Safety is not the prerogative of the safety specialist but also one of the parts in every management discipline. An office manager is no less responsible for the safety of his team than the construction manager. The law and company policy apply equally to both. The course will not turn delegates into safety experts but it will give them the appreciation of what safety issues are about and the methods available to them to ensure that safety is implemented in their workplaces. It is, after all, a manager’s responsibility to have a workplace free of danger and a workforce free of ill health and accidents. Managers will be able to review their departmental systems for safety, introducing new controls or implementing changes as appropriate to ensure safety in the workplace.
All businesses in the current environment need a competitive edge. This can be gained through innovative and exciting products and services, or effective and efficient world-class employees. Top performing organizations are passionate about their most valuable resource - their staff. To maintain their high standards a large proportion of their time and energy is spent on continuous professional development, not only of their employees but of their business. This course investigates the tried and trusted management processes, procedures, and methodology used by many blue-chip companies. They use the tools to develop high levels of performance from their staff. This in turn ensures the future and reputation of their companies through innovative development, service, and evaluation. This course offers participants practical solutions to work-related issues.
The Sales Professional of today is a business person, a negotiator, a coach, a counselor, a friend, a leader, a Key Account manager, a support resource, and, from time to time, still an enforcer. The role is now multi-faceted, complex, and changing all the while. The Sales Professional of today needs great flexibility and a wide range of cubs in the bag.
Boilers and steam generating systems are considered highly complex elements of equipment which operate at very high pressures and temperatures. These demanding operating conditions require good quality of construction materials and professional fabrication. Safe and efficient operation of boilers requires that a special attention to be given to the reliability of equipment for steam generation as well as efficient steam system management. This course is intended to introduce delegates to safe operation of boiler units and the associated equipment for steam generation and steam distribution. Methods and techniques of energy saving related to efficient steam distribution system management will be explained in detail. The course will be primarily focused on practical aspects related to operation, control, maintenance and troubleshooting of problems encountered in boiler systems. The course will also cover reliability of boiler units, as well as on efficient management of the entire steam system. Practical examples and workshop exercises from real life industrial practice will be utilized throughout the training course to emphasize the key learning points
To reduce the environmental impacts of greenhouse gas emissions, and to aid sustainable development, there is a need to support low carbon technologies, especially from renewable sources. The ocean is a vast and largely untapped energy resource, which can potentially supply the global electricity demand. Therefore, an emerging eld of the marine renewable energy industry has initiated, and such expertise is increasingly on-demand. Recently, a coordinated strategy for developing inter- Disciplinary ocean renewable energy program at URI has been formed to promote research and education in this area (Ocean Renewable Energy Cluster). This course can serve as a stepping stone for graduate/undergraduate students from various disciplines, who are interested in the technical and environmental aspects of ocean renewable energy. It applies knowledge they have learned across multiple courses in an exciting new area.
Chemical engineering is at the heart of much of the chemical, oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. The chemical engineer is interested in the transportation and transformation of solids, liquids, and gases, but must also be familiar with many of the other engineering disciplines including mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation. Of specific importance are separation processes including distillation, heat transfer, hydraulics, and fluid flow, reaction engineering, but also process control and economics. These are the fundamental principles of chemical engineering.
This course covers the construction, design, operation, and maintenance of rotary, centrifugal and rotary compressors and pumps, as well as various topics and types of pumps, compressors, potential problems, maintenance concepts, and troubleshooting techniques. It also covers different alignment methods for pumps such as optical alignment, straight edge / RIM, and Face alignment, reverses cursor alignment, reverses connection, and laser alignment. Participants will learn how to diagnose soft foot conditions and implement correction techniques.