Instructor Kiley Nelson looks at vendor exhibits at the North Idaho College Workforce Training Center in Post Falls during the 6^th annual Safety Fest of the Great Northwest today. Safety Fest offers a chance for companies in construction and general industry to receive free safety training for their employees from the area’s best safety instructors. Anyone is invited to attend with about 400 people attending the event this year. Thursday is the last day classes are being offered such as Workplace Violence – Dealing with Hostile Individuals, OSHA General Industry, OSHA Construction, and Respiratory Protection, among others. Call the NIC Workforce Training Center at (208) 769-3333 to register or check class availability.  (NIC Press Room photo: Tom Greene)

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