/ en Wed, 07 May 2025 14:31:36 -0500 Tue, 25 Mar 25 10:40:48 -0500 /education-events/working-health-care-ashe-academy-2025-chicago <p>Analyze the unique challenges you and your crew face when working on construction projects in a health care environment. Contribute to saving lives by reducing risks to patients, staff, crew and visitors. Learn how to reduce a facility’s construction costs by becoming aware of the intricacies and differences of health care environment in all phases of construction projects. Receive guidance necessary for you and your crew’s successful participation in health care projects.</p><p>Get ready for the next step in your career and prove your competencies by taking ASHE’s <a href="/education/certified-worker">Certified Health Care Physical Environment Worker exam</a> as a follow-up to this program.</p><p><strong>This program is part of ³¯Ñô³Ô¹ÏAcademy 2025. </strong></p> Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:40:48 -0500 Workplace Safety /education-events/working-health-care-certified-health-care-physical-environment-worker-education-exam-review-march-2025-live <p><a class="btn-primary btn" href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/?ahabu=ASHE&webcode=eventinfo&Reg_evt_key=8802B3BC-9F93-486B-803C-B2D8371FB17E" target="_blank">Register</a></p><p>Protect patients, staff and visitors with your awareness of the construction challenges unique to a health care site.</p><p>Save lives, reduce risk and decrease costs. Gain insights on the unique challenges for construction projects taking place in a health care setting. Review code compliance requirements, infection prevention, fire and life safety and find out details on how your team’s actions can positively or negatively impact the safety of patients, staff and visitors.</p><h3><small>Take-Home Knowledge </small></h3><ul><li>Reduce risks to patients during construction.</li><li>Describe the fundamentals of life safety and interim life safety measures (ILSMs).</li><li>Prevent spread of infection and apply techniques for successful contamination.</li><li>Review equipment and systems unique to health care facilities and gain strategies on system shutdowns.</li><li>Respect and defend customer and patient expectations during construction projects.</li><li>Study concepts included on health care physical environment worker certification exam.</li></ul><p><a href="/education/certified-worker-exam-review" target="_blank"><strong>View complete program details >></strong></a></p> Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:40:43 -0600 Workplace Safety /education-events/working-health-care-certified-health-care-physical-environment-worker-education-exam-review-may-2025-live <p>Protect patients, staff and visitors with your awareness of the construction challenges unique to a health care site.</p><p><a href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/?ahabu=ASHE&webcode=eventinfo&Reg_evt_key=BBDC9D3A-5B3C-437C-B340-04392B5D4349" target="_blank"><strong>Register</strong></a><br><br>Save lives, reduce risk and decrease costs. Gain insights on the unique challenges for construction projects taking place in a health care setting. Review code compliance requirements, infection prevention, fire and life safety and find out details on how your team’s actions can positively or negatively impact the safety of patients, staff and visitors.</p><h3><small class="sm">Take-home knowledge:</small></h3><ul><li>Reduce risks to patients during construction. </li><li>Describe the fundamentals of life safety and interim life safety measures (ILSMs). </li><li>Prevent spread of infection and apply techniques for successful contamination. </li><li>Review equipment and systems unique to health care facilities and gain strategies on system shutdowns. </li><li>Respect and defend customer and patient expectations during construction projects. </li><li>Study concepts included on health care physical environment worker certification exam. </li></ul><p><a href="/education/certified-worker-exam-review"><strong>Complete program information available here.</strong></a></p> Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:49:31 -0500 Workplace Safety /education-events/working-health-care-certified-health-care-physical-environment-worker-education-exam-review-feb-2025-chicago <h4>This event has been postponed. More information coming soon. </h4><p>Taking place in-person in Chicago! Protect patients, staff and visitors with your awareness of the construction challenges unique to a health care site.<br><br>Save lives, reduce risk and decrease costs. Gain insights on the unique challenges for construction projects taking place in a health care setting. Review code compliance requirements, infection prevention, fire and life safety and find out details on how your team’s actions can positively or negatively impact the safety of patients, staff and visitors.</p><h3><small class="sm">Take-home knowledge:</small></h3><ul><li>Reduce risks to patients during construction. </li><li>Describe the fundamentals of life safety and interim life safety measures (ILSMs). </li><li>Prevent spread of infection and apply techniques for successful contamination. </li><li>Review equipment and systems unique to health care facilities and gain strategies on system shutdowns. </li><li>Respect and defend customer and patient expectations during construction projects. </li><li>Study concepts included on health care physical environment worker certification exam. </li></ul><p><strong>Earn 6 CECs.</strong></p><h3><small class="sm">Speaker:</small></h3><p>Renée Jacobs, FASHE, CHFM, CHC</p><p><a href="/education/certified-worker-exam-review"><strong>Complete program information available here.</strong></a></p> Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:18:16 -0500 Workplace Safety /education-events/certified-health-care-physical-environment-worker-exam-review-october-2025 <p>This virtual, instructor-led program offers training for subcontractors, specialty contractors and those who are working in the health care environment. Participants will gain knowledge of the unique intricacies of working in a hospital or other health care facility, and can showcase their participation in this program to market their subcontractor or specialty contractor services.<br><br>Topics covered in this program include risks to patients during construction; fundamentals of Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM); infection prevention; equipment and systems unique to health care facilities; and customer and patient expectations.</p><p><strong>Learning Outcomes:</strong></p><ul><li>Articulate factors that are unique to the construction and renovation of health care facilities and implement best practices based on those factors.</li><li>Implement the precautions required for construction in a health care facility to ensure safe and effective healing environments are maintained during a project.</li></ul><p>This course offer 4 CECs. Credit hours can be used toward the renewal of the Certified Health Care Facility Manager (CHFM) credential and the Certified Health Care Constructor (CHC) credential.<br><br><a href="/education/certified-worker-exam-review" target="_blank"><strong>View complete program details here.</strong></a></p> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:09:34 -0500 Workplace Safety /education-events/working-in-health-care-ashe-academy-2024 <p>Analyze the unique challenges you and your crew face when working on construction projects in a health care environment. Contribute to saving lives by reducing risks to patients, staff, crew and visitors. Learn how to reduce a facility’s construction costs by becoming aware of the intricacies and differences of health care environment in all phases of construction projects. Receive guidance necessary for you and your crew’s successful participation in health care projects.</p> <p>Get ready for the next step in your career and prove your competencies by taking ASHE’s <a href="/education/certified-worker">Certified Health Care Physical Environment Worker exam</a> as a follow-up to this program.</p> <p><strong>This program is part of ³¯Ñô³Ô¹ÏAcademy 2024. </strong></p> Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:31:18 -0600 Workplace Safety /education-events/working-health-care-certified-health-care-physical-environment-worker-education-exam-review-september-2023 <p>This event is hosted by <a href="https://www.mhcea.org/fall-registration">MHCEA</a>. Please click "Register" for more details.</p> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 15:23:12 -0500 Workplace Safety /education-events/certified-health-care-physical-environment-worker-exam-review-october-2023 <p>Prepare for the Certified Health Care Physical Environment Worker exam. Show you can protect patients, staff and visitors with your awareness of the construction challenges unique to a health care site.</p> <p>Learn how to overcome challenges unique to health care sites. Review code compliance requirements, infection prevention, fire and life safety and find out details on how your team’s actions can positively or negatively impact the safety of patients, staff and visitors.</p> <p><strong>Learning Outcomes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Reduce risks to patients during construction. </li> <li>Describe the fundamentals of life safety and interim life safety measures (ILSMs). </li> <li>Prevent spread of infection and apply techniques for successful contamination. </li> <li>Review equipment and systems unique to health care facilities and gain strategies on system shutdowns. </li> <li>Respect and defend customer and patient expectations during construction projects. </li> <li>Study concepts included on health care physical environment worker certification exam. </li> </ul> <p><strong>Speaker(s):</strong></p> <ul> <li>Josh Brackett, PE, CHFM, S³¯Ñô³Ô¹Ï- System Regulatory Director, Facilities, Banner Health & Co-founder and Chief Learning Officer, Legacy FM</li> </ul> <p>This course offer 4 CECs. Credit hours can be used toward the renewal of the Certified Health Care Facility Manager (CHFM) credential and the Certified Health Care Constructor (CHC) credential.<br /> <br /> <strong><a href="/education/certified-worker-exam-review" target="_blank">View complete program details here.</a></strong></p> Wed, 01 Mar 2023 09:53:35 -0600 Workplace Safety /education-events/working-health-care-may-2023-ashe-academy <p>As a subcontractor or specialty contractor, it’s important to understand the complexities of working in a health care construction environment.<br /> <br /> This live online program offers training for subcontractors, specialty contractors and those who are working in the health care environment. Participants will gain knowledge of the unique intricacies of working in a hospital or other health care facility, and can showcase their participation in this program to market their subcontractor or specialty contractor services.<br /> <br /> Topics covered in this program include risks to patients during construction; fundamentals of Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM); infection prevention; equipment and systems unique to health care facilities; and customer and patient expectations.</p> <strong>Speaker:</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Joshua Brackett</strong>, PE, SASHE, CHFM, System Regulator Director, Facilities Operations, Banner Health</li> </ul> <p><strong>This course offer</strong> <strong>4 CECs</strong>. Credit hours can be used toward the renewal of the <a href="/education/chfm">Certified Health Care Facility Manager</a> (CHFM) credential and the <a href="/education/chc">Certified Health Care Constructor</a> (CHC) credential.</p> --> Wed, 30 Nov 2022 17:42:30 -0600 Workplace Safety /education-events/working-health-care-certified-health-care-physical-environment-worker-education-exam-review-jan-2023-live <p>As a subcontractor or specialty contractor, it’s important to understand the complexities of working in a health care construction environment…</p> <p>This virtual, instructor-led program offers training for subcontractors, specialty contractors and those who are working in the health care environment. Participants will gain knowledge of the unique intricacies of working in a hospital or other health care facility, and can showcase their participation in this program to market their subcontractor or specialty contractor services.</p> <p>Topics covered in this program include risks to patients during construction; fundamentals of Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM); infection prevention; equipment and systems unique to health care facilities; and customer and patient expectations.</p> <h3><small>Learning Outcomes:</small></h3> <ul> <li>Articulate factors that are unique to the construction and renovation of health care facilities and implement best practices based on those factors.</li> <li>Implement the precautions required for construction in a health care facility to ensure safe and effective healing environments are maintained during a project.</li> </ul> <h3><small>Provided with this program:</small></h3> <ul> <li>Certificate of course attendance that can be used to market your knowledge</li> <li>Solid preparation for certified health care physical environment worker certification examination</li> <li>Course materials that supplement your learning.</li> </ul> <h3><small>CEC's:</small></h3> <p>This course offer 4 CECs. Credit hours can be used toward the renewal of the Certified Health Care Facility Manager (CHFM) credential and the Certified Health Care Constructor (CHC) credential.</p> <h3><small>Speakers:</small></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Renée Jacobs</strong>, CHFM, CHC, FASHE, Business Development Manager, Healthcare, Distech Controls</li> </ul> <h3><small>Who should enroll in this program?</small></h3> <ul> <li>Subcontractors</li> <li>Specialty contractors</li> <li>It is recommended that general contractors and construction project managers take ASHE’s Health Care Construction Workshop and that at least one person on the job site has the Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC) Certification It is then recommended that anyone else on the job site should be a Certified Health Care Physical Environment Worker.</li> </ul> Fri, 04 Nov 2022 08:56:51 -0500 Workplace Safety