Syracuse Builders Exchange Events Newswire

RIT OSHA #502 Updates for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers 7/8/2025 8:30 AM - 7/10/2025 4:30 PM

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:43:34 GMT

OSHA #502 Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers

Syracuse Builders Exchange is proud to announce that it will be providing classroom space for the Rochester Institute of Technology, an Authorized OSHA Training Institute Education Center®. Syracuse Builders Exchange is not an OTI Education Center but serves as a host training organization for the RIT OSHA Training Institute Education Center.

July 8, 9, 10, 2025 / 8:30 am – 4:30 pm at Syracuse Builders Exchange / 6563 Ridings Road, Syracuse, NY 13206

Course Description

This course is designed for Outreach Training Program trainers who have completed the 500 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry and are authorized trainers in the OSHA Outreach Training Program. The course provides an update on OSHA Construction Standards, policies, and regulations. Upon course completion students will have the ability to demonstrate continued professional development in their field by applying effective adult learning principles and interactive training techniques to clearly identify, define, and explain construction industry hazards and acceptable corrective measures as they continue to teach the 10- and 30-hour Construction Outreach Training Program classes.

Minimum student contact hours: 18

Prerequisites: OSHA #500 Trainers Course in OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry. Authorized OSHA Outreach Trainers are required to attend this course once every four (4) years to maintain their trainer status. Prior to registration, students must provide a copy of their current Outreach Training Program trainer card or an official transcript showing successful completion of the OSHA #500 Trainer Course in OSHA Standards for Construction from their respective OSHA Training Institute Education Center, for verification of trainer status.

All participants are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop and a current copy of the OSHA construction regulations, 29 CFR 1926, to the course.

Cost: $795

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) will handle registration. Please click here to be transferred to RIT’s registration page. For questions, please contact Donna Winter at 585.475.2919 or dlwtpo@rit.edu.

How to Survive a DOL Health Plan Audit, Presented by OneGroup 7/9/2025 2:00 PM - 7/9/2025 3:00 PM

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:36:47 GMT

How to Survive a DOL Health Plan Audit Presented by OneGroup

July 9, 2025 / 2:00pm

During this informative webinar, Stacy H. Barrow, Esq., BAN’s Director of Compliance, provides an overview of the process when the DOL decides to audit or investigate an employer’s plan for compliance with ERISA and other Federal laws governing group health plans. Attendees will understand what the DOL looks for during an audit, how to best prepare for an audit, and which areas are subject to the most scrutiny.

Takeaways include:

How plans are selected for a DOL audit and best practices for responding to the audit letter;
What happens when the DOL audits a health or welfare plan; and

What information the DOL requests during an audit, and some of the hot-button issues they look for.

What information the DOL requests during an audit, and some of the hot-button issues they look for.

Approved for credit from HRCI and SHRM

Click here to register.

OSHA 30-Hour Construction Outreach Course 7/14/2025 8:00 AM - 7/24/2025 4:30 PM

Wed, 07 May 2025 15:14:10 GMT

OSHA 30-Hour Construction Outreach Course

Date: July 14 -15 and 23 – 24, 2025

Time: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm all 4 days

Location: Syracuse Builders Exchange / 6563 Riding Road / Syracuse, NY 13206

Instructor: Patricia Strizak, MPH, CHES, BSN, BS, CIT

Registrants must attend all 4 sessions in order to receive their certification card, July 14, 15, 23, and 24. This is an in-person class at the Syracuse Builders Exchange (no virtual attendance) – 6563 Ridings Road, Syracuse, NY 13206.

The OSHA 30-hour construction outreach course is required by Corning Glass, Anhueser-Busch, Cornell University, Turner Construction, Slattery Skanska and others for lead foremen and superintendents. Subjects covered will include OSHA, Fall Protection, Electrical Safety, Scaffolding, Respiratory Protection, and much more.

PLEASE BE ADVISED – OSHA requires that cards be sent to the students, if a copy is required, please see the employee for a copy of their completion card. The cost of the course will be $100 per student for SBE Member Firms and $200 for Non-Members. Payments must be received by the first day of class and is non-refundable. If paying By Check – Please Make Payable To: Syracuse Builders Exchange and mail to 6563 Ridings Road, Syracuse, NY 13206. Course fees are non-refundable. . Once you have completed the registration, you will receive a confirmation email, then a second email will be sent with your invoice, which will include a link for payment.

Students must attend all 4 days in order to receive their completion card.

Attendees of any class must be pre-registered. Please let us know if your employees cannot attend so we can free up their spot. If another employee will replace an employee registered for the class, no problem, please let us know.

Kindly enter and exit the building through the entrance located at the rear parking lot on the southern end of the building.
Hand sanitizer will be available in the classroom.
Please bring your own writing instruments.
Cell phone use in the classroom may be restricted at the discretion of the instructor. If you need to reach your employee during the course, please call SBE’s main phone number 315.437.9936.

Should you need assistance with registration, please contact Dimi Wingate at Dwingate@syrabex.com 315.437.9936 ext. 14.

Human Resources 101 Webinar, Presented by OneGroup 7/16/2025 9:30 AM - 7/16/2025 10:30 AM

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:55:10 GMT

Human Resources 101, Presented by OneGroup

July 16, 2025 / 9:30am – 10:30am

Location: Online Webinar

Instructors: Nicole Bryant, VP Client Experience

Brittani O’Connell, Senior HR Consultant

Join us on July 16 from 9:30 - 10:30AM for OneGroup's next 101 Series webinar: Human Resources 101. OneGroup's Human Resources Consulting team members, Nicole Bryant and Brittani O'Connell, will guide you through the key aspects of Form I-9 compliance. You'll learn how to accurately complete, store, and re-verify I-9s, as well as how to spot and fix common mistakes before they lead to costly compliance issues.

Please click here to register.

Syrabex Training 7/17/2025 10:00 AM - 7/17/2025 12:00 Noon

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:17:22 GMT

Syrabex Training

July 17, 2025 / 10:00am – 12:00pm

Location: Syracuse Builders Exchange / 6563 Ridings Road / Syracuse, NY 13206

or Virtual

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This training is free to SBE Member firms. Register online at syrabex.com or email Dwingate@syrabex.com

Registration is Closed! First Aid/CPR/AED Course 7/29/2025 9:00 AM - 7/29/2025 12:00 Noon

Wed, 07 May 2025 15:05:57 GMT

Registration is closed!

First Aid/CPR/AED Course

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 / 9:00am – 12:00pm

Syracuse Builders Exchange / 6563 Ridings Road / Syracuse, NY 13206

Instructor: David Shalala, TLC Ambulance

Be prepared to act when emergencies arise. When you understand first aid, you’ll gain the ability to help those in need. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) can help save a life if a person’s breathing or heart stops. When a sudden cardiac arrest event happens, minutes matter. In this course you will learn how to treat and recognize heart attacks, strokes, diabetic emergencies and more.

This course will also speak about first aid for severe bleeding. Serious injury can lead to life-threatening blood loss within minutes, be prepared to provide lifesaving care when the unexpected happens.

This course will be an in-person only session, no virtual attendance. The course will be held at Syracuse Builders Exchange, 6563 Ridings Road, Syracuse, NY 13206. Attendees must be pre-registered to attend.

Free for SBE Member Firms - $100 Non-Members.

Due to high demand, only 4 employees per company, unless there are available spots.

Please make checks payable to Syracuse Builders Exchange. Credit cards are accepted (fees apply). Payments must be received by the first day of class.

Contact Dimi Wingate at 315.437.9936 if assistance is needed with registration and/or to submit credit card payments.