Continuing Education Classes for March
How To Make Yourself Indispensable  
Approved for both Plumbing/HVAC

Date: Saturday, March 28
Time: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: $60
This course meets continuing education requirements for technicians with both Journeyman and Masters Licenses in Kentucky and Ohio.

This course is a comprehensive course designed to make you an invaluable employee. It teaches you the skills you need to adapt to—and even embrace—situational changes at work.

You’ll learn how to thrive under pressure and expand your career opportunities by taking initiative, effectively resolving problems, sharing your knowledge, and being an overall positive influence in the workplace.

This course will help you to:

• Take ownership of your responsibilities and results.
• Take initiative to go above and beyond what is expected of you.
• Expand your sphere of influence.
• Perform well under pressure.
• Adapt to changing situations.
• Be someone others want to work with.
• Help others improve their performance.
• Avoid being “irreplaceable”—locked into your role and unwilling to share your knowledge.
Infrared Thermography
Approved for both Plumbing/HVAC

Date: Saturday, March 28
Time: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: $60
This course meets continuing education requirements for technicians with both Journeyman and Masters Licenses in Kentucky and Ohio.

1. Introduction
a. Why thermography?
b. Thermography’s many uses

2. Camera setup and operation
a. Common setup requirements

3. Distance and Temperature Accuracy
a. The role that distance plays on temperature accuracy

4. Watch Small Details
a. Small details normally show the heated or damaged area

5. Spatial Resolution and Camera Design
a. Show differing camera designs and technology improvements

6. Infrared Radiation Theory
a. Review infrared theory and how it relates to thermography

7. Heat Transfer for Image Diagnosis
a. Review past photos and allow students to use Fluke camera

8. Surveying Substations, Drives, Panels, Roofs and common items
a. Review past photos and allow students to analyze shots
Principles of Behavior Based Safety
Approved for both Plumbing/HVAC  

Date: Saturday, March 28
Time: 12:30 - 2:30 pm
Cost: $30
This course meets continuing education requirements for technicians with both Journeyman and Masters Licenses in Kentucky and Ohio.

1. What is Behavioral Based Safety?
• Focus intervention on observable behavior
• Looking for external factors to understand/improve behaviors
• Direct with activators and motivate with consequences

2. Reflections of Behavioral Based Safety
• Reflects a proactive approach to safety and health management
• Reflects a proactive approach to injury prevention

3. Focuses of Behavioral Based Safety
• Focuses on at-risk behaviors that can lead to injury
• Focuses on safe behaviors that can contribute to injury prevention
• Behavioral Based Safety is an injury prevention process
Staying Focused   
Approved for both Plumbing/HVAC

Date: Saturday, March 28
Time: 2:30 - 4:30 pm
Cost: $30
This course meets continuing education requirements for technicians with both Journeyman and Masters Licenses in Kentucky and Ohio.

Course outline

• Benefits of working productively
• Identifying your purpose and prioritizing key results
• Focusing on outcomes and planning your day
• Evidence against multi-tasking
• How to minimize interruptions and find immersion in activities
• The law of diminishing returns
• How to break bad habits like procrastination, negativity, and succumbing to distractions.

Key Topics covered

• The stages of the typical change cycle and the responses to change at each stage.
• How a positive attitude, flexibility, and adaptability contribute to successful change.
• How to evaluate your feelings and learn more about the change so that you can look at it objectively.
• How to find the risks and opportunities in change.
• Strategies for determining what actions and resources will help you make the most of change.
Register online today or call:
Jenni Hammons/859.442.1130 OR Lisa Wefer/859.815.7796
Gateway Community and Technical College