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SAFETY ZONE By Kent Jorgensen, Chairman, Safety Committee Remember, Rededicate and Resolve In North America the fight to protect workers goes back to the 1790s. Early laws were written to protect merchant sailors. Then as railroad robber barons began accumulating wealth, unions pushed congress to pass the “coupler bill” to eliminate a deadly system for coupling train cars. The modern industrial era, coming out of WWII, caused the creation of OSHA in 1973. At that time an estimated 16,000 workers were killed each year. These attempts have resulted in safer workplaces, but across North America, 900 workers die annually in Canada, 4,800 in the U.S., and a worker dies every 15 seconds worldwide. We cannot let up on the fight to create workplaces that don’t kill, injure, or make workers ill. Health and safety has been and will continue to be a fight between working people and greedy bosses who put business and profit ahead of all else. April 28 has become the International Workers’ Memorial Day (U.S.A.)/ National Day of Mourning (Canada), for workers to honor the memory of those who have been killed at work, and to rededicate the fight to prevent the killing of anyone else. On Friday, April 28 the IATSE International Moment of Silence, commemorating International Workers’ Memorial Day/ National Day of Mourning, will be observed. Workers and Locals are asked to pause at work, their local union offices, or wherever they are and stop for a moment of silence. Other remembrances can be black arm bands, wearing a purple ribbon with a knot tied in it, reading the names of those workers who have died this year or in the past, or flying your flag at half-mast. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING / NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING APRIL 28TH NORTH AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH WEEK MAY 7-13, 2017 By taking these actions, you honor the workers who died while trying to make a living doing some task that didn’t need to kill them. We remember them and their families, and rededicate ourselves to the fight to keep anything like that from ever happening again. NAOSH WEEK The week after International Workers’ Memorial Day/ National Day of Mourning is North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (NAOSH), May 7-13, 2017. This is a week dedicated to raising safety and health awareness in workplaces throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico. There are many events that can be planned for this week - simple things, like posting safety reminders on employee bulletin boards or articles in Local newsletters. Other things might be working with employers to have more safety meetings or Locals organizing safety trainings for this week. NAOSH week is a great time to have a class. Another aspect of NAOSH week is to promote safety in the community. Holding a safety awareness class for high school or college students can help to protect them as they enter the job world, and allow the union to have a positive interaction in their community. Resources for any of these events can be found at the IA Training Trust Fund website, OSHA’s webpage, or by doing a web search for NAOSH week. Also, if you want some ideas, contact Kent Jorgensen at kjorgensen@iatse. net. If you schedule an event, let us know and send us some pictures at communications@iatse.net. 66 OFFICIAL BULLETIN
NEW CERTIFICATION FOR ENTERTAINMENT WORKERS ETCP has recently released a new Certification for people working with the entertainment-related electrical distribution systems that we use on a daily basis, the ETCP Portable Power Distribution Technician (PDT). The PDT is especially useful for members working in the trade show, audio/visual, and motion picture/ television segment of the entertainment industry where distribution systems are used in locations where the permanent system is not sufficient or does not exist. This certification will help the employers to determine who is qualified to do the work and does not hold any additional liability for the members who hold the certifications. It makes sense that if we hold a majority of the certifications, then we will get more of the work. Unlike the ETCP Entertainment Electrician (EE), the ETCP Portable Power Distribution Technician (PDT) is designed for the mid-level technician and not the crew chief. The other main difference between the EE and the PDT is in the range of topics that are covered on the content outline. Topics on the PDT certification are limited to the distribution system from the power source through the branch circuit. The EE certification covers all of the topics in the PDT plus other areas such as lighting control and rigging. If you want more details on the differences between the two certifications, you can find the Scope of Work Document on the ETCP website at www.etcp.esta.org. The exam is currently available and a practice exam will be available in March. Currently only 48% of the people who been awarded the PDT certification are IATSE members. This means that a majority of the people who claim this level of knowledge are not members of the only organization that represents professional technicians in the entertainment industry. This simply has to change as we, the members of the IATSE, are the ones who set the standard for safety and skills in the entertainment industry. For more information, including how to prepare and sign up for the certification, please visit the ETCP website at: www.etcp.esta.org. The IATSE Training Trust has additional resources, including how to setup a study group and test taking strategies, on their website at www. iatsetrainingtrust.org. Enroll through your Local Union for IATSE discounted subscriptions and learn software, creative, and business skills. SAFETY ZONE FIRST QUARTER 2017 67
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