The Ask Dave Blog

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The Ask Dave blog is an improvment to our popular email question and answer feature. The new blog format brings Dave's extensive knowledge about gas detection to more end users, safety professionals and to those who are interested in learning more about gas detection.

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Learn On The Go

Our online training courses and videos are now available on smart phones. Access the many training tools available at www.indsci.com from the palm of your hand.

Podcasts:From the Gas Detection People

Industrial Scientific's Training department offers a wide varriety of podcasts on all things gas related.

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The Ask Dave Blog

AskDave

The Ask Dave blog is an improvment to our popular email question and answer feature. The new blog format brings Dave's extensive knowledge about gas detection to more end users, safety professionals and to those who are interested in learning more about gas detection.

View the Ask Dave Blog
Follow Dave on Twitter

 

Learn On The Go

Our online training courses and videos are now available on smart phones. Access the many training tools available at www.indsci.com from the palm of your hand.

Podcasts:From the Gas Detection People

Industrial Scientific's Training department offers a wide varriety of podcasts on all things gas related.

View Our Podcasts

Training Director

From the Director of Training


Training is the cornerstone of continuous improvement, growth, and development and in 2012 Industrial Scientific’s Training Services Team is thrilled to be offering our customers 12 completely updated training programs. These courses are the direct result of feedback on the issues that are most important to you. Our commitment is to consistently deliver relevant education and excessive value in a medium that is conducive to learning...


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Professional Face to Face Training

Industrial Scientific's Face-to-Face Training Courses couple the End User with an experienced professional Training Specialist. Face-to-Face Courses combine classroom theory with hands-on exercises creating a learning experience that empowers the Student to more efficiently and professionally approach their gas detection related work while elevating their level of safety.

End User Training Classes


Distributor Training Classes

  Trainer Profiles

Mike PlatekMike Platek has been with Industrial Scientific Corporation since 1985, starting in the Engineering and Sales Departments. During this time he had the good fortune of assisting in the design of ISC instruments and systems equipment.
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Jeremy DaValleJeremy DaValle has been with Industrial Scientific Corporation since 2003. He started his employment as a Service Technician, where he estimated and repaired customer's instrumentation.
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Laurent PagetLaurent Paget started as a specialized technician on the production line. He then became in charge of the Measure Emission Department production line (gas detection by laser spectroscopy).
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Joe BuckleyJoe Buckley has 25 years experience in fire operations and fire suppression. Joe has trained firefighters in fire suppression strategies and tactics, proper use of equipment, and self contained breathing apparatus use.
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Daniel KeenerDaniel Keener has been with Industrial Scientific Corporation since 1999. He started his employment in the Manufacturing Department assembling circuit boards.
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A Night at the Ballpark

A night at the ballpark

Students registering for face to face classes on the following dates will be our guest for a night at the ballpark. This includes dinner before the ballgame and one ticket per student.

If you have any questions about this promotion please contact us at training@indsci.com or by phone at 1-800-338-3287

Date

Class type

Pittsburgh Pirates vs.

May 23

Portable Instrument Technician Level Training Class

NY Mets

June 20

Portable Instrument Technician Level Training Class

Minnesota Twins

August 15

Portable Instrument Technician Level Training Class

LA Dodgers

September 19

Portable Instrument Technician Level Training Class

Milwaukee Brewers

     

July 24

Confined Space Metering Class

Chicago Cubs

September 5

Confined Space Metering Class

Houston Astros

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Professional On-line Training

Industrial Scientific’s Online Training Courses allow the end user to learn in a self-paced, professional environment. Online Courses combine flash presentations with voice-overs and embedded video clips. Upon completion, the student will more efficiently and professionally approach their gas detection related work while elevating their level of safety. These courses are provided free of charge on our website but they can be converted to an off-line format to be used on your server, LMS, or static PC. There is a nominal charge for this service. Please contact the Training Services Team for additional details. The current list of products covered by our online training is as follows:

 

Dave Wagner : Director of Product Knowledge

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In this position, Dave carries out strategies for sharing gas detection knowledge. In addition to the "Ask Dave" column, he supports many teams within Industrial Scientific.

He is a unique source of gas detection information. His formal training and broad experience give him insight that few others have in this industry. He excels at simplifying technical topics so that the average person can understand them. His conversational tone and unpretentious style make "Ask Dave" a valuable addition to our Web site.




What’s All This PEAK Reading Stuff About Anyhow?
Mon, 13 Feb 2012

Recently customer Eli asked the question, “Why do I have to clear the peaks on my instrument?”  In fact, with full datalogging now being a dominant feature in most gas monitoring instruments,  manually clearing the peak reading registers isn’t as important as it used to be.   Nevertheless, why is it still a good practice to …

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The Most Frequently Asked Question
Mon, 06 Feb 2012

It has been almost three years since Industrial Scientific launched the AskDave portion of our website.   In the nearly 2000 questions I have answered since the beginning, there is one that stands out by far as  the most frequently asked.   Why is there no oxygen sensor showing up in my M40 display?

So, just what does …

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Just another reason to bump test your gas detector….
Tue, 17 Jan 2012

For the first post of 2012, I thought that it would be appropriate once again to talk about bump testing.  But this time, I am going to venture away from looking at bump testing from the point of view that the only way you know that a gas sensor will respond to gas is to test it with gas.  I’ve …

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Baby it’s cold outside…
Mon, 12 Dec 2011

Cold winter temperatures have set in over most of the northern hemisphere and with them come some differences in the way your portable gas monitoring instruments function.  The low temperature rating  for continuous operation of most Industrial Scientific portable instruments is -20 degrees Celcius.  However, they may be used at lower temperatures for intermittent periods.  …

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25 Years of Gas Detection
Mon, 05 Dec 2011

This past Friday, I celebrated my 25th anniversary at Industrial Scientific.   Wow!  What an opportunity to sit down and reflect on how the industry has changed over the last quarter century.

In the past 25 years we have seen gas monitoring instruments change from analog based meters with limited functionality to the feature rich microcomputer …

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