39 Training Center Updates

BATON ROUGE training center update KEEPING SAFETY FIRST AS WE WELCOME STUDENTS BACK BY KELLY CARPENTER, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION The training center staff worked hard on policies and procedures for students to gradually return to class on June 1. It is and will continue to be the utmost importance that all individuals associated with the •Providing handwashing stations at each entrance of our Baton Rouge Training Center continue to adhere to buildings and hand sanitizer dispensers at entrance of local and federal guidelines as we return to school each classroom and lab safely. With the help from both the Safety Committee •Placing decals on the floor of the buildings on campus, and Education and Manpower Committee, we believe positioned in 6-foot intervals throughout all buildings to we have outlined a clear path to execute a smooth enforce social distancing guidelines transition for students. •Arranging the classroom seating to accommodate for These classes began on June 1 with the 25% capacity •Allowing no breaks and no smoking on campus to restriction: discourage students and groups from congregating oElectrical & Instrumentation 400 •Offering restroom breaks for one individual at a time oHeavy Equipment & Mobile Crane 200 •Turning off vending machine and water fountains to limit oPipefitting 400 touch points. Students are planning accordingly to bring oMillwright 500 their own drinks and snacks. oSpecialty Classes – CSST, Print Reading, Estimating and Planning & Scheduling ABC staff and instructors are looking forward to oWelding welcoming the next group of students to our Baton Rouge Below is the outline that ABC Pelican developed to from the Spring 2020 semester. The plan is to continue insure we have social distancing, health and safety with similar policies and procedures that have been practices in place for the students, instructors, visitors adapted for the summer session. and staff. Many of these new policies have now become part of ABC Pelican’s best practices for better health Here are the Spring 2020 classes we plan to resume on and hygiene and will continue to be implemented August 3: going forward. I’m happy to report that these first few oElectrical & Instrumentation 100, 200 & 300 weeks of classes have run smoothly and that the staff oHeavy Equipment & Mobile Crane 100 and instructors are happy to see the students return to oPipefitting 100, 200 & 300 campus. oMillwright 100, 200, & 300 •Daily temperature checks and questionnaires provided Planning & Scheduling by a third-party medical vendor to all students at the oWelding gate of our campus •Students who register a temperature over 99.9 degrees at the gate of our campus are required to: oSelf-quarantine for 14 days OR oProvide us documented proof of one negative COVID-19 test result before returning to campus. •Keeping daily logs on file from all students, visitors and staff •Requiring that face covering must be worn by students and instructors while on campus social distancing requirements Campus on August 3 to continue the remaining classes oSpecialty Classes – CSST, Print Reading, Estimating and