We are now fully open that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has decided that fully vaccinated people can resume normal activities and New York State has announced that 70% of New Yorkers have received the first dose. We have updated our pandemic policy to meet the new requirements. When you attend training with us please provide proof that you have been vaccinated so we can allow everyone to not wear face coverings. We strongly recommend the use of the New York State Excelsior Pass System. The system creates a wallet on your smartphone to allow you to present proof that you've been vaccinated. If you are not vaccinated, you can either attend a virtual training course or attend an in-person course as long as you wear a face-covering (as per CDC recommendations).
To celebrate the new normal or the return to normal we have decided to adjust our pricing to be more in line with the New York State market, in addition, readers of this blog can now claim a discount on our new prices. When registering for your class just enter the code FEDTCBLOG15 to get a 15% discount on our published course price. Remember we still provide our best discounts to our loyal customers (25%). As part of the online (virtual) requirements, we were required to create class interactions and a way to administer the exam. Since these have been successful in the virtual classes, we will continue to allow students to take the exam at our Learning Management System (Administrate LMS portal) and will continue using Poll Everywhere to spark conversations in our classes. To be able to do that you should bring an electronic device (laptop, iPad, smartphone, etc.) to our classes. We will still have paper exams for those who want to take the exam the old-fashioned way or we don't have internet access.
We've been very busy creating eLearning courses. We've just finished creating a Lead in Construction Awareness Course and will be completing a Mold in Construction Awareness Course, soon. We can bundle these courses together with our Asbestos Awareness Course to create an entry-level certificate course (ALM) Asbestos, Lead, and Mold in Construction Awareness or add our Silica in Construction course to create another entry-level certificate course (SLAM) Silica, Lead, Asbestos, and Mold in Construction Awareness. The ALM certificate course costs $65 and the SLAM certificate course costs $75. These are significant savings from taking the courses separately. Please contact us at 1-800-969-3888 to set these courses up for your staff.
Finally, those of you who have attended our classes for years have met Alyssa, my daughter, and remember her cute way of saying wetter-water. Well, we're happy to announce that Alyssa got married in May to a wonderful woman Sarah Jednak. We are so happy to have Sarah officially join the family. We look forward to seeing everyone soon!
