New this year for members --- The Pittsburgh Local Section has signed up for the Full E-learning package this year. The Package delivers up to 24 contact hours of education to members throughout the year. Registration includes live participation and recording access to 2025 National AIHA University webinar series and brings the best of AIHA Connect OnDemand. Don’t miss out on the latest occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) information, trends, technology, and best practices! 

An eLearning Subscription guarantees automatic registration to all of the eLearning offerings throughout 2025. The subscription allows our membership to attend each of the live sessions along with session recordings. Last year there were 25 e-learning sessions. Recordings of the best sessions from AIHA University's live event offerings covering a wide range of topics and interest areas are provided in the online classroom to view at your convenience (for group registrations, everyone on our roster will also have access).

You must be a Pittsburgh AIHA member (active membership / dues paid) to take advantage of this benefit.  Your 2025 membership payment is due now -- see the sidebar at the right for more information.   

​All ACTIVE Pittsburgh AIHA Members as of 2/13 2024 should have received notice from National AIHA eLearning regarding the 2024 Pittsburgh Section eLearning Subscription.   There are FOUR courses available in the online classroom currently, the FIFTH course will be available after presentation date:

1.  AIHA University Webinar: The Revised Ergonomic Toolkit: An Introduction to Assessing Musculoskeletal Risk
2.  An Ethical Conduct Checklist for Real-Time Technology Deployment (AIHce EXP 2023 OnDemand ESUB)
3. AIHA University Webinar: Revisiting the Worst Plant: A Virtual H&S Audit Version 2.0
4. An Ethical Conduct Checklist for Real-Time Technology Deployment (AIHce EXP 2023 OnDemand ESUB)
5. AIHA University 3-Part Occupational Toxicology Webinar Series:  Mechanisms of Action, SDS Communication, and Hazard Prioritization (Part 1-Sept. 17, Part 2-Oct. 22, Part 3-Nov. 19 – NOW AVAILABLE in online classroom)

Click the link in your email to login to the online classroom to view these courses at your convenience. 

Remember that this is a benefit for PAID Pgh. AIHA members only - if you did not receive an email, please confirm that your 2024 dues are paid.  To renew your Pittsburgh AIHA local section membership, see the details in the sidebar at the right on this page, or you can subscribe on the membership page.   Please reach out to Christy at [email protected] with any questions.

2024 course selections expire on 12/31/2024.  

ALL sessions are available in the online classroom!  Don't forget to take advantage of the free e-learning resources available with your Pittsburgh AIHA membership.  You should have received an email from National AIHA E-learning with instructions to log into your online classroom.  Any questions regarding the online classroom should be directed to National AIHA E-learning at [email protected].The 2023 sessions selected include:

• AIHA University 3-Part Webinar Series: Preparing for and Controlling Biological Hazards
•  AIHA University Webinar: Research Laboratory Safety in the 21st Century
•  AIHA University Webinar: Strategies for Effective Risk Communication
•  AIHA University Webinar: Workplace Violence Primer and Update for the IH
•  Why Don't We See the Things That Can Hurt Us? (AIHce EXP 2022 OnDemand)

​The E-Learning roster has been updated with National AIHA for the 3rd Quarter of 2023 -- All 2023 members in good standing (dues paid/membership renewed for 2022) should receive an email from National AiHA with details and login steps.  If you did not receive the email, please contact Christy Kirsch at [email protected] to confirm your membership status.

The Pittsburgh AIHA 2022 eLearning LITE Subscription program in the online classroom is active - you can begin viewing content now.  Note that this subscription is valid for ALL Pittsburgh AIHA Members in good standing (2022 dues paid, or email confirmation from retired/student members to continue free membership).

Please note that this program runs through December 2022.  Review the info below provided by National AIHA eLearning program coordinators:

Here are the action items to take this month to maximize your participation in the program: 

1. Login to the online classroom and verify that you see a tab to access your group’s content.  If you do not see this tab, please get in contact with us so we can research the issue.  If you don’t know your login credentials, please use the forgot password link on the login page to have them sent to you.
2. Review the information posted on the 2022 eLearning LITE Subscribers page. Group Participants will find information about accessing your AIHA transcript and FAQs about using the system. Bookmark this page in case you need to review it later.

Pittsburgh Local Section LITE Selections

1. Top 10 Imperatives for the AIHA Exposure Risk Management Process Presentation Recording- Recording Available Now!
2. AIHA University Webinar: Assessment, Remediation, and Post-Remediation Verification of Mold in Buildings - Recording Available Now!
3. AIHA University Webinar: Smart Devices and the EHS Professional (Recording Available end of April 2022)
4. AIHA University Webinar: Assessing Ventilation for COVID-19 Mitigation and Beyond: Proactively Identify Ventilation Vulnerabilities (Recording Available early May 2022)
5. AIHA University Webinar: The Role of Context and Reason in Ethical Decision-Making for the Industrial Hygienist (Recording Available mid-May 2022)
6. Bonus Webinar Selection:  AIHA University Webinar: Cleaning Out Your Data Closet (Recording Available late July 2022)
   

We’re looking forward to another program year!  Expect to receive communications from us once a month with any program updates. 

Please don't hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected] if you have any questions after completing the steps above.

ALL sessions are available in online classroom! See the 2021 list below -- The eLearning team at AIHA has updated online classrooms for our members.  An email was sent to inform members that the content is available.

We are excited to announce that the Pittsburgh AIHA renewed the eLearning Subscription for 2021.  Member feedback has been positive regarding the value of the eLearning events which can be accessed through the Catalyst site/online classroom. 

The 2021sessions selected include:

• AIHce OnDemand: Sampling and Analytical Challenges in Meeting Ever Lower OELs for Metals and Metalloids.
• AIHA Webinar: Lessons Learned from Quantitative Exposure Assessments Conducted Globally.
• AIHce OnDemand: Communicate Science Effectively by Using Risk Perceptions, Narrative, and Persuasion Theory
• AIHA Webinar: Methemoglobinemia Resulting from Work in a Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (MDI) Tank
• AIHA Webinar: The Role of OEHS Professionals in Continuity Planning: A Practical Application 

​The E-Learning roster has been updated with National AIHA for the 3rd Quarter of 2021 --
All 2021 members in good standing (dues paid/membership renewed for 2021) should receive an email from National AiHA with details and login steps.  If you did not receive the email, please contact Christy Kirsch at [email protected] to confirm your membership status.

Reminder to visit your ONLINE CLASSROOM before the deadline -- One great benefit provided by our local section is an AIHA eLearning Lite subscription.   Details were sent in an email to all 2020 PAID Pittsburgh AIHA Members from National AIHA -- Each should see the following 2020 webinars in their classroom:

• An Introduction to Big Data and Data Analytics
• Asbestos and Nanoparticles: Using Benchmark Dose Methodology for Risk Assessment 
• The Ear Poisons: An Introduction to Ototoxicants 
• Heat Stress: Assessment and Control 
• Ethics in Risk Management: Complex, Paradoxical, Prickly
  

IMPORTANT - YOU MUST BE CURRENT 2020 DUES-PAYING MEMBER.  Our Pgh. AIHA subscription roster includes only members current on their 2020 dues.  Pgh. AIHA 2020 Corporate Sponsors and students / retired members (dues waived) are already included in the roster.  If you are unsure of your membership status, please contact Christy at [email protected]

NOTE:  As a member of our local section, you can login, view, and obtain credit for up to five AIHA eLearning webinars per year.  Save time, money, and earn credit contact hours towards maintaining your certification.  AIHA webinars can cost $100-200 per individual registration.  By taking advantage of our local section subscription, you can save hundreds (or thousands) of dollars on your continuing education. 

For assistance with e-learning via the online classroom, contact [email protected]. 

Reminder that the 2019 E-Learning deadline to view / submit for credit is JANUARY 31, 2020!! 

One great benefit provided by our local section is an AIHA eLearning Lite subscription.  As a member of our local section, you can login, view, and obtain credit for up to five AIHA eLearning webinars per year.  Save time, money, and earn credit contact hours towards maintaining your certification.  AIHA webinars can cost $100-200 per individual registration.  By taking advantage of our local section subscription, you can save hundreds (or thousands) of dollars on your continuing education. 

Details were sent in an email to all 2019 PAID Pittsburgh AIHA Members.  The 2019 Webinars are as follows:

• Take Charge of Your IH Career: Road Map to Success​ (archived)
• Air Sampling Strategies and Analysis​​​​ (archived)
• ​Industrial Hygiene Statistics- The Next Generation (archived)
• Preparing the I/OH​: Why Highly Hazardous Communicable Disease Responses Need Us ​​(February 28, 2019)
• Overview of the Chemistry, Uses, and Exposure Assessment of Peracetic Acid​ (April 4, 2019)

IMPORTANT - YOU MUST BE CURRENT 2019 DUES-PAYING MEMBER.  Our Pgh. AIHA subscription roster includes only members current on their 2019 dues.  Pgh. AIHA 2019 Corporate Sponsors and students / retired members (dues waived) are already included in the roster.  If you are unsure of your membership status, please contact Christy at [email protected].