b'~IRCA Educational Programs The Annual MRCA Conventionin-house pu leaittenAirements lose their p teczz ofwr safetyrequ roandShow has come to beprogram.will try to clarify thetion toPreliminarytestTradeWeaging.UL known for its hard-hitting educa newDOT regula s on sub ing has revealed some interesting tiontional programs.Building on astan abuse testing andnewinformation. ceany app46-year old tradition of educationOSHA rules that arelicable as excellence,theconvention andof our program time. Ourmcom ittrade show will once again featureteeisworkingona"new programsdesignedbyroofingemployee" checklist for the rules contractors for roofing contrac and regulations new employees tors.mustBEFORE theyon a knowstep last handout In keeping with the overridingroof. Ourwill be a list mission of MRCA, eachof the p resource informaprogramossible is designed with just one goal intion agencies, centers, and orgamind,that is to represent thenizations to keep you current in and best interests of roofing contrac the ever ch world of safety anging torsbyfurtheringtheindustryregulations. through education.ComereadytohaveyourBusiness Management the safety knowledge ofaspects ofEducational Program I our industry "put totest." ByJimBarr, Chair the actively participating in our pro 9 - 10:25 a.m. gram, you will have the opportu Friday, Oct. 25 nity to carry outthan just theIn the traditionservice and moreof traditional p of paper.excellence the M A memberileRCshiphascometoexpect,the Technical and ResearchMRCABusinessManagement ProgramICommittee is once again striving Tom Bollnow, Chairto meet the challenge of produc4:05 - 5:30 p.m.ing timely,beneficialprogramThursday, Oct. 24mingfortheAnnualMRCA Health and Safety"Roof Coatings - Are You StillConven and Trade Show. tion Educational ProgramCovered?"The goalthe Business Manof Dennis Runyan, ChairWe could not and would notagement Committee at this year\'s 2:30 - 3:55 p.m.attempttoproduce a programconvention is to presentiled, detaThursday, Oct. 24covering the fullof roofprofessional financial and manspectrum Is the bigover your shopcoatingsinonesession.Thisagerial information that will be of sign door that says,"BE CAREFUL - seemingly straight-forward sub benefit to any roofing contractor, SAFETY BEGINS HERE," the onlyject, is actually very complex andregardof sizeordepthof less piece of your safety program thatmulti-faceted.Ourinitial entryexperience. Toiswe hth end,ave is in writing? Of course you allinto the worldof coatings willenlisted the services of Fails Manhaveasafetyprogram,butfocusonaluminum-pigmentedagement Institute (FMI)r a fo mulwhether anyone else out there canasphalt roof coatings. Our initialtipleseminarforum.FMIis verify its existence, and at timescharge is to discuss the purposeamongthepremiercontractor that includes your own employ of coatings, specifications andconsultants for ourand industry, ees, is the question.applications,durabilityofthis segment of Business Manyear Thisthe MRCA safety pro expected attributes and the inter agement Educational programgram will focus on the form, for action between coatings, mem ming promisesto providethe mat, and resource data availablebranesandservicelifekind of material that wisatisfy 11 to help you formulate your ownexpectations.andenrichtheentirerangeof - specific program. We hope to pro in Ofspecificinterestwillbeconvention attendees,well as as vide you with those tools you willformation on when, or if, coat enable MRCA toan overall meet need to piece together your ownings applied to conform to ClassContinued on page 20'