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Dakota Software Training Solutions

Whatever your present level of expertise with Dakota Auditor, Profiler, Tracer, or Scout, we offer a carefully constructed training course designed to increase your knowledge and skills. Each course contains practical examples and personalized attention to help you get the most out of your Dakota Software solution. We offer these training programs at your site, at regional training centers, and via the Internet.

Dakota Profiler Advanced Training

Advanced Profiler training expands on the concepts presented in the profiler Basics course by introducing attendees to additional uses for regulatory profiles and ways to keep profiles current. Specific topics covered include:

  • Maintaining Regulatory profiles
  • Using audits as a basis for regulatory profiles
  • Exporting citations lists
  • Building task templates
  • Updating your compliance plan
  • Attending Dakota Profiler Advance Training gives you the knowledge necessary to make Profiler a key component of your proactive compliance plan.

Dakota Profiler Basics Training

See how Dakota Profiler can become the cornerstone of our proactive compliance program. New and existing users can both benefit from this comprehensive training which covers the creation, maintenance, and application of compliance profiles. Specific topics covered include:

  • Completing applicability analysis
  • Tracking regulatory changes
  • Utilizing the Reference Library
  • Assembling a compliance plan
  • Establishing recurring tasks

The Dakota Profiler Basics Training is also an ideal way to keep abreast of the features and functionality that are part of each new release

Dakota Auditor Basics Training

This course is for users new to Dakota Auditor, as well as, experienced users who are looking for a refresher. This course covers the basic skills required to complete an audit with Dakota Auditor. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the process of determining regulatory applicability, captureing compliance information, and analyzing audit results. Specific topics covered include:

  • Organized Audits
  • Abridged Protocols
  • Defining Audit scope
  • Tracking regulatory changes
  • Utilizing parametric filtering
  • Inserting custom questions

The Dakota Auditor Basics Training is also an ideal way to keep abreast of the features and functionality that are part of each new release.

Dakota Auditor Advanced Training

An ideal complement to the Basics training, this course is designed for users that have some practical experience using Dakota Auditor. The advanced training course focuses on how to combine all of Dakota Auditor’s features to help you implement your company’s specific EHS management strategies. Specific topics covered include:

  • Managing custom questions and annotations
  • Utilizing regulatory profiles
  • Establishing muti-state audits
  • Exporting audit results
  • Merging audits

The Dakota Auditor Advanced Training provides tips and techniques to help you get the most out of Dakota Auditor.

Dakota Tracer Basics Training

New Tracer users and current Tracer users alike will benefit from a comprehensive look at the powerful tracking and analysis capabilities of Dakota Tracer. Learn how to use Tracer to increase action item visibility, monitor progress, and ensure timely completion. Specific topics covered include:

  • Organizing action times into folder sna groups
  • Importing action items
  • Utilizing Parametric Filtering
  • Setting alerts
  • Tracking action items

The Dakota Tracer Basics Training is also an ideal way to keep abreast of the features and functionality that are part of each new release.

Dakota Tracer Advanced Training

For users who are looking to improve their ability to more fully utilize Tracer, the Tracer Advanced Training is a must. Learn how to tailor use of Tracer to better fit your organization and use Tracer’s advance features to further automate your action item tracking. Specific topics covered include:

  • Using personalities to configure Tracer CA for your organization
  • Establishing profiles to focus attention where it is needed the most
  • Updating multiple actions simultaneously
  • Exporting action item details
  • Integration workflow with Tracer

Take your use of Tracer to the next level by scheduling Dakota Tracer Advanced Training.

Dakota Scout Basics Training

Customers who are just starting to use Scout or those needing to brush up on their skills with find Dakota Scout Training Basics extremely valuable. Following this course you will be able to enter incidents, accidents and near misses into Scout, document your incident investigations, and initiate corrective actions to avoid similar incidents in the future. Specific topics covered include:

  • Organizing incoming incidents for easy access
  • Setting watches and alerts so that appropriate people are notified
  • Monitoring incident investigations
  • Initiating corrective actions
  • Analyzing incidents, accidents, and near misses

The Dakota Scout Basics Training is also an ideal way to keep abreast of the features and functionality that are part of each new release.

Dakota Scout Advanced Training

Building on the concepts introduced during Dakota Scout Basics Training, this training course covers the advanced functionality available. Attendees will see how Scout can be configured so incidents, accidents, and near misses can be more efficiently collected and processed. Specific topics covered include:

  • Using Dakota's SmartForm to ensure sufficient data is collected
  • Establishing profiles to focus attention where it is needed the most
  • Updating multiple incidents simultaneously
  • Exporting action item details
  • Integration Scout more seamlessly into your safety program

Dakota Scout Advanced Training is designed to give experienced users the tools they need to move effectively manage and analyze their incidents, accidents, and near misses.

  • Profiler
    Capture and Filter All EHS Requirements That Pertain to a Facility
  • Tracer
    Combine Local Activity Execution & Management with Enterprise-Wide EHS Visibility
  • Auditor
    Save Time by Organizing and Managing the EHS Process
  • Scout
    Transform Enterprise Safety Management From Reactive Responses to Proactive Identification of Issues
  • Metrics
    Collect, Analyze and Report Carbon Management and Other Sustainability Data