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Moving on down

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 […]

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Virtual Meetings and Events Define the 2020s

Two thousand twenty – the year of the virtual meeting! Whatever sectors had been resisting technology were suddenly thrust into it. Sometimes change is gradual; it can also be abrupt and forceful. When quarantine mandates occurred in March of 2020, all interpreting and consulting work came to a swift halt. We had no idea when

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Safety Translation

Many years ago, we began to translate my PowerPoints files and other safety training materials in Spanish. At first, we obtained different Spanish training materials and tried to use them; they were terrible. Quickly, we realized most of the Spanish training material was likely done by bilingual safety professionals raised in the United States or

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Collaboration

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

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From Alfonso Interpreting to Archway Safety

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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Minority Business Delay

Every year, I meet with my co-owner Emily to review our past year and plan our next year. Two thousand twenty prime goal was to become an 8A certified minority business. We were making slow steady progress. I believe we would have reached that goal within the year. However, the coronavirus pandemic stunned our business.

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Fall Prevention and Protection

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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It has been one crazy year!

Hello everybody! Welcome to my blog reboot. Hopefully, I have not lost too many followers. Let’s begin with a 2020 recap of our company. Next, 2021 intentions will be shared with you. First, I am very grateful because we survived! The beginning of 2020 was exciting, hopeful, and full of plans. I began attending Columbia

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Who cares what the difference is between an interpreter and a translator?

Who cares what the difference is between an interpreter and a translator? If you look at my website and some of my blogs over the years, I attempted to educate people as to the distinction between the two terms. However, more and more, that distinction is becoming less important to me. First, I will explain

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