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Welcome to the October Safety Suzy newsletter.
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As we’re halfway through October, the schedule ahead is full of the usual refresher classes (asbestos supervisors, designers, inspectors, project monitors, operations and maintenance, and mold; see below for the current schedule). We also have mold worker, remediation/supervisor, and assessor initial courses, asbestos project monitor, and inspector initial courses all before the new year.
We are also reminding everyone about the different ways you can promote your company to our students through our newsletter, podcasts, and the course manuals. Post job opportunities through the newsletter and our LinkedIn Group, New York State Asbestos.
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| Reach Your Target Market: Effective. Easy. Affordable. |
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Future Environment Designs, Inc. has provided asbestos, mold, indoor air quality, and OSHA compliance training classes in Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties) and Plattsburgh (Clinton County) since 1990. This Safety Suzy Newsletter has an email list of over 850 people (with an over 40% open ratio) who have taken classes at our Training Center or used our Training at Your Convenience program (this program involves Future Environment Designs traveling to our client’s location for training).
Our website is accessed by over 2,000 users among people scheduling themselves for courses, accessing information from our newsletter, blog postings, the Training Library, and our YouTube channel.
Future Environment Designs Training Center’s YouTube channel has over 1,200 subscribers and is where you find our podcast program called After the Refresher (some of our episodes have had thousands of viewers).
In order to maintain the quality of our blog, newsletter, podcast, and our courses, we are now offering advertising packages that can work with your advertising and marketing campaigns to specifically access the individuals that purchase asbestos, mold, IAQ, and occupational safety and health supplies and equipment. Each package has been set up to work with various budgets.
The Chrysotile Package Level ($1,000 per year) maximum of 12: Includes business card size ad in our course manual (over 600 printed/year); logo link to your website on our sponsors page (featured in our podcast and in our newsletter); a thank you in one issue of our newsletter with a description of your services and link to your website; and handing out marketing materials at all our classes.
The Amosite Package Level ($5,000 per year) maximum 3: Includes quarter-page ad in our course manual; a logo link to your website on our sponsors page (featured in our podcast and in our newsletter) with a short description of your business, a thank you in five issues of our newsletter with a description of your services and link to your website; opportunity to write a short article in our newsletter; opportunity to be interviewed about your business in our podcast; and handing out marketing materials at all our classes.
The Crocidolite Package Level ($12,000 per year) maximum 2: Includes a full page ad in our course manual, a logo link to your website on the top of our sponsors page (featured in our podcast and in our newsletter) with a short description of your business, a thank you in every issue of our newsletter and podcast with a description of your services and link to your website; opportunity to write a short article in our newsletter; opportunity to be interviewed about your business in our podcast; the opportunity to write a featured article for our blog, and handing out marketing materials at all our classes.
If one of these levels works for you, give Future Environment Designs a call or send us an email letting us know your form of payment and we will contact you, for the arrangements for setting up the links and providing us with materials for the advertising package you selected.
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| SAVE THE DATES: PACNY’S ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE is MARCH 3 – 5, 2027 |
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SAVE the DATES: The Professional Abatement Contractors of New York’s (PACNY’s) 30th Annual Environmental Conference will be held on March 3, 4, and 5th, 2027. It will be held at Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. We are currently on PACNY’s Board, and we are looking forward to our 30th conference and hope to celebrate one of our best conferences ever.
Last year, the vendor hall set a record for the number of vendors, and we’re looking forward to trying to break it again. If you want to read about what you missed, read our blog posts regarding each day of the event.
Day 1: PACNY 29th Annual Environmental Conference Returns to Three-Day Format at Turning Stone
Day 2: PACNY 29th Annual Environmental Conference Part Two – Day Two Recap
Day 3: Regulatory Updates, Industry Concerns, and Straight Talk from OSHA and NYSDOL – Day 3
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| Straight talk on the issues shaping health and safety, today. |
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The Pride of Future Environment Designs Training Center!
https://futureenvironmentdesigns.com/
As many of you know, our website has changed a lot since 2001. At first, we split the information we provided our attendees across three websites. One website was for our current schedule, a second website was our blog, and a third website was this newsletter. For many years, we wanted to merge the three websites into one website. In June 2024, we finally accomplished that process. Now the current schedule, the blog, and the newsletter can all be accessed from one website. We are very proud of our website and especially the resource page, which includes our training library.
The new website has been very successful, as we mentioned above, with over 2,000 users per month. We hope you are enjoying the website as much as we do. Based on the responses in our courses, it seems many of you are appreciative of our blog posts and especially the FEDTC Training Library. The FEDTC Training Library has over 40 years of documents created by various federal, state, and local agencies regarding asbestos, mold, indoor air quality, and safety and health.
We will eventually be adding a section to the website to honor our sponsors, partners, and advertisers. We will encourage our clients to support these partners if they can. If anyone has ideas for improving the website, we would be glad to hear your suggestions. Thank you!
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The Role of Asbestos Inspections in Construction Safety Course – 0.5 Hr
This course is part of a package that includes a book & a laminated Bulk Sampling chart. Together, all three form an educational platform for asbestos inspection, environmental safety, construction safety, and professional training. As we discuss in the book, the owners and the construction industry do not always understand all the rules of sampling, and because of that, you can get wildly different proposals for asbestos surveys. This can cause significant problems once the contracts are awarded. The book, along with the rest of the materials, is meant to clarify the asbestos inspection/survey process.
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| Advertise With Us (Help Wanted) |
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If interested in posting a job opening, email us at [email protected] for rates. Job posting includes this newsletter and a posting in our LinkedIn Group, New York State Asbestos (with over 800 members).
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| 🎙️ Tune In to After the Refresher!🎙️ |
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Join Angelo Garcia III of Future Environment Designs as he takes you beyond the classroom to unpack the latest in asbestos, mold, indoor air quality, and OSHA compliance. From New York project phases and EPA bans to the ARBAN bill and new contamination guidance, this podcast keeps you ahead of the curve on regulations, safety, and industry trends.
Listen to our latest episode: After the Refresher Episode 10 –
Current Asbestos and Mold Refresher Course Topics
🔥 Stay informed. Stay compliant. Stay refreshed.
👉 Subscribe now to After the Refresher on YouTube and never miss an episode!
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Use SafetySuzy10FEDTC at checkout to get 10% off of any of our health and safety courses. Don’t forget that our loyal customers get 15% off, so please get in touch if you’d like to find out more.
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| Important Links |
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Upcoming FEDTC Courses (virtual, in-person, online).
FED Creates Asbestos Air and Bulk Sampling Tables That Can be Used In the Field or the Office
Order Here!
ELEVATE YOUR SAFETY PROGRAMS with SiteDocs and Future Environment Designs. Contact SiteDocs here.
“Do As I Say, Not As I Did! What I’ve Learned After 30-Years of Being in Business” – book by Angelo Garcia III
Order Here!
“The Role of Asbestos Inspections in Construction Safety” – book by Angelo Garcia III
Order Here!
FEDTC Training Library:
Click Here to access our Library. New in the Training Library NYSDOL Email regarding “Concrete Debris Pile in Controlled Demolition with Friable ACM“
Additional Resources
FEDTC’s Recent Blog Post:
Recent Discussion:
September 16, 2026 Special NYSDOL Presentation & Industry Meeting:
PACNY invites you to participate in a special meeting featuring representatives from the New York State Department of Labor Asbestos Control Bureau. Speaking to our group will be Jason Pensabene, Program Manager, along with a representative from the Engineering Services Unit.
Join the conversation and become a member of a thriving group of health and safety professionals.
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EPA Lead RRP Courses:
OSHA Courses (Online & In-person):
- AHERA/OSHA Asbestos Awareness
- OSHA/NYSDOL 4-hr Apprentice Asbestos Awareness (NEW) – Online
- The Role of Asbestos Inspections in Construction Safety Course – 0.5 Hr – NEW!
- OSHA Respirator User
- OSHA Crystalline Silica Standard for Workers
- OSHA Hazard Communication
- OSHA Hazard Communication plus NYS Right-to-Know
- Covid-19 Awareness Course
- Respirator Hierarchy
- Lead in Construction Awareness Course
- Mold in Construction Awareness Course
- Blood-borne Pathogen 4-Hour Course
- OSHA Lead in Construction Awareness Course – Online
- OSHA 10 or 30-Hour Construction Safety and Health Course
- OSHA 10 or 30-Hour General Industry Safety and Health Course
Mold Courses:
- Keeping Your Family Safe Mold Awareness – Online
- Mold in Construction Awareness Course – Online
- Mold Assessor Initial Course
- Oct 29, 30, 31, & Nov 1 8:30 AM – 5:45 PM, FEDTC’s Syosset
- Mold Remediation/Supervisor Initial Course
- Oct 29, 30, & 31 8:30 AM – 5:45 PM, FEDTC’s Syosset
- NYS Mold Abatement Worker Initial Course
- Oct 29-30, 8:30 AM – 5:45 PM, FEDTC’s Syosset
- NYS Mold Refresher
- Nov 11, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM, FEDTC’s Syosset
Asbestos Courses:
- AHERA/OSHA Asbestos Awareness Course – Online
- OSHA/NYSDOL 4-hr Apprentice Asbestos Awareness (NEW) – Online
- NYCDEP Handler/Supervisor Exam Prep – Online
- NYCDEP Investigator Exam Prep – Online
- AHERA LEA’s Designated Person Training – Online
- Asbestos Bulk Sampling Course – Online
- NYS Asbestos Inspector Initial
- NYS Asbestos Management Planner Initial
- NYS Asbestos O&M Initial
- Dec 8-9, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM, Suffolk County
- NYS/NYC Asbestos Supervisor Refresher
- Nov 24, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM, FEDTC’s Syosset
- Dec, 17, 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM, National Grid
- NYS Asbestos Project Designer Initial
- Asbestos Handler Refresher
- Dec 19, 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM, IUOE
- NYS Asbestos Project Designer Refresher
- Oct 26, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM, FEDTC’s Syosset
- Nov 23, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM, FEDTC’s Syosset
- NYS/NYC Asbestos Inspector Refresher
- Nov 5, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM, Virtual
- Nov 25, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM, FEDTC’s Syosset
- Dec 18, 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM, National Grid
- NYS Asbestos Project Monitor Initial
- Nov 12-18, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM, FEDTC
- NYS Asbestos Project Monitor Refresher
- Nov 2, Nov 15, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM, FEDTC’s Syosset
- NYS Asbestos Project Sampling Technician Refresher
- Nov 2, Nov 15, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM, FEDTC’s Syosset
- NYS Asbestos Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Refresher
- Dec 19, 7:00 – 11:00 AM, IUOE
- NYS Asbestos Management Planner Refresher
- Nov 5, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Virtual
- Nov 25, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, FEDTC
For the most current schedule and additional courses, please visit Future Environment Designs’ website. Please click on the individual courses’ link to discover more dates!
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Don’t Forget Our Referral Program!
If you refer asbestos, indoor air quality, or OSHA training to us we will provide you with a 5% discount on any training you book with us. This would be in addition to any other discounts we provide.
Thank you to those who have taken advantage of this!
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