This year the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary. Their mandate is to "conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein” in an unimpaired condition so that they might be enjoyed by present and future generations." I interviewed Park Service employee Daniel Craighead, an Occupational Safety and Health Specialist, to discuss how occupational safety and training supports the Park Services mandate.
You develop occupational safety training policy documents and presentation materials for the National Park Service. What is your background in occupational safety and health?
My focus is in training and education of park service employees on the subjects of occupational safety. I have 15 years experience working in occupational safety and health and I am currently pursuing a Master of Public Health in Safety and Occupational Health Management. I also I have a Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety and Health and certifications
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The eighth park is Tule Springs National Monument, located just north of Las Vegas, Nevada. Tule Springs is a desert wash where visitors can see fossils of Ice Age animals such as bison and mammoth. .
What type of writing do use when preparing safety training materials? (4:23)
Mostly technical writing style, but that depends upon the materials I am preparing. For education and training, I usually write outlines for PowerPoint presentations. I use an informative style when writing articles for newsletters or news bulletins or when reviewing, revising and writing rules and regulations or policies and procedures.
When you are writing safety materials do you think about the appropriate tone for your audience?
Explain how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in your own work setting or service
Task 4Ensuring health and safety is an important responsibility not only for the Managers but all associated with the premises. Evaluate your organisation’s health and safety policy and procedures in line with legislative requirements and propose recommendations on how health and safety should be managed
I think Comerica Park field is very interesting for many reasons. It would be easy for me to choose an MLB field, and it would be Comerica Park because it has a singing stage in right field. Comerica Park can hold 52,416 fans in it. Over the years Comerica Park has changed a lot over the years. The players get to play with colored bats and the bats are colored when they get them.The bottom knob of the bats have the players number on it. Tiger fans talk about the history of the Tigers.The history of the Tigers is interesting because Andrew Romine played all nine positions in one game.
All employees of Robinson’s Excavation are valued members of the organization which is why safety must always come first. The construction industry is traditionally a hazardous work environment, but with vigilance, dedication, and training, the dangers can be significantly reduced. In order to provide the employees of Robinson’s Excavation with a safe work environment, all employees, regardless of status, are required to follow and enforce all safety procedures, which are not all inclusive. Additionally, the following protocol is in compliance with all state and federal OHSA regulations.
HSE states that “employers, duty holders and others who have responsibility for the control of work-places, sites and premises”. Have a responsibility to apply safety signage where and when required. Safety signs and signals are required where, despite putting in place all other relevant measures, a significant risk to the health and safety of employees and others remains. Signs must be clear and legible, and should be used to identify actions that are prohibited (eg no access), safeguards that must be followed (eg ear protection must be worn), warning of a hazard (eg corrosive material) and to direct towards fire exits/equipment or first-aid equipment. What responsible personnel should do to comply with the Health and Safety (Safety
During this history class extra credit opportunity tour to River Bend State Park I fell like I learned a lot of very interesting information on not only American history, but also Seminole History. I also learned the methods that have been utilized in hopes of preserving the park in its natural state. It is well known that it will not be possible to get the park to be an exact replication of the way it was when the wars were taken place, because the park changed before and after those events, and we do not know the exact changes to make today. But nonetheless, the park is as close to as it was back then as it needs to be, and I thought that it was an amazing thing to be in such a well preserved meaningful location. I had no idea that the Seminoles were such a big factor in American history as well as the fact that they were the only Indian group to never surrender. The wars upon the Seminoles were not necessary, and America should not have taken everything from them, or killed so many of them. The Seminoles could have been a huge advantage towards America if we would have accepted them and learned their tracking skills, war tactics, and healthy living habits, rather than stealing from them and killing them.
Yosemite National Park is a beautiful park that is just hours away from San Francisco and has some of the best hiking and scenic areas found in our National Parks. Camping at Yosemite can be a challenge though. All of the campsites within Yosemite are on a reservation system that fills up in seconds after the dates are opened. Seriously! If you know you want to camp within the park, please plan way ahead of time to secure a spot. When making a reservation make sure you are signing up for an RV or a tent space. If you are tent camping, know that you will have to park a little bit away and carry your gear in as there is no space for you to park next to your tenting spot. Yosemite camping can get
an example of this recently was taking some of the young adults snow tubing at Bracknell dry ski slope, the young adults have the right to try something new and to take the risks associated with this, such as falling over or falling out of the tube while it is moving, so to make this safe for them we made sure we had done a thorough
Spending time in nature is very important in order to know how and why we should protect it. The best way to enjoy nature is to have no interferences from the modern world, the government has places like these called wilderness areas, where there is no human interference allowed except for hikers, planes aren't even allowed to fly over. Wilderness areas are also great for providing healthy ecosystems for the animals that live there. This resolution would expand the wilderness areas inside existing national parks and create wilderness areas inside national parks that don't already have wilderness areas.
1.4: Explain how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in own work setting or service.
Park Rangers are known throughout their profession for a number of roles. One of those roles is providing tours to the visitors who come to the park. Many parks have guided tours where tour guides are in fact the park’s park rangers. These tours may focus on historical facts, natural setting factors and park visitation. During these tours, the park rangers will lecture and may show short films as well to give visitors a better overview of how the park works and information regarding the historical surroundings.
Yosemite National Park, is a beautiful piece of nature it is a 195 mile nature getaway from the urban life that is lived San Francisco, CA and 315 miles away from the fast pace and overwhelming life that is lived in Los Angeles CA. This place is like no other in the beauty of its nature. The park is “747,956 acres, and is the home to hundreds of wildlife species and thousands of Yosemite plants” (U.S. Nat. Park Service). Yosemite is known for so many beautiful features, from its granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves and biological diversity. And also for its two rivers which are the Tuolumne and Merced rivers. These rivers begin in the park and flow as far as west to the
As an Health and safety Officer skilled in risk assessment and management I approach my job with pragmatic attitude ensuring safety and security of the entire people in and around the premises by supporting the fire officers in carrying out safety and fire drilling activities including emergency procedures and testing, ensuring floor areas are free of any hazardous objects, inducting new staff and proactively maintaining functioning and safe equipment at all times while ensuring compliance to the established government laws and Eastway care policies and procedures on fire, health and safety.
providing and maintaining safe plant and safe systems of work such as controlling entry to high risk areas, controlling work pace and frequency and providing systems to prevent falls from heights
Our nations incredible 401 National Parks are some of the most iconic places on the face of the earth. From the Grand Canyon to the Great Smoky Mountains our nation's national parks are something we should be proud to have. Lately our National Parks have been under threat from both Environmental and Political issues both putting our National Parks at risk. We need preserve the National Parks for generations to come. The National Parks show the most amazing parts of this great nation, they are the source of billions of dollars in revenue, and they are the home to countless forms of wildlife.