GCAP’s 2012 Industrial Training Dates
by CoolCast Team on Feb.01, 2012, under News
Garden City Ammonia Program
Hands-on-Training Labs
Industrial Ammonia Refrigeration, Boiler, and Carbon Dioxide Training For Operators
PSM/RMP Compliance, Compliance Audits, and CHEMNEP
Our Mission Statement: Enhance the technology, efficiency, safety, and educate the industrial technician through commitment.
A well trained operator should know how to maintain and operate the plants equipment in the most efficient manner while keeping safety in mind. Demonstrating competence and knowledge as well as best engineering practices. We supply training for over 572 different companies through GCAP, 2405 East Fulton, Garden City, Kansas U.S. location. We have been at our new facility for over 9 years with the newest technology in the industry for training. We believe keeping up with our industry’s technology is the key to our success when we promote GCAP’s hands-on training labs.
GCAP’s Guarantee: If you feel that the training you received is not superior to any other refrigeration training programs in the country, then the course is FREE!. If one of your operators (student) does not feel they are ready to operate your system after completing our first course, they can return again.
President of GCAP LLC Randy Williams
Download Dates Here
Garden City Ammonia Program 2012 Training Dates
| Ammonia Safety Days
Kansas City 4th Annual Ammonia Safety Day Hosted by GCAP |
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| Ammonia Operator I
Part One Start here with your operator!
$1,285.00 at GCAP Facility
$1,385.00 On-Site |
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| Ammonia Operator II
Part Two Continue here with your operators to become technicians! $1,285.00 at GCAP Facility $1,385.00 On-Site |
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| Ammonia Operator I & II Combined 7 Day Course “Two years experience required” $2,200.00 |
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| Ammonia Operator III
Part Three IIAR Library Standards and Bulletins Refresher Training $1,285.00 @ GCAP $1,385.00 On-Site |
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| PSM/RMP OSHA 1910.119 and EPA 40.68 $1,485.00 @ GCAP $1,585.00 On-Site |
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| National Emphasis Program
“CHEMNEP” OSHA’s New Inspection Process $1,585.00 @ GCAP $1,685.00 On-Site |
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| Compliance Audit
For Ammonia Refrigeration PSM/RMP Programs Audit Includes: RMP Level 3, PQV, and NEP |
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CO2 Training Course $1,485.00 @ GCAP |
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Boiler Level I High and Low Pressure $1,285.00 @ GCAP $1,385.00 On-Site |
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| Boiler Level II
High and Low Pressure MUST COMPLETE GCAP BOILER LEVEL I $1,285.00 |
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Boiler Level III |
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| On-Site Training
GCAP will teach a course at your facility or location right off of your plants specific equipment. Saves on travel expenses for your company. |
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Ammonia Refrigeration / PSM / RMP: Acronyms and Important Definitions
by CoolCast Team on Dec.26, 2011, under News
Acronyms and Important Definitions
GCAP has created an extensive list of used acronyms in ammonia refrigeration and PSM/RMP compliance. This list was created for GCAP’s newly rewritten Process Safety Management book. There are 17 pages of commonly used terms. If you have any suggestion to add to the list please email us at ammonia@pld.com
To download the PDF click following link: Ammonia Refrigeration Acronyms and Important Definitions
Brought to you by Garden City Ammonia Program
GCAP “CoolCast” Episode 31: CHEMNEP
by CoolCast Team on Dec.12, 2011, under Podcast
CHEMNEP
OSHA’s National Emphasis Program CHEMNEP is now the mandatory inspection process of all chemical facilities including ammonia refrigeration. GCAP has several podcast dedicated to NEP and NEP Citations. This podcast Jeremy Williams and Brian Chapin of Garden City Ammonia Program discuss with Max Lindsay of COMPSM issues arising in NEP inspections across the US.
To read the directive CPL 03-00-014 click here.
3 words of the day.
Documentation, Documentation, Documentation!!!!
Implementation, Implementation, Implementation!!!!
Mitigation, Mitigation, Mitigation!!!!
If you have any question or comments please give us a call: 620.271.0037
If you would like to get hold of Max:
757.876. 7070
www.COMPSM.com
max@compsm.com
This podcast was brought to you by GCAPCoolCast: Division of Garden City Ammonia Program
CHEMNEP
by CoolCast Team on Dec.01, 2011, under News
Attention!!!!!!!!
CHEMNEP Nation Wide
Click to read directive: CPL 03-00-014
Effective Date: Nov 29, 2011
PSM Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program
GCAP has just finished rewriting their PSM (Process Safety Management) and NEP (National Emphasis Program) courses.
PSM – Most PSM courses rely on the IIAR’s excellent “Guide to the Implementation of Process Safety Management for Ammonia Refrigeration” first published in 1994, the subsequent “Process Safety Management Guidelines” in 1998 and its companion “Risk Management Guidelines.” While GCAP believes these books provided an excellent resource for their time, PSM implementation has continued to evolve rapidly in the years since they were published and they no longer reflect the “state of the art”. The new PSM course offered exclusively by GCAP is a re-envisioning of Process Safety Management implementation based on the experiences of the Ammonia refrigeration industry over the past 15+ years, the guidance from the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), the NEP guidance from OSHA and the over 8,000 pages of OSHA citations GCAP has amassed from Freedom of Information requests.
NEP – OSHA’s National Emphasis Program for Chemical Facilities evolved in part from the consistent deficiencies found in OSHA’s PSM NEP on refineries. After a 2 year pilot program in 3 regions, OSHA has now rolled out their Chemical NEP inspections nation-wide targeting Ammonia Refrigeration Systems. In anticipation of this massive change in PSM implementation compliance auditing, GCAP designed this course around the lessons learned in the pilot program. Currently, GCAP is the only training organisation in the world offering a 40-hours course specifically on how to implement PSM to the modern requirements under the NEP compliance initiatives.
GCAP will release an audio podcast within the next few days.
For more information on CHEMNEP and PSM/RMP please visit www.AmmoniaTraining.com
GCAP “CoolCast” Episode 30: Ammonia 21.com Everything Natural
by CoolCast Team on Oct.05, 2011, under Podcast
Ammonia21.com
Hydrocarbons21.com
R744.com
“Everything Natural”
Jeremy Williams of GCAP interview Marc Chasserot. Marc is the Editor in Chief of these natural refrigerant websites. Marc has over 10 years experience in following natural refrigerants throughout the world and his head quarters are based in Brussels Belgium. We will discuss in this interview several topics relating to natural refrigerants including the past, present, and future. Please listen to the podcast to learn more about natural refrigerants and how they are playing a great role in the future in industrial, commercial, and residential refrigeration.
Some topics include:
What countries are taking the lead in refrigeration?
Who is adapting to these changes?
What is the future growth of these refrigerants?
What are some of the best conventions to attend globally?
Small Charge Systems?
A new convention is coming to the United States during April 2012 in the Washington DC area. It will be called “Atmosphere America” and this convention will host anything about natural refrigerants.
GCAP “CoolCast” Episode 29: CSB Lessons Learned
by CoolCast Team on Sep.22, 2011, under Podcast
United States Chemical Safety Board “CSB”
Jeremy and Randy Williams of Garden City Ammonia Program discuss the CSB findings of a propane explosion in 2007. Some factors to blame was unqualified technicians, unqualified training and inadequate training for when things may go wrong such as an emergency. We will compare their findings and recommendations to the industrial ammonia refrigeration industry.
The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents. Headquartered in Washington, DC, the agency’s board members are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
The CSB conducts root cause investigations of chemical accidents at fixed industrial facilities. Root causes are usually deficiencies in safety management systems, but can be any factor that would have prevented the accident if that factor had not occurred. Other accident causes often involve equipment failures, human errors, unforeseen chemical reactions or other hazards. The agency does not issue fines or citations, but does make recommendations to plants, regulatory agencies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), industry organizations, and labor groups. Congress designed the CSB to be non-regulatory and independent of other agencies so that its investigations might, where appropriate, review the effectiveness of regulations and regulatory enforcement.
The CSB investigative staff includes chemical and mechanical engineers, industrial safety experts, and other specialists with experience in the private and public sectors. Many investigators have years of chemical industry experience.
Both accident investigations and hazard investigations lead to new safety recommendations, which are the Board’s principal tool for achieving positive change. Recommendations are issued to government agencies, companies, trade associations, labor unions, and other groups. Implementation of each safety recommendation is tracked and monitored by CSB staff. When recommended actions have been completed satisfactorily, the recommendation may be closed by a Board vote.
The CSB is currently investigating several ammonia accidents and deaths.
For more information on the CSB please visit their website at
To request CSB’s free Safety DVD of incident investigations visit
http://www.csb.gov/videoroom/videorequest.aspx
Half an Hour to Tragedy Propane Explosion Video Below
GCAP “CoolCast” Episode 28: SW Kansas NEW “Golden Plains” RETA Chapter?
by CoolCast Team on Sep.07, 2011, under Podcast
South West Kansas charters for the NEW “Golden Plains” RETA Chapter
Pictured above from left to right: Chad Cook, Tom Nevarez, Tyler Ramos, Brian Chapin, Diane Chapin, Jeremy Williams, Andy Guebara, and not pictured is Randy Williams
This podcast Jeremy Williams, Brian Chapin, and Tyler Ramos discuss the first meeting to begin a charter for a new RETA chapter in South West Kansas. Two attendees became new RETA members. Meeting will be held every 3rd Thursday of each month.
- Different officer positions were discussed and the Responsibilities of each were distributed. With unanimous consent the following officer positions were elected:
o President – Brian Chapin
o 1st Vice President – Tyler Ramos
o 2nd Vice President – Tom Nevarez
o Treasurer – Jeremy Williams
o Secretary – Diane Chapin
o Sergeant at Arms – Randy Williams
For more information please contact us at 620-271-0037 or email at ammonia@pld.com
GCAP “CoolCast” Episode 27: Ammonia NEP Citations
by CoolCast Team on Sep.01, 2011, under Podcast
Ammonia NEP Citations
Jeremy Williams and Brian Chapin of Garden City Ammonia Program discuss part two of the chemical and refinery NEP. This episode focuses on actual documented citations received by companies throughout the US based on the National Emphasis Program. We highly recommend listening to the first episode of explaining the NEP before this one. It was titled “OSHA’s National Emphasis Program: NEP”. We have added also some EPA citations regarding failure to report releases of ammonia.
Emphasis on Implementation over Documentation: “Based on past OSHA inspection history at refineries and large chemical plants, OSHA has typically found that these employers have extensive written documentation related to process safety management, but the implementation of the written documentation has been inadequate. Therefore, CSHO’s should focus on the implementation of the various PSM elements and ensure that employers do what they have committed to do in their PSM documentation.” Osha.gov
Visit this url for more information on GCAP’s NEP 40 hour course: http://www.ammoniatraining.com/nep
Please give us a call for any questions. 620.271.0037
email ammonia@pld.com
For more information on the Petroleum Refinery NEP
For more information on the Chemical NEP
For more information on CCPS
OSHA explaining the NEP expanding permanently
Brought to you by
Garden City Ammonia Program
www.AmmoniaTraining.com
GCAP “CoolCast” Episode 26: Global Cold Chain Alliance
by CoolCast Team on Aug.25, 2011, under Podcast
GCCA: Global Cold Chain Alliance
Mission: The Global Cold Chain Alliance unites partners to be innovative leaders in the temperature-controlled products industry.
Vision: The Global Cold Chain Alliance will be the recognized authority in forging a universally strong cold chain where every product retains quality and safety through each link.
Jeremy Williams from Garden City Ammonia Program interviews Tori Miller of the GCCA. The GCCA is an organization representing 65 different countries involving four major organizations.
GCCA: Global Cold Chain Alliance: http://www.gcca.org
IARW: International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses: http://www.gcca.org/iarw/vision-mission-history.html
WFLO: Wold Food Logistics Organization: http://www.gcca.org/wflo/vision-mission-history.html
IRTA: International Refrigerated Transportation Association: http://www.gcca.org/irta/vision-mission-history.html
IACSC: International Association for Cold Storage Construction: http://www.gcca.org/iacsc/vision-mission-history.html
GCCA-OSHA Alliance: http://www.gcca.org/programs/gcca-osha-alliance.html
Ammonia Safety Poster
GCAP “CoolCast” Episode 25: OSHA’s National Emphasis Program: NEP
by CoolCast Team on Aug.11, 2011, under Podcast
OSHA’s National Emphasis Program: NEP
Jeremy Williams and Brian Chapin of Garden City Ammonia Program discuss the outline of the chemical and refinery NEP and the results as of March 2011 for both NEP inspections from OSHA.
A NEP course has been developed through GCAP for the need of understanding OSHA’s regulations regarding 1910.119. It was developed for the petroleum industry after numerous accidents in recent past including the BP explosion in Texas . Programmed inspections for ammonia and other HHC’s have taken place in Region I, VII and X for the year 2009, 2010, and 2011. It will expand to all regions permanently.
Purpose: To understand and describe the policies and procedures that will take place with a NEP inspection. The NEP is designed to reduce or eliminate the workplace hazards associated with the catastrophic release of highly hazardous chemicals.
Emphasis on Implementation over Documentation: “Based on past OSHA inspection history at refineries and large chemical plants, OSHA has typically found that these employers have extensive written documentation related to process safety management, but the implementation of the written documentation has been inadequate. Therefore, CSHO’s should focus on the implementation of the various PSM elements and ensure that employers do what they have committed to do in their PSM documentation.” Osha.gov
Visit this url for more information on GCAP’s NEP 40 hour course: http://www.ammoniatraining.com/nep
Please give us a call for any questions. 620.271.0037
email ammonia@pld.com
For more information on the Petroleum Refinery NEP
For more information on the Chemical NEP
For more information on CCPS
OSHA explaining the NEP expanding permanently
Brought to you by
Garden City Ammonia Program
www.AmmoniaTraining.com
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