Certified Pandemic Influenza Workplace Preparedness Technician (CPIWPT)

Course Description

This 1-day course is designed to provide businesses and organizations performing general industry activities with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to effectively plan for a local or regional influenza epidemic or a pandemic caused by an influenza virus. The target audience is private business leaders and members of their management teams, including teams that may be integral to preparedness planning, such as finance, security, safety, and human resources.

Learning Outcomes

Understand pandemic influenza characteristics, transmission pathways, and workplace exposure risks.

Implement workplace preparedness plans, including prevention strategies, hygiene protocols, and administrative controls.

Apply effective response measures during outbreaks, such as communication, isolation procedures, and continuity planning.

Develop and manage workplace pandemic policies, including employee training, monitoring, and emergency preparedness.

Target Audience

Safety Supervisors & Coordinators

Industrial Hygienists

Healthcare Facility Staff & Nurses

Facility & Maintenance Managers

Program Administrators

Risk Management & Compliance Personnel

Line Supervisors & Team Leads