HRP's fast-paced RCRA seminar is designed to provide both entry-level and experienced environmental managers with a comprehensive review of state and federal hazardous waste regulations. The four-hour seminar assists industry in meeting their annual RCRA training requirement. Regulatory examples and case histories are used during this seminar to emphasize and reinforce aspects of the hazardous waste regulations. The key training topics include:

• What wastes are hazardous?
• Satellite accumulation requirements
• Hazardous waste classification differences
• Container management requirements
• Universal wastes
• Used oil requirements
• Enforcement
• What to do if inspected

Certificates of Completion will be provided to all attendees.

RCRA: $245pp/$225pp for multiple registrants from same company 

Embassy Suites Tampa Brandon, 10220 Palm River Rd, Tampa, FL 33619
(813) 653-1787

Click here for more details - http://bit.ly/hrp-fl-training

The highly-interactive DOT four-hour training program is designed to provide both entry level and experienced environmental managers with an in depth understanding on how to properly prepare a hazardous material package for transportation and their responsibilities under the DOT’s Hazardous Material Transportation regulations. The Hazardous Material Transportation Training Manual, which is designed to address the types of issues environmental professionals face on a daily basis, provides a clear and concise reference on how to complete each step for hazardous materials transportation. Topics to be introduced and discussed during the four-hour session include the following:

• Classifying a Hazardous Material;
• DOT Hazard Classes;
• Hazardous Substances/Marine Pollutants/Elevated Temperature Materials;
• How to read and use Hazardous Material Table 172.101;
• Proper Shipping Name Identification;
• Proper Packaging;
• How to Mark and Label hazardous materials packages;
• How to prepare Shipping Papers;
• Placarding Requirements;

• Training and Record Keeping requirements;
• Safety and Emergency Response Information requirements; and
• DOT Security requirements.

Certificates of Completion will be provided to all attendees who successfully pass the required quiz. Every attendee will receive a copy of the most recent Emergency Response Guidebook.

DOT: $195pp/$180pp for multiple registrants from same company

Click here for more details - http://bit.ly/hrp-fl-training

Roy Sweatman, the president of Tampa-based Southern Manufacturing Technologies was interviewed by Fox 13 News to address the challenges manufacturers face in finding skilled people to fill manufacturing jobs.

Read more here.

BAMA member Seaway Plastics Engineering was recently featured on the segment, Made in Tampa Bay on Fox 13 News.  Seaway is a custom plastic injection molding company  specializing in low to mid volume production located in the Port Richey area. 

Read the full story here.

Upcoming PLCs Certification Training at St. Petersburg College

Manufacturing is alive and well in the U.S. Industrial automation in industry is providing a growing number of jobs for technically trained people who can build, program, integrate, service, maintain and operate PLCs. Job opportunities include programming, packaging, power generation, mining, machine design, and building automated systems, maintenance, transportation, systems integration, component testing, technical sales, quality control, electrical, mechanical, computer, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. PLC Technicians install and repair industrial electronic equipment including I/O networks, data highways, and variable speed drives, process control equipment, and write PLC programs for a wide variety of automated control systems ranging from simple on-off controls to robotics.

Upcoming Course Dates:

June 4 – July 1, 2018

July 2 – July 29, 2018

August 6 – Sept 2, 2018

The 5 day hands-on lab classes are conducted at BRAAS Company:
230 Douglas Rd., Oldsmar, FL 34677

Lab times: 1-4 PM or 5-8 PM
(Monday – Friday)

The 30 hour SPC Workforce Institute PLCs Certification Program is a hybrid program providing 12 hours of online courseware, 15 hours of intensive hands-on lab activities, and 3 hours of online preparation for the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI) exam.
3 hours of course credit can be articulated to AS Engineering degree program.

Register today by clicking this link and selecting the dates and lab sessions that you would like to attend.

For more information regarding PLCs training, please contact Fred Tucker with the Workforce Institute at 727-791-2409 or tucker.fred@spcollege.edu.

Fred Tucker, GCDF

Program Coordinator, Manufacturing

727.791.2409

tucker.fred@spcollege.edu

Mettler Toledo plans to have 600 people employed at their new facility in Pasco County in the next few months, of which, 185 of those are new jobs. 

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Pinellas SBE Community Conversation

Come share your experiences, successes and barriers in doing business with Pinellas County Government. Our Pinellas Board of County Commissioners, in partnership with the Purchasing and Economic Development departments will be listening to the voices of our citizens and local business owners to enhance the SBE program.

Meeting Location: SPC Epi-Center, Clearwater
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2018
Time: 9 - 11 AM

This activity is free

Click here for more info and to register.

The University of South Florida's Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education works to extend the reach of USF's academic programs, and promotes advanced professional development in order to contribute to building a world class workforce in the Tampa Bay Area.

Over $90,000 is the estimated average salary for a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt in Tampa, Florida*

Get Started Now!

No application or previous Lean Six Sigma Green Belt experience required to register for our program.

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Program will meet 9am - 5pm, the following 8 Saturdays:
• May 5 (Define)
• May 19 and May 26 (Measure)
• June 23 and June 30 (Analyze)
• July 21 (Improve)
• July 28 (Control)
• August 11 (Storyboard Presentations and Exam)

What You Will Earn
To successfully complete the program, participants must meet the attendance requirement, successfully complete a storyboard and pass the final exam. You will earn continuing education contact hours/PDUs and you will receive a letter of completion, which may apply for professional development credit. Upon successfully completing this program, you will receive a Certification from the USF Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education.

Cost of Attendance
$2,995 (includes cost of all materials and the tool that will be used for the duration of the course, final exam and final storyboard review for certification) The Lean Six Sigma program will encompass all the necessary requirements for you to obtain a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification including training hours, project assessment and the exam. Learn More!

Register Now!
USF Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education
www.usf.edu/continuing-education | (813) 974-5550 | CE-Inquiries@usf.edu

*Source: Glassdoor.com. Six Sigma Green Belt Salaries in Tampa, FL (2018). https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/tampa-six-sigma-green-belt-salary-SRCH_IL.0,5_IM850_KO6,26.htm

Registration Open for 31st Annual Government Small Business Conference
Friday, May 4, 8AM - 5PM

Florida SBDC at USF (TAMPA) – The Florida SBDC at University of South Florida, in conjunction with the Florida Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) at USF, are pleased to announce registration is now open for the 31st Annual Small Business Conference. This co-hosted conference, titled Strategy & Acquisition: Success in Federal Contracting, is a unique conference for small business owners to learn how to optimize government contracting opportunities through informative workshops, panel discussions, and a Business Opportunity Expo, featuring federal agencies.

Led by the region’s leading experts, the information covered will help business owners strengthen their government contracting relationships and gain insight into working with federal buyers.

“This is our premiere event each year for government contracting,” Stacey Dadd, marketing and communications officer for the Florida SBDC at USF, said. “Government contracting is such a vital area of business for many of our clients and opportunities abound. You just have to know where to find them.”

Cost is $149 per person during the early bird registration period. Early registration discounts end April 13. The conference will take place at the Holiday Inn Tampa Westshore, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m..

In addition to training and networking opportunities, the afternoon will feature a Small Business Awards Luncheon with a prominent keynote speaker.

To register for 31st Annual Government Small Business Conference, click here.

About the Florida SBDC Network:
For over forty years, the Florida SBDC at USF, the state's principal provider of business assistance [Fl. Stat. 288.001], has nourished a statewide partnership between higher education and economic development to provide emerging and established business owners with management and knowledge resources that enable overall growth, increased profitability, and economic prosperity for the state. A statewide network of over 40 centers, the Florida SBDC is funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration, Defense Logistics Agency, State of Florida and other private and public partners, with the University of West Florida serving as the network's designated lead host institution. The Florida SBDC Network is nationally accredited by the Association of SBDCs. Florida SBDC services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Language assistance services are available for individuals with limited English proficiency. For more information, please visit www.FloridaSBDC.org.

About the Florida PTAC at USF
This Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency.