INVESTIGATING & MANAGING SLEEP-RELATED FATIGUE

A Hybrid Training Opportunity of Clinton's 2 Most Popular Courses!

 Understanding the causes and consequences of fatigue is essential for improving safety, health and productivity.

 The next session will be from 21 to 23 January, 2025

INSTRUCTOR:  Clinton Marquardt, Sleep & Fatigue Specialist

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fatigue is an omnipresent and often overlooked threat, impacting everything from workplace, transportation and personal safety to productivity, and overall health.  For managers and safety professionals, mastering the complexities of fatigue and its underlying causes is the key to building a proactive culture of sleep and fatigue management within their organizations.

This dynamic 3-day course is a hybrid of Clinton’s 2 most popular courses and is designed to take you on an interactive journey through the intricacies of sleep and fatigue management and investigation. You’ll delve into the process of incident action sequencing and learn to assemble detailed sleep-wake histories to uncover whether fatigue played a role in safety incidents. Explore the fascinating world of sleep physiology, including the stages of sleep and circadian rhythms, and discover how chrono-types influence sleep.

We’ll also cover the 6 Fatigue Risk Factors, helping you identify the causes of fatigue and explore innovative strategies to counter them. Gain insights into visual and bio-mathematical analysis techniques to evaluate sleep-wake, rostering, and shift-work patterns, and learn how to assess fatigue levels using standardized tools.

The course highlights human performance impairments linked to fatigue and presents a comprehensive toolkit of fatigue prevention and countermeasure strategies, including scheduling practices, evolving organizational culture, controlled rest, and treatments for sleep disorders. You’ll also walk through the 12-Step Investigating Human Fatigue Factors (IHFF) process, which is indispensable to developing effective corrective action plans that improve your organization’s safety, health and productivity.

In addition, the program emphasizes both organizational and personal sleep and fatigue management strategies. You’ll explore sleep optimization, anchor sleep techniques for stabilizing circadian rhythms, and the hidden benefits to performance and personal health of a robust fatigue management program. Stress and its impact on sleep will also be addressed, ensuring a holistic approach to fatigue management.

Designed for all learning styles, visual, auditory and kinesthetic, the course includes engaging multimedia elements such as videos, a case study, and real-world vignettes. Interactive exercises, Socratic-style discussions, and thought-provoking Q&A sessions will reinforce your understanding and empower you to apply what you’ve learned to your organization’s sleep and fatigue management program.


 Multimodal Training with Examples, Vignettes, a Case Study and Lessons Learned from an Interesting Array of Industries!

 

This Course Satisfies Most Federal Regulations for Fatigue Training World-wide!


Course topic mappings for all regulations can be provided to successful participants.

  • Civil Aviation Regulations (CARs / Canada)
  • Code of Federal Regulations | Federal Aviation Administration (CFR | FAA/FAR / United States)
  • Duty and Rest Period Rules for Railway Operating Employees (DRPR / Canada) 
  • International Maritime Organization (MSC. 1/Circ.1598)

Want to know if your regulations are covered by this training? Ask Clinton today!


Note: Company-specific information required by fatigue training regulations can be included in this training program for in-house sessions.


Special Early-Bird Rate Closed Nov.1


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 COURSE DETAILS

DATE: 21-23 January, 2025

LOCATION: PNR RailWorks Inc., 2380 Royal Windsor Drive, Unit 18, Mississauga (Toronto), Ontario, L5J 1K7, Canada

TIME: 08:00- 16:00

TUITION:

ACCOMMODATIONS: There are many good hotels to choose from in the area.  Four of them are listed below.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Mississauga
2125 N Sheridan Way, Mississauga, ON L5K 1A3

Hampton Inn by Hilton Toronto-Mississauga West
2085 N Sheridan Way, Mississauga, ON L5K 2T2

Admiral Inn & Suites
2161 N Sheridan Way, Mississauga, ON L5K 1A3

Residence Inn Toronto Mississauga Southwest
2145 N Sheridan Way, Mississauga, ON L5K 1A3


PARKING: Free at PNR RailWorks Inc.  Although the training will take place in Unit 18, free parking spots are available for your use at both Unit 11 & 18.

MEALS & REFRESHMENTS: Lunch and refreshments are included in the tuition. Please advise Clinton of any food allergies 14 days prior to the course.

CERTIFICATION: All participants who attend the full course will be awarded certificates of completion. A course topic mapping onto your rules or regulations can be provided upon request.

REFUND POLICY:
  1. We reserve the right to reschedule the program if the number of registrants is insufficient. Should this occur, we will notify all registrants and refund the registration fee in full.
  2. Any costs incurred by registrants, such as hotel cancellation fees or airline penalties, are the responsibility of the registrants.
  3. Registrations are transferable.
  4. Cancellations 10 days prior to the date of the course will incur a $100 administration fee.
  5. No-shows will be responsible for the full course fee.

Thank you to PNR RailWorks Inc. for hosting this training!

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  • Very engaging and learned a lot in an easy to follow context. 

 Andrew B. - Captain, RCAF 

A deep understanding of sleep and fatigue and how to investigate their role in accidents and incidents helps organizations protect their workforce, enhance operational efficiency, and promote better health outcomes.

This session will be provided in a small class format to enhance your personal learning experience.  But it also means we only have room for a limited number of people.  

Register today to make sure you get a spot on this special training opportunity!

  • I’ve worked in a fatigue program and studied and trained in bettering those programs. This was the best training I’ve received.

 Cody Metoyer - Sr. Specialist, Flight Ops SMS, American Airlines 

 

  • All of Clinton's training comes with a One-Year Warranty, a $1000.00 Bonus!

If you need support of any kind related to the training, he will provide it absolutely FREE!

Questions - Clarifications - Pointers?

Clinton will happily help you out.

COURSE TOPICS:

  • Incident action sequencing
  • Assembling sleep-wake histories
  • Sleep physiology, sleep stages and circadian rhythms
  • Textbook and optimal sleep
  • Chrono-types
  • Hidden benefits of sleep and fatigue management
  • The 6 Fatigue Risk Factors
  • Identifying conditions that lead to Fatigue Risk Factors
  • Visual and bio-mathematical analyses of sleep-wake, rostering, and shift-work patterns
  • Assessing fatigue levels using standardized tools
  • Human performance impairments associated with fatigue
  • Fatigue prevention and countermeasure strategies
  • Sleep disorders and treatments
  • Napping and controlled rest strategies
  • Fatigue management programs and systems
  • 12 Step Investigating Human Fatigue Factors (IHFF) process
  • Corrective action plans
  • Organizational sleep and fatigue management strategies
  • Core scheduling practices to improve sleep and reduce fatigue
  • Organizational sleep and fatigue cultures
  • Personal sleep and fatigue management strategies
  • Anchor sleep and adjusting to new time zones
  • Stress and sleep

AFTER THE COURSE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

  • Identify, assess, and manage fatigue-related risks within your team
  • Enhance organizational safety, productivity, and employee well-being by addressing the impact of sleep and fatigue and providing effective management strategies
  • Use the step-wise method to analyze the role of fatigue in incidents, accidents and KPI’s/SPI’s
  • Distinguish sleep-related fatigue from other sources of fatigue
  • Collect the right data to be able to analyze fatigue risk
  • Prioritize perishable investigation data
  • Ask the right questions during and after interviews
  • Share accurate and science-based information about the complex relationship between sleep and fatigue
  • Understand the difference between Textbook and Optimal Sleep
  • Use practical tools to assess the 6 Fatigue Risk Factors
  • Describe common fatigue related performance impairments and human errors
  • Make strong conclusions about whether fatigue was a risk or causal factor in your incidents and accidents
  • Analyze incidents and accidents to identify the contributing conditions and underlying factors to fatigue
  • Implement effective fatigue prevention and countermeasure strategies to reduce the risk of fatigue
  • Design a comprehensive fatigue management program with organizational and workforce level approaches to managing sleep and fatigue
  • Use the content of this training to develop your own in-house sleep and fatigue management training and awareness programs
  • Incorporate the use of bio-mathematical fatigue modeling into your investigation and scheduling processes to reduce the risk of fatigue and performance impairments
  • Use the fatigue risk factor information to create fatigue reduction strategies and processes to improve the effectiveness of your sleep and fatigue management program
  • Perform more comprehensive and effective accident analyses
  • Address the strong influence of organizational culture on sleep and fatigue
  • Improve the safety, health and productivity of your workforce
  • Eyes opened wide to fatigue.

 Gord H. - Captain, RCAF 


WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

  • Senior Executives, Managers and Decision Makers
  • Fatigue Risk Management Leaders
  • Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists
  • Safety Officers and Safety Managers
  • Occupational Health and Safety Professionals
  • Oil and Gas Safety Professionals
  • Transportation Regulating Agencies and Organizations
  • Fatigue Risk Management Systems (FRMS) Authorities and Regulators
  • Patient Safety and Healthcare Safety Professionals
  • Labour Union Representatives
  • Human Factors Professionals, Specialists, Trainers
  • Medical Examiners & Flight Surgeons
  • Transportation Professionals and Regulators
  • Transportation Safety Boards
  • Quality Assurance Managers and Specialists
  • Manufacturing Safety Personnel
  • Health and Emergency Services Providers
  • Schedulers and Planners
  • Safety and Compliance Specialists

Need a sleep or fatigue course at your office?  It's easier than you think. Clinton's courses can be delivered as an “in-service” at your location anywhere in the world to groups of eight or more.

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