02/10/2026: TLV User Guide and Heat Stress Management Plan

Recorded on Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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TLV User Guide and Heat Stress Management Plan

About the webinar:

Heat stress management is clearly required for many outdoor and indoor workplaces. Key elements of heat stress management across the ACGIH Guide for the Control of Heat Stress and Strain, NIOSH criteria document, and the OSHA draft rule for occupational heat stress will be presented in the form of a written Heat Stress Management Plan template. This session will walk attendees through the template with accompanying rationale. Supporting Excel workbooks will be introduced. The result will be an individual program or the basic understanding to help others develop heat stress management plans.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:

  • Discuss a written program of heat stress management that is informed by ACGIH guidelines as well as the OSHA draft rule and 2016 NIOSH draft document

  • Releate the key elements of heat stress management in terms of managing probability of a heat-related illness and managing the consequences of a heat-related illness

  • Describe the hierarchy of interventions

Speaker: Thomas Bernard, PhD, CIH, FAIHA

Thomas Bernard is a professor in the University of South Florida College of Public Health. He has over 45 years of experience with occupational heat stress in both research and practice. He is a past director of the Sunshine ERC, former member and chair of the ACGIH Physical Agents Committee for which he earned the William D. Wagner Award, and member of an ISO working group on thermal stress.

ACCREDITATION

The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 Contact Hour. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12983, for 1 Contact Hour.

Certificates of Completion

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About the University of South Florida Sunshine Education and Research Center

The purpose of the Sunshine Education and Research Center (ERC) is to promote graduate training and research related to occupational health and safety. We provide well-trained graduates to meet the demand for a professional occupational health and safety workforce for federal, state, and local government agencies; not-for-profit agencies; industry; academia; business; healthcare; and labor organizations. Occupational Health and Safety Professionals are a necessary part of programs designed to protect the health and well-being of working men and women, a fundamental purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The Sunshine Education and Research Center is one of only 18 NIOSH funded and research centers nationwide.

ACCESSIBILITY:

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in this event, please contact Will Bellamy at (510) 642-8365 or wbellamy@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail) with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.