Certified Infrastructure Preparedness Specialist (CIPS)

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To provide valuable training and to certify professionals that are responsible, or that may become involved in infrastructure preparedness, emergency planning, incident prevention, incident response, disaster management, or critical infrastructure protection actions caused by natural, technological, accidental, or mankind induced critical events.     Click here to download the workshop information.

Advanced Specialization

The OIP certifies a basic level of training, or a Certified Infrastructure Preparedness Specialist (CIPS), as an individual completes basic CIPS training. To progress as a CIPS professional, a candidate must possess or gain additional, appropriate levels of experience and knowledge. This allows the individual to progress into areas of specialty that builds upon his or her basic CIPS training. At this time, there are additional levels of Advanced Specialization in which CIPS professionals may grow further within their career. Advanced CIPS Specialization includes training and certification in:

Certified Safety, Environmental, and Emergency Manager [CSEM]
Certified Emergency and Security Professional [CESP]
Certified Incident Management Trainer [CIMT] *a valuable train-the-trainer program
Certified Dangerous Goods Professional [CDGP]

As CIPS careers change or increase, so will this listing. Additional training, certifications, and recertification will be listed on this site as they become available.

Certified Safety, Environmental, and Emergency Manager [CSEM]

Comprehensive two (2) days training with certification that is extremely valuable for Safety, Health, Environmental, Emergency Management, Risk Management and many other Professionals. Topics covered in this training include regulatory awareness, technical knowledge, practical applications, recent updates, and career enhancement. (Helpful Experience: CIPS, REM, Emergency Management, EHS & CIMT Train-the-Trainer and others)… Quizzes, hands-on activities, and other forms of demonstrated competencies administered throughout training.

Certified Emergency and Security Professional [CESP]

Comprehensive two (2) days training with certification, extremely valuable for professionals responsible for business continuity and emergency planning, incident response coordination, and for professionals responsible to implement and maintain protective action and security measures. “Must attend training” for key resource professionals, and individuals who desire to become key resources for all critical infrastructure sectors including: Government Operations, Military, Law Enforcement; Emergency Services, Security Systems and Protective Services; Private Industry, Healthcare, Education, Food, Water, and Agriculture; Risk Control, Safety, and Environmental Services; Energy and Utility Services; Public Health and Sanitation; Transportation; Community Services, Financial, Insurance and many others…  

(Helpful Experience: CIPS, Incident Management, and Security Systems Experience) Quizzes administered throughout training. 

Certified Incident Management Trainer [CIMT]

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Comprehensive two (2) days training for individuals responsible to conduct training or ensure that proper incident management training occurs.  Emphasized training guidelines include: OSHA Emergency Response Standard, ANSI Z490 Standard, NFPA, NIMS, and others…Course completion requires Hands-on and trainer presentation activities. (Helpful Experience: CIPS, OSHA HAZWOPER, and similar emergency management training).
CIMT Refresher: Comprehensive one (1) day annual refresher and update training for certified CIMT professionals.

Certified Dangerous Goods Professional [CDGP]

The Pipeline/Hazardous Materials Safety Admin UN Harmonization Standard becomes mandatory Jan 1, 2008.    The PHMSA, of the US Dept. of Transportation (DOT) has revised its hazardous materials regulations to maintain alignment with international standards by incorporating amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations and vessel stowage requirements. These revisions are meant to harmonize the hazardous materials regulations with changes to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air, and also the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods.

The Certified Dangerous Goods Transportation Specialist is meant to recognize those qualified and trained persons who have responsibility for handling, shipping, or transporting dangerous goods.  This includes most company managers, trainers, pipeline security personnel, as well as shippers, transporters, or receivers of shipments of Dangerous Goods, as well as anyone responsible for the PHMSA/DOT and Homeland Security Required Dangerous Goods Security Plans in private industry, government, hospitals, and others. 

About the Training Facilitator  
Don Shafer has over 30 years hands –on experience in industrial and community incident management, infrastructure preparedness,  infrastructure protection, and environmental, health, and safety management. Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety Management Services LLC located in Kansas City, is a published author and faculty member within the Region 7 OSHA and EHS Training Institute Consortium. Don is a highly trained and certified Master EHS Trainer, OSHA Outreach Instructor, and an active member of the Community and College Consortium of Health and Safety Trainers (CCCHST).