Visit Baltimore GBAC & CMI Training Session 1
This is a private event only open to Visit Baltimore members. Each session limited to 30 attendees. Lunch will be provided.
This event hosted by ISSA/GBAC in conjunction with the Baltimore Convention Center and Visit Baltimore, will cover CMI Basic, CMI Advanced and GBAC Cleaning for Health Workshops.
CMI curriculum will be administered by a CMI Master Trainer to offer the most effective technical and tactical custodial training.
Each participant will complete the CMI Basic & Advanced Custodial Technician Certification course. Each participant must pass their respective written-based exams with an 80% or higher grade. Upon completion of their exam, the participants will receive the following designations: CMI Basic Custodial Technician and CMI Advanced Custodial Technician (C.C.T.). The training will focus on utilizing your current supplies and equipment to and will offer both lecture-based and hands-on training.
Custodial Technician Basic Topics:
- The Commercial Environment
- The Chemistry of Cleaning
- Basic Cleaning of Above-Floor Surfaces
- Basic Cleaning of Hard Floor Surfaces
- Basic Cleaning of Carpeted Floor Surfaces
- Basic Cleaning of Restrooms and Shower Rooms
- Customer Service
Custodial Technician Advanced Topics:
- Advanced Cleaning of Hard Floor Surfaces
- Advanced Cleaning of Carpeted Floor Surfaces
- Advanced Cleaning of Above-Floor Surfaces
- Advanced Disinfection
GBAC Cleaning for Health
This class will help identify and prevent occupational-related infectious diseases and associated hazards, including COVID-19 in industries with high-illness rates for frontline workers or susceptible populations. The class will review case studies, hygiene approaches, multiple strategies, and preventative measures. The GBAC Cleaning for Health Workshop has been approved by the US Dept of Labor (OSHA) and Florida State Government.
GBAC Cleaning for Health content:
- What Does It Mean to Recognize Risk
- How Germs Spread and Make People Sick
- Human Body and Built Environment Reservoirs Important for the Cleaning Industry
Event Details:
Each day will begin at 8:30am, with coffee provided. There will be two fifteen-minute breaks throughout the day, one morning and one afternoon, and we will have a 30-minute lunch provided by the Convention Center. Training will conclude each day at 4:00pm.
Arrival:
There is no parking at the convention center, and attendees are encouraged to ride-share or utilize the nearby parking structures. Please see this link for more information: https://www.bccenter.org/p/attend/directions–parking
Interested in registering a large group?
For inquries about group ordering, please contact the event organizer.
Speakers
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Dr. Gavin Macgregor-SkinnerSenior Director of Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC)BVSc, MSc, MPH, CFO, CBFRS, MRCVS
Certified Forensic Operator®️, Certified Bio-Forensic Restoration Specialist®️, Associate Professor, Penn State College of MedicineDr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner has more than 30 years of technical experience in responding to infectious disease outbreaks and emergency management. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Penn State College of Medicine and teaches three 15-week graduate courses on Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Terrorist Emergencies. In 2014 he received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in teaching. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, BBC, Canada CTV, Australia ABC, C-SPAN, and other news outlets to share his expertise on High Consequence Pathogens such as Coronavirus, Ebola, Influenza, Measles, Cholera, Zika and other global health threats. He served 12-years as an Officer in the Australian and British militaries and was an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the U.S. CDC in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Global Health Fellow with the United States Agency for International Development in Washington DC.
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David SwindleDavid Swindle has been in the cleaning industry for close to 30 years. He began his career by working as a janitor for a vending machine company. By his early twenties, he had transitioned into sales of cleaning supplies for a local janitorial supply company. During his career, David has worked for distributors, manufacturers, and service providers. This has given him a remarkably diverse and broad understanding of the industry.
In recent years, David began teaching custodial classes through an adult education program at Elk Grove Unified School District. He has found his passion in sharing his knowledge and experience with others through teaching. When he started out in the cleaning industry, it was not something that he imagined would become a career. However, David quickly learned that he enjoyed cleaning and was good at it. He made it his goal in life to learn everything about the cleaning profession. That involved taking every class available, attending workshops, reading books from people like Bill Griffin, working with those who were experts, and immersing himself in the business of cleaning. Now, over 30 years later, David still loves to learn all he can about the industry and to share what he knows with others.
David is a certified technical education teacher in the State of California. He owns his own consulting company working with organizations to implement ISSA cleaning standards and CMI training. He is also partners in a cleaning service in Northern California that focuses on cleaning and disinfecting services. He recently became a CMI Master Trainer and is conducting CMI certification workshops. It is his career goal to create a Career Technical Education pathway for young people helping them to see the value of a career in the cleaning industry.
