responsible manufacturing practices and ethical sourcing are being gobbled up by large companies only interested in their chunk of the multi-billion dollar pet food pie. Join animal advocate Krystal Kennedy as she breaks down the “special language” that is used throughout the pet food industry. Learn to spot and avoid ingredients on pet food labels that could potentially cause future health problems for your furry friends. Speaker: Krystal Kennedy
Target audience: All pet lovers
Problem Trends at GSFC
A discussion about Quality data analysis and trending at Goddard including REAL DATA! Speaker: Becky Pike
Target Audience: All employees.
Quality Engineering: More than Just MIPS
This session will cover a broad overview of Quality Engineering at GSFC, past, present, and future. The course will focus on involvement of Quality Engineering during the entire project life cycle, Quality Engineering Tools, and case studies. Speaker: Andrew Glendening
Target Audience: all employees
Safety Culture: 2018 Survey Results
Did you complete the GSFC Safety Culture Survey last October and are curious about the results? Are you reading this description and asking yourself….”What Safety Culture Survey?” This session is for you no matter how you answered the two previous questions. GSFC’s Safety Culture POC, Krystal Kennedy, will present a brief overview of NASA’s Safety Culture Model, summarize the results of the survey, and respond to any questions about Safety Culture. 1 hour. Speaker: Krystal Kennedy
Target audience: all employees
Safety Jeopardy
A competition formatted like TV’s Jeopardy!, with upper management contestants challenged with questions from categories such as home safety, kid safety, IT security, office safety and emergency preparedness. Speaker: Steve Shinn
Target audience: all employees
Self-Defense
Self-defense is a matter of awareness, common sense and experience. In a surprise situation, we may not have much of this unless we have taken some time beforehand to consider such situations and practice certain things. This class will provide you with an opportunity to do just that, so that you have a better chance of survival in threatening situations. Speakers: Asher Smith and Mike Comberiate
Target audience: all employees
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
The Goddard Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) training describes the requirements and employee responsibilities defined in SWPPP for the Greenbelt facility. The training is required annually for employees who are an assigned member of the SWPPP team or who work in an area covered by SWPPP. Speaker: Lauren Wicklund
Target audience: employees who work in activity areas covered by Goddard’s SWPPP
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Substance Abuse: Increasing the Awareness
This presentation provides participants with an introductory awareness of the effects of substance abuse on the workplace, and how colleagues can approach the situation when concerned about a peer.
Target audience: all employees
Suicide Prevention
This presentation acquaints participants with statistics about suicide and identifies risk factors, warning signs, ideas for individual support and suicide prevention. Speaker: Tammie Yancey
Target audience: all employees
Supervisor Safety
This course was developed specifically for Goddard supervisors. Did you know that there are 73 requirements in the safety GPRs alone that every supervisor on center has to comply with, regardless of the type of work your employees perform? This course categorizes the 73 requirements so they can be discussed without reviewing each shall statement, and it provides additional information on available resources and training that supervisors have at their disposal. Speaker: Frank Coleman
Target audience: all supervisors
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What Happens When You Have A Disease Doctors Can’t Diagnose Such As Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Five years ago, NASA Colleague Esteban Morales became progressively ill, after suffering a torn ACL in 2014, with myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). CFS is a debilitating illness that severely impairs normal activities and on bad days makes even the rustling of bed sheets unbearable. In this poignant talk, Esteban describes the obstacles he encountered in seeking treatment for his condition, whose root causes and physical effects the science or the medical fully don’t understand. He will discuss his journey on how mental, physical, and emotional stress left him bed bound for six months and house bound for three years to fully recovering. Presenter: Esteban Morales
Target Audience: All Employees
Writing Good Procedural Requirements
This course is intended to help writers and reviewers of Center directives understand what makes a good, well-written requirement, and also offers some advice for writing effective procedural documents.
The number of requirements (“shall” statements) in the GSFC Directives (GPDs, GPRs, and center-wide PGs) seems to keep growing. Many are poorly written, they are not flowed-down in a consistent manner, and they are not organized in an understandable way. This means it can be hard to figure out which procedural requirements apply to you, which are important, and which are not.
By following a handful of guiding principles and considering the costs, either intentional or unintentional, of each “shall” statement in our documents, the number of requirements can be reduced without impacting the quality of the work, and the clarity and completeness of the directives can be improved. Speaker: Dann Brown
