The
Carbon Monoxide Safety Association will host a Carbon
Monoxide Safety Training Seminar July 15, 2008, at Intellitec College in
Colorado Springs, Colo. The course will help technicians preparing themselves and raise awareness to the
hazards of carbon monoxide gases.
Attendees
will experience live fired systems and demonstrations of building and duct
pressure interferences on common appliances. The seminar is presented in
distinct segments that include:
- CO properties and how
it is produced, measured and disseminated; and the health effects of short- as
well as long-term exposures.
- Basic testing
procedures, overview of combustion analysis and use of test instruments. A
primer on how building and duct pressures effect the production and
distribution of CO are also reviewed.
COSA has selected IntelliTec College for this venue as it is home to the highly
renowned and newly expanded “Apartment of
Death,” a unique facility that demonstrates real-size problems associated with
furnaces, water heaters and other combustion systems commonly found in
buildings, and where duct and building pressures highly influence their safety
and efficiency.
“Every technician entering a building should recognize
health symptoms associated with carbon monoxide exposures,” COSA states. “Every
technician entering a building should be aware that if they are not monitoring
the CO levels, their own safety may be in jeopardy.”
The Carbon Monoxide Training Session will be held
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 15, 2008, at Intellitec College, 2315 Pikes Peak
Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80909. For additional information, call COSA
at 800-394-5253 or visit www.cosafety.org.
