Convergence Training will Relocate to Larger Facility

Convergence Training has officially outgrown our current location in Camas, WA.

Over the last 12 years, we've slowly expanded our office space by knocking down walls as other suites have been vacated. A few years ago, we finally inherited the entire upstairs of our rental space. With the amount of new staff we hired in 2009, and the goals and opportunities we have for this year and beyond, we've finally outgrown our current location.

To give us room for future expansion, Convergence has found a new office space in nearby Vancouver, WA. This building has two floors and will nearly double our square footage.

Now that the paperwork has been signed and the move is official, we are excited for construction to begin. For the next few months, we will be waiting patiently as the building gets some improvements, including an elevator for ADA compliancy, new bathrooms, a renovated upstairs, and new office partitions. We are planning to complete the remodel and move into the new building mid-summer.

While we are excited to be moving to a larger and nicer facility, we want to assure you that this is not some fancy, over-priced high-rise building in Manhattan. We looked long and hard to find a building that could accommodate our current and future workforce without increasing the costs to the customers. We will continue to provide affordable training services, with the same quality 3D graphics and animation, that our customers have come to expect.

Combustible Dust Explosion Video on YouTube

I've uploaded several samples from our newest environmental, health, and safety training module - Combustible Dusts - to YouTube. The full module includes almost 20 minutes of training about subjects such as combustible dust hazards, the Dust Fire and Explosion Pentagon, explosion risk controls, explosion damage controls, and the effects of combustible dust explosions. This training course will soon be included in our Online Catalog featured in Convergence Training Viewer.

To view the latest samples, you can view my channel here: http://www.youtube.com/kdellavalle

Convergence Training Viewer Completely Clean of Badware

Convergence Training Viewer (CTV) has been tested by Download3k.com on 12 February 2010 with 4 of the best antivirus engines available today: Avira, Kaspersky, NOD32, Bitdefender.

The report shows that your program is completely clean of any form of badware (viruses, spyware, adware, etc.). You can view the full scan report here.

Arizona Public Service Displays Convergence Training Safety Video

Palo Verde nuclear power plant near Phoenix, Arizona recently held its annual "Safe Day". One of the more than 40 booths at the event, which are created by the employees themselves, incorporated video from part of our Compressed Gas Safety training. Convergence donated the use of the compressed gas video for the single-day event.

Almost 50 departments, vendors and others hosted booths, each with its own individual message or theme. From Business Continuity to Work Management, from Air Gas Inc. to Westinghouse along with Palo Verde Young Generation Nuclear and the Safety Singing Man, Safety and Human Performance Day offered a wealth of information, interaction, games playing and more.

Check out more details about the event in an Article on ABC15.com


Here is a really nice aerial shot of their 3 unit station:

New 3D Driver Safety Courses Released

Our Driver Safety training courses are now available for purchase via our online safety training store. We're really excited to add these courses to our library because it represents a new set of topics for us and a chance to really show off our 3D graphics and animation skills. To check out some video samples, visit our Driver Safety YouTube playlist.

Industries and Uses
These modules would be great for companies that employ delivery drivers, mobile technicians, on-site service reps, or any other mobile employees. The courses show a variety of vehicles including cars, SUV's, and vans, and provide very concise information without all the fluff, bad acting, and 1980s clothes of some of the other videos.

The courses in our 3-DVD set include:

Driving Preparation
This module focuses on preparing to drive safely and includes the basics of vehicle maintenance and inspection, suggestions for planning your route, emergency supplies, securing cargo, seat belts, and cell phones.

Alert Driving
This module focuses on the importance of alert driving and discusses driving while impaired, avoiding distractions, scanning the road, things to look for, increasing reaction time, and the two-second rule.

Driving Hazard Recognition
This module discusses recognizing and avoiding driving hazards related to intersections, blind spots, limited visibility, losing traction, erratic drivers, and pedestrians, animals, and parked vehicles.

Delivery Formats
As always, these courses will be available on DVD, as computer-based training through Convergence Training Viewer, as Pay-Per-View, and even licensable SCORM courses in our LMS or yours.

More Info
Fill out the form below if you have questions or would like more information about purchasing any of our driver safety training.

Freebie: Ergonomics Image

We recently took a few renders from our Ergonomics course and put them together into a single clipart style image. The safety graphics show proper lifting techniques, and also shows the difference between good and bad seated positions. We are offering the image for you to use on your website, on your blog, in your safety meetings, or anything else, royalty free. The only thing we ask is that we ask that our logo remains apparent on the image.

Click on the image below to see it full size, and then you can right-click and save the image.