CITE’s primary instructor, Greg Hoole, started his safety career 1986 working for various construction equipment sales and rental companies.  During his career he was involved in business management, accident prevention, investigation & risk management. Greg has 15 years of equipment instructor experience and has been a professional equipment instructor for the last eight years and a First Aid instructor for the last 6. Greg holds an OSHA Safety and Health Specialist certificate for the construction industry and holds a number of OSHA certificates listed below.

• OSHA 10 & 30 Hour Construction Industry Outreach Instructor
• OSHA Safety and Health Specialist
• 2264 Confined Space Certificate
• 3110 Fall Arrest Systems Certificate
• 510 Construction Industry Standards
• 511 General Industry Standards
• 521 Industrial Hygiene Standards

Professional instructor certificates include:

• Ives Mobile Equipment certified master instructor for Forklift, Aerial Work Platforms, Boom Manlift & Scissor Lift
• American Heart Association First Aid, CPR & AED instructor
• OSHA Outreach Instructor
• OSHA Construction Industry Specialist

Greg is a member of The American Society of Safety Engineers ASSE and the International Society For Fall Protection

**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

CITE's lead equipment instructor, Mike Copsey, started his safety career in the early 80's.  Over the last 12 years Mike was a primary safety equipment instructor for Star Rentals of Portland.  Mike possesses a strong equipment back ground with a great ability to recognize existing and potential job site hazards.  Mike holds various equipment safety and instructor certificates including:

• Powered Industrial Truck Safety Instructor
• Class 1, 4 & 5 Forklift Instructor
• Class 3 Forklift Instructor
• Class 7 Forklift Instructor
• Aerial Boomlift Instructor
• Aerial Scissor Lift Instructor
• AWP Instructor