7:00 am - 5:00 pm Early Registration by VPPPA National Office

• Registration Desk

8:00 am - 5:00 pm SGE Training

• Cocoa Boardroom

  SGE Training by OSHA Team & VOSH Team (SGE Training Materials)

  • OTI Course 5450 Evaluation Safety and Health Management Systems for Special Government Employees:  This class provides an in-depth review of the required elements and the application of the Safety and Health Management System (SHMS) required by the VPP (Voluntary Protection Program). This is based on OSHA VPP elements of 1) Management Commitment and Employee Involvement, 2) Hazard Analysis, 3) Hazard Prevention and Control, and 4) Safety and Health Training. Persons completing this class will be prepared to join VPP Evaluation Teams to conduct reviews of the applicant or participant site’s compliance with the rigorous ongoing requirements of the OSHA VPP. Intended audience: Individuals who have occupational safety and health responsibilities for supporting or participating in the implementation and/or the assessment of SHMS effectiveness at current VPP and potential VPP sites.

• Cocoa Suite 1

  SGE Training by OSHA Team & VOSH Team (SGE Training Materials)

  • OTI Course 5450 Evaluation Safety and Health Management Systems for Special Government Employees:  This class provides an in-depth review of the required elements and the application of the Safety and Health Management System (SHMS) required by the VPP (Voluntary Protection Program). This is based on OSHA VPP elements of 1) Management Commitment and Employee Involvement, 2) Hazard Analysis, 3) Hazard Prevention and Control, and 4) Safety and Health Training. Persons completing this class will be prepared to join VPP Evaluation Teams to conduct reviews of the applicant or participant site’s compliance with the rigorous ongoing requirements of the OSHA VPP. Intended audience: Individuals who have occupational safety and health responsibilities for supporting or participating in the implementation and/or the assessment of SHMS effectiveness at current VPP and potential VPP sites.

8:00 am - 5:00 pm Workshops (Full Day)

• Cocoa Terrace

  Whole Worker Health Ready to Work Workshop by CRSC

  • Abstract TBD

• Tower 2

  VPP Application Workshop by Brad McPherson

  • This full-day interactive educational workshop is tailored toward worksites interested in applying to OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).  All companies are welcome to attend this vital and informational workshop. At this workshop, participants will learn step by step how to put together the VPP application; participate in various VPP application exercises, review samples from VPP applications submitted by VPP Star worksites. Network with OSHA & State Plan officials, DOD & DOE representatives and industry representatives from current VPP sites to share best practices on completing a successful VPP application. This workshop is sponsored by the VPPPA and co-presented by regulatory agencies and VPP site representatives using materials from actual applications. Attendees will learn what the regulators are looking for in a VPP Application and what other sites have done to meet those expectations. Attendees will listen from actual sites on how they implemented VPP principles. While learning how to complete a VPP application, attendees learn about safety excellence and how they can achieve it at their site.

8:00 am - 12:00 pm Workshops (Morning Half Day)

• Cocoa Suite 5

  Reasonable Suspicion for Supervisors by CRSC

  • Abstract TBD

• Cocoa Suite 6

  World-Class Workplace Culture & Safety: How Great Organizations Inspire Best Safety Practices by Nat Measley/Your Culture Design

  • In World-Class Culture participants will explore a four-part model for how to design and maintain workplace cultures that are world-class. Participants will be exposed to the best practices and top-level research from some of the best organizations in how they define and develop purpose, metrics for the employee experience measurement, and motivations (both intrinsic and external) of the individual team member to create and continuously contribute to a culture of safety.

  • Professor Nat Measley teaches courses in entrepreneurship, leadership and workplace culture at various universities part time. Day to day, he is a workplace culture consultant and has been the VPPPA Region III conference emcee (and leader of the Fun Team) for years! He is the founder at YourCultureDesign.com - a culture consulting company that works with organizations in many capacities to design work-class workplaces.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch is Served

• Red Room

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Workshops (Afternoon Half Day)

• Cocoa Suite 5

  Confined Space Awareness Workshop by CRSC in Cocoa 5

  • Abstract TBD

• Cocoa Suite 6

  Hands On Active Shooter Defense Training Workshop by Donny Hawkins/Sentinel Security Group

  • This workshop is basic Active Shooter training, Weapons Disarming, Take Downs, Control Holds, and an Introduction to Virtual Reality Active Shooter training,

  • Donny is a Veteran of Naval Intelligence,& USAF Security Forces, State Local & Federal Law Enforcement. International Police Task Force.Police Officer, Deputy Sheriff, Fugitive Investigator, Swat Team Member.Foreign Dignitary Protection,Instructor in Firearms, Driving, Non-Lethal weapons, investigations, Defensive Tactics and Combat Stress.