Course Description
Organizations across the world are faced with the same mounting issue of a boom in aging workers. This webinar is designed to help your organization manage your aging workforce today and plan for tomorrow.
In this session, we will explore the impending workplace age shift and what it means for your organization. Building upon this foundation, we will outline the current and future impacts of aging in the workplace, and how you can identify these (and any associated risks) in your organization.
We'll also discuss the strategies and solutions available to meet the challenge of aging in the workplace, and how to implement these strategies to create an environment that supports your aging workers, maximizes their contributions, and minimizes your organization's risk and vulnerability.
Learning Objectives:By attending this training session, you and your co-workers will learn:
- Key issues facing older workers
- Understand the physical and mental functions affected by the normal aging processes
- Understand the impact of aging in the work environment
- Learn workplace solutions to minimize risk and vulnerability
- Ergonomic issues that relate to workplace settings
- How to help employees do their jobs better, safer and longer
- How to design safety/ergonomic safeguards to reduce the potential for injury
About Your Presenter:Michael Lawrence is principal of Summit Safety Technologies. He is an accomplished safety manager, technical trainer, and instructional designer, and is recognized for his expert knowledge of safety regulations, safety management systems, business continuation planning, emergency preparedness, and quality management systems.
Lawrence's experience includes over 16 years in safety and technical training in the semiconductor manufacturing industry and 14 years Naval Aviation experience in aircraft maintenance, electronics technology, safety, and quality assurance. His military contributions resulted in several awards, including the Navy Achievement Medal, and numerous awards from the Navy League of the United States for his volunteer work as a Commanding Officer with the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps.
Lawrence's volunteer work also includes 10 years as a CPR and First Aid Instructor Trainer for the American Red Cross.
Lawrence is certified in Safety &Health Systems for Small Business, Instructional Design, and as a Performance Based Equipment Trainer (PBET).
PHR / SPHR Credits!This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification or re-certification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCI's criteria to be pre-approved for re-certification credit.