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Educational Institute Endorses WebFire
Training, Inc. for OSHA Training
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ORLANDO, Fla., May 2003 - The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI) proudly announces that WebFire Training is "EI's official and exclusive provider of web-based OSHA safety training." 
        
WebFire Training is a web-based training, testing, and tracking service specifically designed to address mandatory OSHA safety training requirements for line-level employees at hotel properties.

This innovative online service features eight, self-paced, interactive, bilingual (English and Spanish) courses: 

  • Back Safety
  • Bloodborne Pathogens
  • Chemical Safety 
  • Driver Safety 
  • Electrical Safety
  • Fire Safety 
  • Ladder Safety 
  • Slips, Trips, and Falls 
In addition, WebFire Training provides online exams and quizzes, and issues a Certificate of Completion endorsed by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute.  The customizable Learning Management System permits property administrators and department supervisors to track training with user-friendly tools.  
       
WebFire Training offers tangible benefits: potential savings of up to 75% over current safety training expense; 24/7 anywhere access to standardized training, testing and tracking; opportunity to reduce, eliminate or supplement classroom safety training sessions.  A distinguished advisory board provided input and review for the development of WebFire Training: Jesse Denton, Loss Prevention Manager at Starwood Hotels and Resorts; John Velier, Corporate Manager of Investigations and Security Management for Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.; David Dittman, PhD. Professor and former Dean of The School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University; Raymond Ellis, CHE, CHTP, CLSD, Professor at the Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston; Chief Mike Chiaramonte, CFO, former Chairman and current board member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs - Volunteer & Combination Officers Section; and Jim Stover, CLSD, Director of Loss Prevention for the Hospitality Industry at Wausau Insurance Company.
        
"The Educational Institute is impressed with WebFire's unique learning platform and the savings it offers to hotel properties over traditional classroom-led instruction. We are pleased to endorse the WebFire program for our hospitality customers," stated Michael Chmura, Chief Financial Officer for the Educational Institute.  
        
For more information, visit the WebFire Training website at www.webfiretraining.com.
For an online demonstration, call 310-823-1847 or email [email protected].  For additional risk management and hospitality training solutions, visit the EI website at www.ei-ahla.org <http://www.ei-ahla.org>. 

Established in 1953 as a nonprofit educational foundation of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, the Educational Institute is the premier source for quality hospitality education, training, and professional certification, serving the needs and advancing the excellence of hospitality schools and industries worldwide.


 
Contact:
Elizabeth Johnson
Public Relations Manager
517-318-2359
[email protected]
www.ei-ahla.org
Also See:  EI Works with Online Training Provider to Offer Food Safety, Sanitation Courses / May 2003
2002 Hospitality Compensation and Benefits Survey Offers Valuable HR Information / Sept  2002
EI Offers Two Essential Text Books; Accounting with 21st Century Slant and Managing Quality Through Leadership / Sept 2002
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