Here we grow again! Archway Safety & Language has a new home. We are no longer on Wade Hampton Blvd. Now we are off Wade Hampton. This month we moved into Suite 307B at 1 Chick Springs Road in Greenville, South Carolina. We offer first aid, CPR, OSHA, safety, and interpreter training. Although our offerings […]
This is Part II of an essay I wrote as part of my course work at Columbia Southern University. Most of the information I have understood for years and taught to others. This time, the research backs my experience and observation. Difficulties in Training Employers handle communicating the company’s safety program. The goal is information
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For many years, I have been instructing OSHA safety for Greenville Technical College (GvlTec). After attending the Hazardous Waste Operations Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) course sponsored by the National Partnership Environmental Technology Education (PETE) in Davenport, Iowa in 2019, GvlTec used me for HAZWOPER training as well. Toward the end of 2019, our company earned distinction
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (Hazwoper) is a training I have been fine tuning for the last several years. One of my pet peeves is death by PowerPoint. I hate boring training. I cannot stand sitting in a dull class and I especially cannot bear to see my students looking aloof. To teach Hazwoper,
If there is one thing that 2020 taught me, is that those who, do not adapt to change do not survive. From the time I started my business I was always observed the direction of the winds. Looking for opportunities and refocusing and reinventing as often as I can. Never have I been a fan
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In the beginning of 2020, our company was contracted to provide several English and Spanish 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) classes required for some construction crews to work on site. I began the first class in Newark, Delaware. Just before heading out, I had been following the news on the fast-spreading coronavirus.
Last year, our name changed from Alfonso Interpreting & Transporting, Inc. to Archway Safety Consulting & Language Services, Inc. Although this might come as a surprise to many, gradual adjustments have been occurring in our business. In the mid-1980s, I worked on scaffolds in New York City. In the 1990s, I operated Atlantic Painting and
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Last year, we had the opportunity to collaborate with Greenville Technical College in the development of a fall prevention/fall protection class. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA®) offers a grant to create and deliver safety training material. The Susan Harwood grant is typically available to schools and other organizations. OSHA® provides a list of
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Workers must receive ongoing training to promote a consistent message that safety is as important as productivity. This message should be reinforced in all safety meetings, such as daily toolbox talks and by posted visual reminders. Safety Training All workers should have at least training in an OSHA 10-hour class; preferably OSHA 30-hour class They
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I was twenty years old when my journey of learning began. As a volunteer minister, I took a vow of poverty and served at the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society. Not only did I learn many of my life lessons there, but I also learned about working safely on a scaffold. A few years later,
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Phone : (864) 271-2954
Email : office@ArchwaySL.com
Address : P.O. Box 27309 Greenville, SC 29616
Archway also bridges the gap in communication by offering a wide variety of interpreting and translation services.
Archway also bridges the gap in communication by offering a wide variety of interpreting and translation services.
