New regulations and safety trends relevant to industrial coatings professionals are the focus of the next free webinar from JPCL and SSPC.

“Regulatory Update: Trends in Industrial Coatings and How They Impact You” will be presented at 11 a.m. ET Wednesday, Nov. 18, by industry expert Alison Kaelin.

Kaelin will provide an overview of the newest regulations that are or have been proposed or issued to the protective coatings industry during 2015.

She will allso discuss recent trends in health and safety and how they affect you on a day-to-day basis.

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“Regulatory Update: Trends in Industrial Coatings and How They Impact You” will explore the newest regulations relevant to the industrial coatings, as well as health and safety trends.

Webinar participants will be eligible to receive continuing education credits from SSPC.

Participants may register here free.

About the Presenter

Alison Kaelin is the Principal of ABKaelin LLC, a WBE/DBE consultancy to the coatings industry.

Kaelin was a co-recipient of SSPC’s inaugural Women in Coatings Award in 2014, named one of JPCL's Top Thinkers, a JPCL Editors' Award winner and SSPC Technical Achievement Award winner.

She is a NACE Level 3 Peer Reviewed inspector, ASQ - Certified Quality Auditor, chair of SSPC’s Task Group C.5.3 on Environmental Monitoring Strategies and the Dust Collection Committee, and principal technical editor and instructor of the SSPC C3 training course.

Kaelin holds a B.E. in civil and environmental engineering and writes frequently for JPCL and other publications. She previously worked for many years as corporate quality assurance manager and EHS manager for KTA-Tator Inc.

Webinar Series

The webinar is part of the 2015 JPCL/SSPC Webinar Education Series, which provides continuing education for SSPC recertifications and technology updates on important topics.

SSPC is an accredited training provider for the Florida Board of Professional Engineers (FBPE), and Professional Engineers in Florida may submit SSPC Webinar Continuing Education Units to the board.

To do so, applicants must download the FBPE CEU form and pass the Webinar Exam, which costs $25.

Free Webcasts Available

Numerous free webcasts in the JPCL/SSPC Education Series, covering a wide range of topics, are now available at https://www.paintsquare.com/webinars.

Some of those presentations include:

• “Application of Thermal Spray Coating”;
• "Asset Management Preservation";
• "Bridge Coating Condition Assessment";
• "Developing and Administering an Effective Coating Specification";
• "Differences Between Traditional Sandblasting and Vapor Abrasive Blasting";
• “OSHA’s New Confined Space Standard for the Construction Industry”;
• “Painting Over Hot-Dip Galvanizing”;
• “Quality Control of Surface Preparation & Coating Installation/Pipe Girth Welds”;
• “Specifying and Selecting Coatings”;
• “Standards, Training and Certification in the Bridge Industry”;
• "Standards, Training and Certification in the Oil & Gas Industry";
• "Standards, Training and Certification in the Wastewater Industry";
• “Unique Rigging Applications for Suspended Scaffolding”;
• “Update to SSPC-PA 9 Paint Application Specification”;
• "Waterjetting: A 30-Year Perspective"; and
• “Weathering of High-Performance Coatings on Florida Bridges”.

A complete listing of PaintSquare’s archived and future webinars is available here.