Welcome to Safety Fest of the Great Northwest Pocatello
2019 will be our 10th year
We recommend you create an online account (Use the Account Registration tab at the top of this page) before the opening of registration on February 14th. This will help speed up the process. Many classes fill up fast.
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Safety Fest of the Great Northwest Pocatello is an annual training event that offers over 40 FREE safety and health training courses to workers, supervisors, and managers of all levels. We offer this benefit to the community to provides safety and health training in an effort to help reduce fatalities, injuries and illnesses. We focus on keeping these trainings free so that local small businesses with minimal or non-existent training budgets never have to suffer when it comes to safety training.
The Pocatello Safety Fest event is scheduled for April 9-11, 2019 and will include a vendor show on April 9th and 10th. New for 2019 – Thursday Demonstration (Demo) Day! To best utilize the vendor area at the hotel we are offering an option for vendors to display on Thursday from 7:30 am to 1 pm. We want the focus on Thursday to be about demonstrations, simulations and hands-on activities.
Event: April 9-11, 2019
Registration: February 14 – March 14, 2019 (Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m. on February 14th)
Location:
Red Lion Hotel and Conference Center – Map
1555 Pocatello Creek Rd.
Pocatello, ID 83201
Courses:
2019 Class Schedule (PDF). For the most up to date information click the Classes tab at the top of the page.
New Course Added for 2019! (This class is full.)
Safety Trained Supervisor (STS) Exam Preparation Course (April 10 & 11, 2019)
- Reduces incident and Worker’s Compensation Rates
- Increases competence in supervisory safety decisions
- Improves overall safety programs and OSHA compliance
- Develops professionalism and safety ownership
Why STS? Companies with supervisors who have obtained a STS certification find it:
- Reduces incident and Worker’s Compensation Rates
- Increases competence in supervisory safety decisions
- Improves overall safety programs and OSHA compliance
- Develops professionalism and safety ownership
Who should be STS certified? This class is designed for personnel with a safety responsibility that is adjunct or collateral to their job duties, including managers at all levels, first line supervisors, superintendents, foremen, crew chiefs or craftsmen. It provides guidance and assistance in preparing for the Board of Certified Safety Professionals examination for STS in general industry and construction, which is nationally accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies.
Through the use of numerous case studies and instruction from Rick Callor, CSP, STS, you will learn the best known methods used by supervisors to obtain world class safety performance. Participants will receive a Thumb Drive containing all the training materials and sample questions to use as a study guide.
Slip Simulator (April 11, 2019)
The Slip Simulator provides a safe environment where people can experience walking postures that may result in a slip/fall, and learn the safe method for navigating treacherous conditions. This is an interactive, fun, educational and interesting dynamic learning tool. It will be located outside the event and ran by Denise Serr and Industrial Hygiene and Industrial Safety Engineer with over 20 years of experience at the Idaho National Laboratory.
Trade Show:
The always popular Trade Show and Vendor Bingo will be Tuesday and Wednesday with a prize drawing Wednesday at noon. This is a great opportunity to see new safety products and services and talk with the company representatives directly- plus win some cool prizes!
New for 2019 – Thursday Demonstration (Demo) Day! To best utilize the vendor area at the hotel we are offering an option for vendors to display on Thursday from 7:30 am to 1 pm. We want the focus on Thursday to be about demonstrations, simulations and hands-on activities.
Account Registration
To sign up for classes you need to create an account on the Pocatello Safety Fest website under the Account Registration tab. To make your registration process go quicker we recommend you create an account prior to the registration start dates.
Walk-ins and No Shows
If you did not get into all the classes you wanted, please come to the registration desk at class time and students will be added on a first-come, first-served basis as space permits. Please do not be late for your class or your spot will be filled, and please DON’T be a “No Show”. It is highly frowned upon when students are a no show for class. That is a seat that could have been filled by another willing student. Please respect that all our instructors volunteer their time and material to teach at Safety Fest.
Openings
At the registration desk we post the list of classes for the day that still have openings. We encourage walk-ins for those courses, so please just stop by and see us.
Support
As always, we could not do this event without all of the support and contributions from our Founding Partners, Community Partners, Sponsors, Vendors, Instructors and all our volunteers. Be sure to recognize these community advocates of safety for all of the great support they have provided over the years.
Not in the Pocatello area? Visit one of the other Safety Fest Locations:
To find out about other Safety Fest events around the state click HERE.
2019 Title Sponsor
Big thank you to our Community Partner!
