And I am totally not prepared, but don't let that stop you from taking the test to get this important certification.
The application deadline for taking your CAP Exam in the final Testing Window for 2010 is 15 September. Testing Window 3 allows you to take your exam any time between 1 November and 31 December. Here is the link to apply
OSHA deputy assistant secretary testifies before Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety on worker safety in energy production industries
This is some powerful testimony from OSHA on the state of safety in our country's refineries and chemical plants. Definitely worth a read.
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/osha/OSHA20100819.htm
"Not only are we finding a significant lack of compliance during our inspections, but time and again, our inspectors are finding the same violations in multiple refineries, including those with common ownership, and sometimes even in different units in the same refinery. This is a clear indication that essential safety lessons are not being communicated within the industry and often not even within a single corporation or facility. The old adage that those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it is as true in the refinery industry as it is elsewhere. So we are particularly disturbed to find even refineries that have already suffered serious incidents or received major OSHA citations making the same mistakes again."
