Hello,

I am the operations manager at a small (35 employees) manufacturing facility in Massachusetts. We recently had a workplace accident and during the followup, my boss (owner) told me that I needed to take on the title and role of Safety Manager in addition to my normal duties. At the time, I told him that I did not feel as though I was qualified nor was a comfortable (nor is anyone else in our organization) without some formalized training.

My annual review is coming up next week and I want to broach the topic with him that I am interested in taking on the position, but it is a role that I take very seriously and one that carries a lot of responsibility. I would like to pitch the idea of two weeks of annual formal training at an outside training facility that the company would pay for.

Also, I would like to request a pay increase due to the additional responsibility, but do not feel like I can demand one if I am saying I am not qualified at the moment. I was thinking of pitching an idea that once I complete 2 weeks of training or complete a formalized certificate program, it would coincide with a pay raise of $x.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this or suggestions on a safety training program for a manufacturing environment? I was thinking somewhere along the lines of this.

https://www.nsc.org/safety-training/workplace/advanced-safety-certificate/posh