The Houston Area Safety Council (HASC) continues to be a steadfast leader in developing innovative and advanced solutions in the areas of training, workforce development, occupational health, technology and service. With a new environmentally conscious campus, HASC is dedicated to building the world’s most safe and competent workforce.
About HASC
As an industry-driven, 501(c)3 nonprofit association, the Houston Area Safety Council was established in 1990 with the intention of creating the ultimate safety solution. HASC now provides services to hundreds of facilities and thousands of contractors globally. With a mission of building safe workplaces by improving the quality and integrity of the workforce, HASC delivers almost 900,000 units of training each year.
TRAINING & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
The Houston Area Safety Council facilitates and delivers hands-on, instructor-led and computer-based training for general safety, personnel development and company- and site-specific orientations.
Specializing in delivering safety, health and environmental training, the Houston Area Safety Council offers over 1,500 different standardized and customizable courses as part of an ever-growing library designed to educate employees in a myriad of subjects. With a focus on personal and skills development, HASC is also an accredited NCCER and Pearson VUE assessment center.
The majority of the training courses are computer-based and can be delivered anywhere via the Internet, while others are hands-on, instructor-led and feature scenario-based or task-specific curriculum.
As part of HASC’s initiative to build safe workplaces is the ability to assist companies in taking individualized training to the next level. HASC assists with taking existing training materials into comprehensive, computer-based training modules for virtually any subject. All computer-based courses can be professionally translated into any language and made Web-deliverable, thereby standardizing training worldwide.
To better accommodate the ever-growing need for skill labor, HASC has created a turnkey workforce development training solution that focuses on specific tasks and safety components, including power tools, hand tools, welding, electrical, water blasting, personal protective equipment and more.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
At the request of membership to create a true one-stop shop for pre-employment requirements and work-related medical services, HASC has expanded Occupational Health Services to a full-scale occupational clinic.
In addition to audiograms, pulmonary function (PFT) and respirator fit testing, HASC Occupational Health Services now provides physical exams, functional capacity testing, 24/7 injury care, drug screen collections for multiple providers and consortiums, mobile on-site health service, laboratory testing, vaccinations, travel medicine and electronic medical records.
The Houston Area Safety Council’s Occupational Health Services chief medical officer is Board Certified in occupational medicine with additional OSHA knowledgeable providers. For additional information, visit www.safetymedicine.com.
SERVICE
HASC is committed to improving the integrity of recordkeeping, as well as the efficiency and reliability of data. Thus, in addition to the already secure network, HASC has located all of its critical servers and therefore all training records and course data to a secure data center off-site protecting all information from natural and man-made disasters.
Additionally, HASC members have access to the Member’s Only Extranet to take advantage of registering one or multiple trainees online for training or occupational health services using the most current schedule available 24/7. The Extranet provides a review of current and expired training history, the ability to run reports and the option to “Save Time, Skip the Line” with the HASC e-Routing Card.
TECHNOLOGY
Consortiums
The Houston Area Safety Council with the Houston Business Roundtable (HBR) launched the revolutionary North American Substance Abuse Program (NASAP) and North American Background Screening Consortium (NABSC) to assist petrochemical plants and refineries with enforcing a safe and substance abuse-free workforce.
As one of the largest substance abuse consortiums in North America, NASAP delivers a consistent, comprehensive and standardized testing protocol applied uniformly to contractors. By utilizing NASAP, a single database managed by HASC and fed by multiple providers, substance abuse status will follow employees as they change employers and worksites while maintaining the confidentiality of test results. For additional information, visit www.hasap.com.
Modeled after the wildly successful NASAP, NABSC facilitates a standardized screening package that will allow entry into multiple owner sites with the use of only one background screen, thus reducing costs. HASC created a database program that links the background screening providers to allow owner companies the ability to manage site-security access requirements while still maintaining the confidentiality of the search results. For additional information, visit www.nabsc.com.
GateCheck
With HASC’s browser-based GateCheck application, owners can quickly verify specific site entry requirements are met before contractor employees cross the gate. GateCheck empowers owners with accurate information, enabling them to check for proper credentials, including current training completed at HASC and other linked safety councils, as well as compliance with programs such as NASAP and NABSC.
PQF
Realizing both contractors and owners need a simple and concise system for evaluating companies, HASC has developed an industry solution in the Contractor Prequalification Database (PQF). This standardized Web-based form is used throughout the industry to provide a thorough description of contractor services and qualifications, allowing owners to easily use the information to determine if contractors meet the requirements for jobs at a specific site.
NEW CAMPUS
The Houston Area Safety Council continues to make investments in the future of safety training and service through the expansion into a new, state-of-the-art campus. The HASC campus features a vast 34 acres of property conveniently located in Pasadena, Texas, along the Houston Ship Channel to better serve the membership and petrochemical industry. The expansive HASC headquarters include a Training Center, Workforce Development Center, Occupational Health Center and retail space.
Training Center
The 65,000-square-foot LEED Certified Training Center features a 220-seat auditorium with stadium seating, computer labs with 650 workstations, multiple classrooms, meeting space, entertaining patio and parking for over 1,000 vehicles.
Occupational Health Center
The LEED Certified Occupational Health Center is a 17,000-square-foot clinic dedicated strictly to occupational medicine. The Occupational Health Center features a private entrance and lobby for injury care, safety representative lounge and expanded assessment and treatment rooms: nine physical exam, eight drug screen collection, four minor injury exam, three audiogram booths, two injury/surgical, separate eye injury and functional capacity testing suite.
Workforce Development Center
The Workforce Development Center is a 17,000-square-foot training facility specifically designed with a high bay workspace, viewing area and classrooms to feature instructor-led and hands-on training.
Mobile Fleet
The majority of the Houston Area Safety Council services can be delivered on-site at any location throughout the nation. HASC designed five custom mobile units to provide the same consistent, standardized computer-based or instructor-led training and most health services, including radiology, physical exams, drug screen and breath alcohol collections, laboratory services, audiology, respirator fit and PFT testing.
For more information on the Houston Area Safety Council, visit www.hasc.com or call (888) 955-SAFE [7233].
