FTI 1119C OSHA 502 03082022
2022-03-08 08:00 - 2022-03-10 17:00 (America/New_York)
24 Hours
This course provides an update for currently authorized OSHA Construction Industry Outreach Trainers on topics such as OSHA construction industry standards, policies and regulations. Construction industry outreach trainers are required to attend this course once every four years to maintain trainer status (Certification Period: 48 months).
Prerequisite: FTI 1114C OSHA 510, FTI 1109C OSHA 500, or previous FTI 1119C OSHA 502
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FTI 1216 Organizing Leadership Series I (A) 03132022
2022-03-13 08:00 - 2022-03-18 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
40 Hours
This course is a comprehensive overview of organizing issues related to the construction industry, offering constructive ways to organizing the industry, including the value proposition for members, contractors and construction owners. In addition to concentrating on issues related to workforce organizing (i.e. identifying, contacting, and communicating with unrepresented workers), participants will learn how to identify leaders and build worker committees. One-on-one skills, overall communications strategies and framing issues will also be addressed in this program. Furthermore, the course instructor will explain how organizing has evolved and changed over time. This course is intended to help District Councils effectively manage their organizing activities and to efficiently use union resources. Specifically, participants will review basic concepts of research and analysis. Participants will take part in a series of interactive, small-group exercises centered on a realistic case study.
Prerequisite: None
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FTI 1120C USACE Fall Protection OVERTON 03152022
2022-03-15 08:00 - 2022-03-18 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
32 Hours
Upon successful completion of the classroom training the participant will be able to pass a written examination demonstrating comprehension of the basic selection, inspection and safe use of fall protections systems and materials when in accordance with Federal OSHA Laws and United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) EM385. They will have been trained, tested and understand the following:

Recognizing potential risks and worksite hazards for workers using fall protection and understands the appropriate actions to take.
Understand and be able to demonstrate the federal laws and basic safety rules when utilizing fall protection systems.
Understand the proper and safe use of the fall protection systems covered in this course.
Understand the selection, inspection, ratings, rejection criteria and proper safe use fall protection systems when using Aerial Work Platforms, Mobile, Overhead and/or Tower Cranes, of Forklift trucks to hoist personnel.

(Certification Period: Permanent)
Prerequisite: None
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FTI 1157 ETCP Hoist and Rigging 03212022 - Canceled
2022-03-21 08:00 - 2022-03-24 17:00
4-day hands-on training in entertainment rigging fundamentals and the use and maintenance of electric chain hoist motors. This training will encompass rigging terms, loads, design factors, hardware and wire rope use and inspection. Additionally, a review of fall protection, ropes and knots, varieties, inspection, calculations of truss and convention center rigging basics, as well as use and study of electricity of a hoist (in accordance with AMSE B30.16 and ANSI E1.6-2 safety standards); and the use and maintenance of chain motors used in arena, tradeshow and theater settings. The purpose of this training is to provide necessary skills and knowledge for the tradeshow worker to build upon experiences on the field of work to be successful on the ETCP exam. The course is being offered for riggers with experience in arena, theater and general entertainment venues.

FTI 1104C American Heart Association Heartsaver 03232022 (ISC-DC 82)
2022-03-23 08:00 - 2022-03-24 16:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
24 Hours
IUPAT American Heart Association Heartsaver Instructor Courses are designed for new and renewing AHA Instructors as well as Instructors currently providing other First Aid and CPR programs. The course includes 4 components which are completed during a 2-day, 16-hour all-inclusive program. The components include:

AHA Heartsaver Instructor Program Overview and Curriculum Implementation

AHA Core Instructor Program

AHA Instructor and Provider Product distribution and training material utilization

Complete Provider Course completion with Instructor Candidate Monitoring

Upon program completion participants will be credentialed as AHA Heartsaver Instructors and receive their AHA Heartsaver First Aid, CPR and AED provider credential. Both credentials are valid for two years. Heartsaver Instructors have the ability to provide all AHA Heartsaver CPR and First Aid programs, have access to provider materials through standardized IUPAT ordering process, issue AHA credentials on site immediately following training sessions, and submit course completion information. Product ordering, roster submission and Training Center resources will be reviewed in detail during the program and enable Instructor to begin training facilitation immediately following course completion (Certification Period: 24 months).
Member Card Abbreviation: IUPAT AHA Heartsaver
Prerequisite: None
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FTI 1023 Introduction to Computing Applications for Instructors 03292022
2022-03-29 08:00 - 2022-03-31 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
24 Hours
This 24-hour course will provide level 1 basics of Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel (7 hours per course.) Students will also receive an overview of the FTI LMS, the Member Mobile APP and an overview and tips and tricks of Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Courses will be taught by professionals from our local community college (AACC).
Prerequisite: None
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FTI 1154C Peer Support 03292022
2022-03-29 08:00 - 2022-03-31 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
20 Hours
More information to come
Prerequisite: None
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FTI 1216 Organizing Leadership Series I (B) 04032022
2022-04-03 08:00 - 2022-04-08 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States

FTI 2013 Industrial Applicator TTT 04042022
2022-04-04 08:00 - 2022-04-08 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
40 Hours
This course has been designed to meet the requirements for a Level II certified Coating and Lining Application Specialist set forth in the Body of Knowledge contained within the SSPC ACS1/NACE No.13 Joint Standard and in accordance with ISO 17024. Students will learn to apply their theoretical knowledge and skills to the corrosion protection of steel and concrete on complex industrial structures through course work in Health and Safety Awareness for Application Specialists, surface preparation and coating materials properties, and application. Specialty application course work in plural component and thermal spray will further assist students in expanding their skills.
Prerequisite: Application
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FTI 1114C OSHA 510 04112022
2022-04-11 08:00 - 2022-04-14 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
32 Hours
This is the basic instructor course in OSHA standards for the general industry. This course includes an overview of safety standards for non-construction workplaces. The course also includes information on the identification and remediation of hazards as well as reporting requirements (Certification Period: 48 months)
Prerequisite: Submit Form to Progress to OSHA 500
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FTI 1187C Permit Required Confined Space Entry (CERTIFICATION) 04112022
2022-04-11 08:00 - 2022-04-14 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
32 Hours
More information to come
Prerequisite: None
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FTI 154, FTI 1162, FTI 138 Hearing Conservation-Haz Com-Silica 04202022
2022-04-20 08:00 - 2022-04-22 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
24 Hours
3-in-1 course:

FTI 154 Globally Harmonized System Hazard Communication (GHS Haz Com)
FTI 1162 Occupational Noise and Hearing Loss
FTI 138 Occupational Exposure to Silica

Prerequisite: None
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FTI 198 PANDEMIC RESILIENCY TTT 05032022
2022-05-03 08:00 - 2022-05-05 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
The iFTI developed a Pandemic Resiliency Train the Trainer course to provide training centers the tools to develop their own Pandemic Plans to reduce the risk of exposure to workers, students and guests during the COVID-19 pandemic, future pandemics, or disease outbreaks. Training topics will include COVID-19 awareness, developing Pandemic Plans and Pandemic Resiliency. The curriculum will emphasize current case studies, infectious disease awareness, the selection and implementation of health and safety controls, and finding and using trusted sources of information.
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FTI 1119C OSHA 502 05032022
2022-05-03 08:00 - 2022-05-05 17:00

FTI 1141 Changing the Culture of Construction 05102022 - CANCELLED
2022-05-10 08:00 - 2022-05-12 17:00
20 Hours
This training is designed to inform and empower the construction industry by separating fact from fiction and encourage our workforce to choose pro activity when it comes to behavioral health issues and addictions. Our goal is to educate individuals, in turn promoting a healthy, safe, and substance free working environment.
Prerequisite: None
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FTI 1104C American Heart Association Heartsaver 05172022
2022-05-17 08:00 - 2022-05-19 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States

FTI 1113C American Heart Association Refresher 05182022
2022-05-18 08:00 - 2022-05-19 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
12 Hours
This course includes The American Red Cross or The American Heart Association emergency response, automated external defibrillation, and cardiovascular pulmonary resuscitation, as well as emergency response, automated external defibrillation, and cardiovascular pulmonary resuscitation (Certification Period: 24 months).
Member Card Abbreviation: AHA Refresher
Prerequisite: FTI 1104C AHA Heart Saver Initial
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FTI 1109C OSHA 500 06062022
2022-06-06 08:00 - 2022-06-10 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
40 Hours

This course is designed for members interested in teaching the 10- and 30-hour construction safety and health outreach program. Special emphasis is placed on those topics that are required in the 10- and 30-hour programs as well as on those that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide. Course participants are briefed on effective instructional approaches and the effective use of visual aids and handouts. This course allows the student to become a trainer and to conduct both a 10- and 30-hour construction safety and health course and to issue cards to participants verifying course completion. NOTE: Students in OSHA 500 who wish to participate as authorized trainers in the Outreach Program must successfully pass a written exam at the end of the course. Outreach trainers are required to attend Course 502 at least once every four years to maintain their trainer status (Certification Period: 48 months).
Prerequisite: FTI 1109C OSHA 500 or previous FTI 1119C OSHA 502
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FTI 1024 Computing Applications Level 2 06072022
2022-06-07 08:00 - 2022-06-09 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
24 Hours
This three-day course provides intermediate (Level 2) training in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (8 hours per topic). This course would be the next level of training for participants who took the FTI 1023 Introduction to Computing Applications for Instructors. Courses will be taught by professionals from our local community college (AACC).
Prerequisite: FTI 1023 Introduction to Computing Applications
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FTI 1217 Organizing Leadership Series II (A) 06122022 -CANCELLED
2022-06-12 08:00 - 2022-06-17 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
40 Hours
There is nothing more effective than the face-to-face communication for building relationships with the contractors and owners. This course prepares IUPAT servicing reps and organizers to conduct effective in-person meetings with non-union contractors both inside and outside the content of organizing. Participants review communication strategies and practice relationship building through one-on-one conversation. Other topics include developing messages for the news media and the public, and the various tools and techniques for delivering those messages. The exponential growth of Facebook, as well as other digital communications platforms, demonstrates how communication has changed and expanded in the past few years. This course shows how these new communications platforms, including social communities and blogs, can improve the effectiveness of organizing efforts. Specifically, participants will review basic concepts of research, analysis and strategic planning, develop, and present a comprehensive organizing plan while applying all of the appropriate tactics taught in this (and previous) classes.
Prerequisite: None
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FTI 1000 Introduction to Teaching Techniques for Adults 06132022
2022-06-13 08:00 - 2022-06-17 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
40 Hours
Introduction to instruction for instructors and coordinators of occupational training and apprenticeship. Included in this course are an introduction to computers, commission and interaction, planning, organizing and conducting training, and developing and using instructional aids.
Prerequisite: None
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FTI 1023 Introduction to Computing Applications for Instructors 06212022
2022-06-21 08:00 - 2022-06-23 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States

FTI 1111C OVERTON Rigging-Lifts-Forklift-Hand Signaling 06212022
2022-06-21 08:00 - 2022-06-24 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
24 Hours
Prerequisite: COR 1126C Overton Rigging and Signaling (Strongly Recommended) Completion of online Training Sessions with Overton

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FTI 1154C Peer Support 06222022
2022-06-22 08:00 - 2022-06-24 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States

FTI 1165C Mobile Elevated Working Platform (MEWP) 06272022
2022-06-27 08:00 - 2022-06-30 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
32 Hours
The intent of the MEWP training is to provide a comprehensive training program covering aerial lifts including Boom Lifts, Scissor Lifts and Truck Mounted Bucket Lifts which are used by union members. The course will address the federal requirements as outlined under OSHA 1926.21 Safety & Training Education; 1926.453 Aerial Lifts, and 1926.503 Fall Protection and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ Scaffold & Access Industry Association (ANSI/SAIA) A92 Standards.
The MEWP training course is a four (4) day course. The course will involve three (3) days of in class interactive class instruction with group activities and practical exercises. A written examination will be given in the afternoon of the 3rd day of the course.
The course includes the following training modules:

Module 1 – Introductions;
Module 2 – Administration;
Module 3 – Ten Most Hazardous Activities Involving Mn Made Lifts for Drywallers and Painters;
Module 4 – OSHA Fatalities & Safety Concerns;
Module 5 – MEWP Definitions;
Module 6 – Regulatory Overview;
Module 7 – ANSI/SAIA A92 Standards;
Module 8 – Stabilizing & Positioning Aerial Lifts;
Module 9 – Fall Protection & Guard Rail Systems;
Module 10 – Inspection of MEWP & Records;
Module 11 – Operation of a MEWP;
Module 12 – MEWP Classification, Components, Operator Controls, & Movement;
Module 13 – ANSI A92.2 Vehicle Mounted Bucket Truck;
Module 14 – Personal Protective Equipment;
Module 15 – IUPAT IFTI MEWP Training Requirements; and
Module 16 – Key Takeaways.

The last day of the course will involve operator competency demonstrations on the aerial lifts including operation of the lifts and pre inspection of the lift prior to operation. Course participants can test on all three (3) aerial lifts or just on the lift(s) that they will operate. Training certificates and wallet sized licenses will be provided to all members who successfully complete the training.
Prerequisite: None
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FTI 1104C American Heart Association Heartsaver 07142022
2022-07-12 08:00 - 2022-07-14 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States

FTI 1173C Scaffold Awareness-Erector-Dismantler : 07182022
2022-07-18 08:00 - 2022-07-22 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
40 Hours

(Certification Period: )
Prerequisite: None
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FTI 1001 Teaching Techniques for Adults 07252022
2022-07-25 08:00 - 2022-07-29 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
40 Hours
Instruction for year two Instructors and Coordinators of occupational training and apprenticeship. Included in the course are intermediate computers, laboratory safety, testing, and evaluation, and advanced instructional methods.
Prerequisite: FTI 1000 Introduction to Teaching Techniques for Adults
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FTI 1135C NCCCO Mobile Crane 07252022
2022-07-25 08:00 - 2022-07-29 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
48 Hours

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FTI 1120C USACE Fall Protection 07262022
2022-07-26 08:00 - 2022-07-29 17:00 | International Finishing Trades Institute Training Center, 7230 Parkway Drive, Hanover, MD, 21076, United States
